Recent content by JasontheBeaver

Thanks for this. Love a great ice cider

Well, another thing I didn't consider is you probably wouldn't be bottling at 30F anyway, you want to have the beer at your conditioning temp especially if you're adding fresh yeast. I've been brewing for years but have just now begun to get back into bottle conditioning in an attempt to take my...

Exactly! I guess I just couldn't find the "countless times". Thanks man!

https://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator http://www.brewunited.com/priming_sugar_calculator.php https://www.morebeer.com/content/priming_sugar_calculator https://www.hopsteiner.com/co2-calculator/ http://www.homebrewing.com/calculators/?page=tools&section=sugar Pretty much every...

No one seems to address this and I can't find a definitive answer... My concern is that when using a priming sugar calculator that considers the temp of the beer, is that number going to be accurate no matter what fermentation temperature regimen the beer has gone through? The theory is that...

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Interesting thread because I've been looking at buying a 15 gallon conical with a very similar setup to the OP and it kept nagging at me that stratification might be a problem. I like the heating pad around the base cone area solution for heating, but usually it's cooling that I'll need so...

Digging up a year-old thread here but it's pertinent to many brewers... Yooper I disagree that decoction doesn't change the structure of the grain. I've learned this from personal experience while doing many decoction mashes. There is always quite a bit more sludge that leads to a stuck...

I like this copper fly sparge arm you made. Looking at the pics it's hard to tell what you used to clamp to the pipe and rest on the edge of the keggle. Can you help me with this please? Jason

About to build my own nostalgic jockey box so this is a cool thread to find. I was wondering why you chose to install the 1/4"x1/4" flare fittings instead of just connecting your beer tubing directly to your coils and running them out the back through drilled holes?

I calculate that you need to pitch 123 billion cells into 2 gallons of 1.086 ale wort. Using the estimate of 2 billion cells per ml slurry you could say you have around 600 billion cells in there total. I say you would be WAY over pitching if you dumped the whole thing in. Over pitching is...

Just stumbled across this thread. Very interesting! I'm surprised no one else has chimed in about their experiences. I am thinking about buying a stainless spider and a corny dry hop spider from Utah Filter soon.

I think you are undercarbing to begin with. I usually go with 20psi at around 40-45F depending on the style of beer. Google "carbonation volume chart" for a handy reference for this sort of thing.

If you use this method to pour directly into a glass and it foams too much then maybe you're over carbonated in the keg? You're asking the right questions. I've bottled several award winning beers this way.

This early in your brewing career I wouldn't worry about the haze just yet. Get your process down before you go tweaking with it. You added quite a bit more malt and sugar to this second batch, what did that do to your original gravity? What is the gravity now? Also, I know Safale says you can...