Recent content by jax

I dont know about using the joint compound buckets for brewing, should probably be food grade buckets, just a thought....you could try a local bakery for the bucket, maybe for free then go to the LHBS for a pre-drilled, lid with gromet. +1 on the turkey fryer, it will be a big help for the boil...

That's good to know, i had always heard not to use aluminum for the boil, something about leaching nasties, so i didnt delve into it any further. With this new information, i now have 2 5 gallon brew kettles....hmmmm.....also have 2 primaries....looks like next time will be a 2 batch brew day...

Yep. Sometimes makes you wonder when things go really smooth. It didnt go this smoothly on my last extract batch. I guess all the reading and studying paid off.

Thanks my fellow brewers. I have a turkery fryer burner (and pot, but its alum, kinda scared to use it) and a 5 gal SS pot, i did my mash on the stove in my kettle then moved outside to do the boil. Im in NC so it isnt too cold outside here and i tried the stovetop method one time, just took...

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Hi all, Let me start out by saying i wish i was rich so i wouldnt have to work and could brew more. I am 38 minutes into the mash rest of my first partial mash kit (NB Midnight Beatdown Wheaten Porter). I have about 10 extract kits under my belt and after extensive study, watching videos and...

Welcome to the addiction of brewing your own. The information here is pretty much limitless, somebody knows the answer. Cheers!!

Welcome to the addiction of making your own, congrats on the first brew. Cheers!

Thanks for all the replies and the great info. It is as i suspected. I have already started my hunt for a fridge for fermenting and clearing out a corner of my woodshop to build myself a brew room. I and (and my friends) like my beer and i'm needing to get a pipeline going if i am going to keep...

Yep, the fermentation activity was crazy, didn't have to put on a blowoff tube but it was an almost constant stream of bubbles in the airlock for nearly 3 days. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try to cool it off a bit somehow till i get a chance to bottle.

I had thought about that and read where others had suggested that, but right now i am having to keep my primary in the house, i dont have a garage, i do have an out building, which is my wood shop, but it is warmer. SWMBO kinda frowns when i move the primary to a more ideal location. I am...

I brewed an Irish Draught extract about 2 1/2 weeks ago, used Danstar Windsor Ale yeast, pitched at about 74 deg. I don't have a good way (yet) to control my fermenting temperature and the temp has stayed around 80 deg the entire time. I hit my 045 OG then promptly dropped my hydrometer and...

Been needing something like this, looks much easier than my method

I am about 99% sure I only used 2 gallons, I use a 1qt pyrex cup to do my measuring and as I was counting the top off, i could see that I originally put in 8 instead of 10. here are my hop additions and times -- 0.25 oz Columbus (60 min) -- 0.5 oz Columbus (20 min) -- 1 oz Cascade (10 min) --...

I put in a batch of Jami'ls Evil Twin yesterday and as I was topping the fermentor up to the 5 gal mark it dawned on me that I only boiled 2 gal of water in the boil instead of 2 1/2. It's too late to do anything about it but I was just wondering what effect that is going to have on the final...