Recent content by Inthekeg

Joe7...There is optimal levels of oxygen and then there are all points leading up to it. I am trying to find the data for this, but it has been sooo long since I bothered with this. I do know that when I was exploring this issue it prompted me to get an oxygen stone, which I highly recommend...

That's one way to use a Marsh pump. They are magnetic drive, so they are relatively quiet...at least mine is and can handle boild wort no problem.

Thaks for your input Kaiser. I am doing an all grain Hefe tomorrow morning early. I record everything, everytime I brew. Maybe I'll posy here and get some comments that help narrow it down. The trouble has been the cause is somewhat elusive. My PH is always right on, I don't rush my...

You can't go wrong with Polar Ware, except maybe on the $$$. As for the process you described, I would be a little concerned that you might oxidize the hot wort pouring back into the boil kettle. You might try siphoning it from the pails instead? You shouldn't need to do anything if you get...

Roger that! I do believe the difference shown in Beersmith to be correct. It's late and I thought I might be entering something incorrectly.

This looks OK to me. One thing you did not mention is if you plan on using a starter. On a gravity that high, I always use around a 2000ML starter. Your fermentation will take off much quicker and the finished product will come out tasting much cleaner. WYeast has a great calculator on...

I'm with The Pol on this one. I have never had so much as a drop leak out. As a matter of fact, I can "wiggle" my valves (no pun intended) left to right and STILL not get a leak. I abig part of the equation that I haven't seen mentioned might be the radius of the brew pot you mount it in...

Phisson, I use Beer Smith, which shows a swing of around .005-.006 between a pound of Rice flakes and a pound of Rice Extract Syrup in a 5 gal. batch. Now you got me second guessing my program.

I would let it ride and not bother it. Do you know the aprox. temp when you took your reading? It will be easy enough to figure out where you probably were, after correcting for temp.

Get to know the guys at Midwest Supply in St. Louis Park. They are really good at helping with questions and issues and their shop is stocked to the gills with everything you could ever need. And no, I don't work there.

I would echo what scinerd said. I would add, however, that wheat beers typically don't age well and are ready to drink after just a week or so and can go down hill fast after a month. There are obviously a lot of variabel in play here, and different people will undoubtedly have different...

Halvey. First, I recommend you invest in a good recipe program such as Pro Mash or Beer Smith. They aren't that expensive and are invaluable tools. Second, you didn't mention you batch size (i.e. 5.5 gallons, 10 gallons, etc), but if you were brewing a 5 gallong batch, your substituion...

I would be curious to know from those of you who track their grind setting on their mills...what is your prefered setting. I don't own a mill, but my brew supply store has an industrial grade mill with a caliper on it. I noticed the other day when I was grinding out a grain bill that the...

Petes, I have both of these...the auto-siphon and the other jobbie that you blow into (Santitary Siphon). I have to say, I like the sterile siphon starter a little better for racking into a secondary. I do tend to use this the opposite way...that is I attach the rubber cap to the empty...

Ditto what BigKahuna says abut the brass (all the way around). Drilling the hole is no big feat, just make sure you purchase the correct size hole saw from Lowes or Home Depot. As far as leaking goes, the spigots/valves have Durometer o-rings on the outside and inside that get compressed when...