Recent content by johnny1211

I had the exact same issue as you describe. After much research, i found a post that helped me. My off flavor was being caused by protein build up on my heating element that was getting burnt. It left a bitter/charred taste. To correct the problem, the post said to put enough water in your BK to...

I've been brewing on an electric brew kettle for about 18 months now. No issues what so ever. I wanted to clean it today w/an oxyclean soak at 170 F. Heated like normal. When my PID read 166 the temp reading dropped in an instant to 135 on my PID. I grabbed my thermometer and it read 166. I...

All total, it's been in the keg for about 3.5 weeks.

Thanks for the replies. I did check the thermometer first w/boiling water and ice water to calibrate. Then against my friends. All readings were well w/in limits. There is a definite lack of bitterness. No hop presence at all like there is when you take a drink of SN. I was surprised how...

Hoping someone here can help me out a bit so I don't make the same error again. I bought a Sierra Madre kit from Northern Brewer for a 5 gal batch. Brewed as per directions. Mash was 153, not 152 as called for (but it's close enough for me) I am learning a relatively new electric brew kettle so...

I was a little confused by that as well. One thing I should have included but did not is that I did try to calibrate at boiling. I adjusted the temperature accordingly, however, it was off when by about 6 degrees too hot when the temperature returned to room temp. One thing I did not think of...

I recently completed my electric build based off of the instructions here http://www.instructables.com/id/Electric-brewing-system/ I used an Auber 2352 for my PID and their liquid tight RTD PT100 PT100-L100NPT 4 inch temp probe to be used through a bargainfittings.com weldless thermometer sight...

I'm looking to go electric to be able to brew inside on cold winter days. I want to keep it straight forward and relatively cheap. I saw this build on Instructables.com. http://www.instructables.com/id/Electric-brewing-system/?ALLSTEPS I know enough about electricity to feel comfortable...

I brewed this about a month ago. Mashed at 153 for an hour. Everything else was same. OG was 1.053. FG was 1.013. Fermentation fluctuated between 50-55 as I had to put in my old coal cellar for that temp. Racked to secondary a few days ago. Upon tasting, I am getting a great oktoberfest flavor...

For a while I have a need to have a portable outside brew sculpture as I am tired of lugging everything out of the basement. However, when funds permit I want to build something more substantial although I'm not sure yet as to inside electric or outside gas style. In the mean time, I was looking...

Thanks for the ideas/thoughts. I'm looking forward to getting started in the near future.

I currently heat mash and sparge water on my stove, mash in a cooler and boil in a keggle over a propane burner. After much thought, I would like to get started with an electric system. Unfortunately, the cost of putting a full system together right now is not feasible. My question is this. Is...

Here's the link to the recipe I'm going to use. Hope it turns out for you. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f63/california-common-anchor-steam-clone-extract-ag-54301/

Glad you dug up a 4 yr old post. I'm thinking about doing a Steam Anchor clone first part of Dec and it calls for this yeast. How did your brew day turn out? How is the yeast doing?

After a ton of thought on this subject and looking into a few ideas on the Internet, I opted to make a coffee concentrate (cold brew 4 oz coffee in 16 oz of water) and add that to secondary. I didn't have to worry about the grounds that way. I didn't get the coffee flavor out of it that I was...