Recent content by igotworts

thx- full order complete for the build. :mug:

Can someone direct me to the 90 degree tail pieces?- cant find them on any homebrew websites. Cant wait to get this going! Cheers.

Torn between which to use- its for a Chritmas Ale 8.5% with Cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. Give me your 0.2c. Cheers.

My friend is a extract brewer, I've only done AG. When he brews he adds all the DME at the start and then lets it boil while constantly watching it go up and down until it stops foaming/raising which he refers to "breaking it"- this takes 45-60mins. I'm not familiar with this approach and...

Yes Magnolia!! Wicked place. http://www.magnoliapub.com/

Skip 21st A- very disapointing. As others mentioned Tornado is a must, my fav place was Social Kitchen & Brewery socialkitchenandbrewery.com. I was blown away by the beer at Bear Repulic and that part of Nor Cal is awesome- if your heading that way.

I've only seen that on my 1gal blow-off measuring cup. It formed when I didnt change the blowoff water for 10days- there were bubbles in the skin/film on top.

I used two differnet hydrometers and my refractometer on the same sample, everything is calibrated. I also used two different online refrac calculators, the OG was 1.082 or 19.75plato. My beer has been fermeting for one week, the hydromter readings were 1.024 on one and 1.025 on the other-...

Patience is not my strong suit, I agree that bottling 3/4 days later is way too soon- I just read Bobby's thread on carbing which really cleared up the concept. I do use a beergun (love it). Next I will plan more and try the set and forget method. Kinda cool that two of my fav posters (Bobby...

Procedure: Chill in chest freezer for 2-2.5 hrs, set PSI at 30min, do the rock'n'roll for 15mins= 3/4 days later its carbed. Yesterday I bottled one doz. Couple hours after bottling, I pour some samples with a perfect head- all good. Then today I pour one for myself, right away I see no head...

Just read this recently while planning my Zombie Dust clone, I calced the IBUs as 20 min addition as well. Brewed yeasterday and took a sip of the wort, to me it was def much smother- there wasnt the initial bite like other brews. Is there a style this wouldnt work with?-might be doing this...

Totally agree and good advice. Watched father in law brew extract with grain and it was too much of a circus. Then I priced out DME up here ($15/kg!!) and decided all grain was the way to go. My only beer thats disappointed me was a kit beer I tried to tweak- never again. I use beertools...

Stick with your current method before doing this. You would be adding "unsanitized" water to your wort and also thining out the body and flavor of that sweet wort. Topping up a carboy is ok but adding the same volume of cold tap water isnt a great idea generally. If you have a double sink and...

Blow off tube for primary always, airlock with Starsan for secondary only.

Our club did a "big brew" in May its a golden ale- i have two carboys still on the yeast. Going to keg this week then Ill update. Never done this before and kind of curious/nervous. I used 1056 for both.