Recent content by jordanchampine

I just checked it since you mentioned it, but the hydrometer is fine. I used a little more sorghum because it was only sold in a 3.3lb can and I was trying to make a 2.5 gallon batch as opposed to 3. I figure my water volumes were a bit off and I lost a lot more during the boil than...

My GF girlfriend and I tried brewing igliashon's no-nonsense oatmeal stout yesterday and the OG was at 1.080! I'm pretty sure I nailed down why, but my question is should I pick up and pitch a second package of S04 asap? Can one package handle a gravity that high?

What they all said about mixing the priming sugar, plus my bottling bucket has a spigot, which made things way easier.

Pun intended? I cold crashed for the first time on my last brew and was happy with the results.

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Just bought a keggle from a guy in town who welded a coupler for a valve/diptube assembly. He gave me a decent deal, much better than my LHBS, so I felt like I couldn't pass it up. In my excitement, I didn't do any research on what to look for in welds/converted kegs and now I'm paranoid that...

The reason I converted my danby was because I already had it. It was my dorm fridge from college. If you've got the money to shell out for a legit kegerator, then that is awesome.

I used a Danby DCR412BLS which is 4.3 cu. ft. Had to remove the door shelving and bend the freezer shelf so that its flush against the back wall. It fits two 5 gallon ball lock kegs.

Thanks! This is great!

I'm hoping to try brewing a GF beer for my recently GF girlfriend. She used to drink stouts and porters (her favorite being Atwater's Vanilla Java Porter). My LHBS carries only White Sorghum and rice syrup solids. Where are you guys finding brown rice syrup, millet, and buckwheat?

My apartment sized bar with my first all grain on tap!

Bought one of those Slom Ikea swing tops. Bottle conditioned 2 cider batches in it. Worked great! No explosions. I'll be picking more up soon.

Video was really well done. Neat inserts without losing information and it was cut well.