Recent content by iwoodcock

Just in time for memorial day. This was the most rewarding project ever. Still working on the picture for the door...

Well I guess I will keep the wood...but yeah stainless is perfect, not a scratch on the surface. The warehouse is about 120,000 sq ft, with two story racks. Ample space for a kegerator to hide.

Well the top has a weird white film on it, with stainless underneath so I might just go with the stainless. The door has an old faux wood finish, not too jazzed about that so I might do something to it. I'm gonna put a two-tap tower on it, since I can get three cornys in there.

When I think of the ultimate college apartment, it always has one thing. A kegerator, and it just so happens I came across one. Back in the eighties, my great grandfather hid a kegerator in the salesmen's room of our family wholesale business. It was rumored that the beast lay hidden somewhere...

No, I calculated for 20% boil off. Ended up with just under 6 gallons.

So I just put my second all grain in the fermentor. I calculated the recipe on beertools, and based on my prior experience (got a stuck mash tun) i set my efficiency at 72% I was trying to make an IPA with an OG around 1.072 Heres my grain bill: 6 lbs. Maris Otter Pale 6 lbs. 2-Row Briees...

It has a very dry finish, I was hopping for a reserved sweetness but it is pretty much not there. I figured I would end up around 1.014, by my calculations. Could by my hydrometer, but it was only off by -2 in 60 degree water. I'll buy a new one tomorrow and try again.

Tested it when i took SG, it was right on. Just tested it again, it was .98. So 1.003 i still strange

First post...Couldn't find an answer to this question, and i read these forums all the time. Anyway, I just took a gravity reading on an IPA i was working on. I used Wyeast 1056, with a starter. Plus i added a tsp of wyeast nutrient. All grain (please ignore my efficiency...I'd rather...