Recent content by j33p4x4

bah, I started brewing and never came back to reply to these! Thanks for the replies. I'm definately going to try the honey malt next time. Since I was late in the planning, I ended up just using my Dad's hops and will go for the honey flavor next time. The batch should be ready to keg this...

I've been brewing a slight variance of BierMuncher's Centennial Blonde that I enjoy. Tonite I'm wanting to try an ode to my Dad brew. He's a bee keeper and sets my family up with all of the honey we can use. This past year he decided to try his hand at growing hops, not because he likes beer...

I had been testing my new setup and left water in the kettle for three days. I noticed some rust forming at the base of my elements. I cleaned off most with vinegar and baking soda, but is that normal? I know I screwed up leaving water in the kettle for that long, but since I use tap water I...

That sounds like a good start. I'm probably going to do two elements so that I can cut propane out completely; I don't think one 2K element could bring it to boil. But this way, I can test the benefits without sinking a lot of money into a PID and everything else. I think I can toss together...

I'm looking for some guidance from some veteran e-brewers. I've been playing with the idea of turning my propane BIAB setup into an electric setup and now I'm toiling between a single-element 220V system and a two element 110V setup. I want to use a PID to control mash temps and my primary...

I brew BIAB, so i wasn't getting a lot of grain in the end, but was amazed by the amount of hops material I got. When I got my plate chiller I really wanted to avoid anything clogging it so I started to reuse my bag for the hops additions - read: poor-man's hops spider. I went from dumping...

My method appears to be a little different from the responses you've been getting, but this is what I do. I'm using one packet of Knox gelatin in my 5-gallon keg. I've done this right after racking beer to the keg and other times after the beer has been keg'd and carb'ing for two or three days...

I've been brewing BIAB, cooling with an immersion chiller, and dumping (no pump) everything from my kettle into the fermenter. After boil, my 5.5 gal batch recipe made 5.5 gals of wort, and it would all go into the fermenter. I've just recently upgraded equipment and now have a valve on my...

If you're looking to stay inexpensive, I would suggest checking craigslist for minifridges if you're leaning towards something like the 70qt cooler. I'm in Orlando and I've picked up two different small fridges locally for $20 and $45 respectively (living close to UCF probably helps with...

Haha, I just realized that we're all responding to a two-year-old post! :o RedDragon, if you're still around, I hope that your results were great and that you ended up with awesome beer!

I haven't worked with filters, but I use gelatin to clear my beers with amazing results. I do it the way BierMuncher does it here,With your beer already keg'd and carb'd just remove your gas QCD, release the pressure on the keg, add the gelatin and you're set. I normally see a difference after...

I've finally gotten a keezer and fermentation chamber set up to be able to fight one of the biggest problems I see in the homebrew community: Not temperature control, not contamination, but PATIENCE :fro:. With only one temperature controlled box, I've only been able make and drink one batch...

Yup, I plan on putting a 5-inch AC-powered fan in the front right corner and maybe another on the small compressor hump on the left side if necessary. I'll need to check other peoples' builds on how they're running the fans, e.g., on full-time, on a timer, or just when the fridge is running.

The box itself is almost done. I have to glue the top on and then spray foam the crack around the mini-fridge and maybe the seams, depending on how cleanly I can apply the spray. I did test it out and within about 10 minutes the inside air temp dropped from 80 degrees down to 74. The real...

I'm still pretty new to home-brewing and don't have a long history with the homer buckets, but from what I've read I decided that it's okay to brew in them without a liner. For every don't-use article/forum thread that I read I found another that said they were okay; I think it comes down to...