Recent content by IAbowhunter86

well im a little concerned that yeast never really seemed to take off and give me a good krausen although has been bubbling away steadily for a few days now will wait and see what i get for measurements. I will be ordering a aerator today where is the best place to order one of these?

I have a spare fridge i am going to turn into a fermentation chamber but it stays in a pretty monitored room in my basement at the moment. I am going to start working with starters soon i think but have been working on getting my kegging setup going since i stumbled into a few kegs on a trade.

after looking at some things do you guys think i made a mistake using the wlp002 with a little lower attenuation percentage than the yeast norther brewer recommended? a semi local store i was at didn't have the liquid yeast and recommended this but i didn't notice the difference in percentage

Well I brewed this yesterday did a 1 hour mash at 154 degrees in 1.75 gallons of water and i sparged with 170 degree water for about 15minutes and had 4.75 gallons sparge water. Did my 1 hour boil and cooled the wort and took a gravity which was supposed to end at 1.035 but i was surprised to be...

I tried the wlp023 burton ale yeast. Im thinking i will bottle it come saterday maybe if i can get bottles cleaned up by then. thanks for the input and how long you been away from iowa?

Ok I brewed a stout 16 days ago checked the numbers today and was planning on leaving it in primary for 14 days and moving to secondary but am thinking of skipping secondary since this is such a dark beer anyways. But either way my og was 1.065 and i was shooting for 1.018 today it reads 1.02 or...

well here is what i have decided on i have added a few more graines what do you think about this 3lbs 2 row 1 lbs flaked oats 1 lbs pale chocolate 1lbs cara 60 6 oz dark malt 1lbs Light DME 2lbs Dark DME 1.5oz fuggle (60) .5oz fuggle (15) or should i use kent golding? thanks for your input guys

Ok well i just made a pretty sweet trade the other day for some new kettles, I got two 10 gallon kettles and one 15 gallon with ball valve thermometer and false bottom. I have two burners need to get one regulator for the one. My question is i see pretty much everyone using coolers to mash in...

would this be better 2.5lbs 2 row 1 lbs flaked oats 12 oz pale chocolate 12 oz cara 60 6 oz dark malt 3.3 lbs dark LME 1lbs Dark DME 1.5oz fuggle (60) .5oz fuggle (15) or should i use kent golding? thanks for your input guys

partial mash .5lbs 2 row 1.5 lbs roasted barely .5 lbs crystal malt 120 .25 pounds wheat .75 lbs munich 3.3 lbs golden light LME (Late Addition) 2 lbs Muntons light Hops .5 oz Magnum (60) .4 oz cascade (15) .25 oz Hallertau(15) White labs Burton Ale yeast Finished at 1.067

Ok well just picked up a bigger brew pot and am looking at getting into partial mash but i dont knw if im ready to go all grain. So i am either looking for a good extract recipe or partial mash thanks ahead of time for all your input.

pardon my ignorance but i am assuming you are using these as a secondary? are they like the better bottle carboys? Thanks for clarifiying

Yeah im going to have to dig into it a little more and see if i can close off where the cold air comes into the fridge side there is two seperate controls for both sides but am going to have to figure out how to wire up a controler

Pretty much says it all i have heard it is ok to run the bottles through the dishwasher with the hot water wash and this sanitizes them is this a good or bad thing to do? Thanks in advance for any and all the help i can get

Well let me start off by saying hi and i am a newb here but have been reading a lot and decided its time to join the group, but I have a question for all you folks,I have access to a free side x side fridge freezer and am wondering would this work and still be able to keep the freezer cold for...