Recent content by Kbrann

I did a raspberry wheat recently for the girlfriend that she loved and took 1st in a competition I randomly decided to toss it into. Whole thing was an after thought but because of that I think I discovered a process to retain some sweetness. Started by making a regular wheat ale. With all...

We did not whirlpool when using the IC in the wort, that was before we had the pump so it was harder to do so. Keep in mind we also do 10 gallon batches which take a lot longer to cool than 5 gallons. The one we put in the wort was a bigger one, the one in the ice bath was a smaller one from...

GoeHaarden we used to do things that way before getting the conical, but it still struggled to get under about 75 deg and took about 30 min. We switched to this way because even though the time to cooling is about the same, at least the wort is protected in the fermenter and not sitting out in...

Thanks for the article, it was a good read. Sounds like I should focus my attention on either the cold break or PH. Unfortunately I never seem to pay enough attention to the clarity of the wort before fermentation. I am pretty sure it is clear at that point because I feel I would take notice...

Thanks for the response, the cooling may be it. We never have been satisfied with speed of cooling. Currently we transfer beer to the conical after a 15 min whirlpool at flameout. The conical has a built in cooling coil which we run water from the outdoor spigot through 2 cooper immersion...

Hey all, I have been recently trying to get better clarity out of my beer and it seems like nothing we do is working. The beer itself is pretty clear but seem to always end up with chill haze. Beer tastes great, but am looking to refine the look some more. We use a hop basket to contain most...

I realize this thread is a few years old but just curious how well it worked? I have been thinking of doing something similar but not worth the money and effort if i cant get down to lager temps.

Here ya go. Thanks for helping.

Doug i gotta say you were pretty right on. I apreciate you helping out. At the end of the day im still confident the beer will be ok but when things dont work out as planned its good to know why. I attached some photos of my recipe and measurements on beersmith. Ignore ph because i didnt...

I batch sparged not fly sparge, and realize 1.045 is high but does it matter since i had already collected 13 gallons from mash, or do u think it was a bad sparge so not as much sugar was rinsed out? This would definitely make sense if my preboil measurement was bad. Thanks for the help...

How did i boil off more when i started and ended with the correct volumes? Also the end runnings gravity which i measured from the mash tun hose after i reached 13.15 gal in kettle was 1.045 so i definitely had enough sugars from the mash

We finished with 10 gal batch size as expected. The expected pre boil gravity was 1.053. The actual was 1.057 which puts us at 77.3% mash effieciency. Recipe was based on 72% efficiency. Est. And actual preboil volume was 13.15 gal. Into fermentor expected o.g. was 1.070, we hit 1.060

I had a question and I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere. Had trouble finding an answer and it seems like I don't get to many responses if I post a question on an old thread, so thought better to start a new one. Just made a 10 gal. all grain IPA on Saturday and ended up with an...

I would absolutely put up atleast a 6 foot tall fence around your hop trellis if you are afraid of deer. Probably best to do 2 layers of fence to make it harder to jump over (deer can hop a 6 foot fence easily) I live on a forest and have deer in our yard daily. We have been trying to grow...

It is the fermentors favorite kit from midwest supply. You can get the kit for 5 gal or 10 gal batches. When I went to all grain I jumped right up to 10 gal since it wasn't much extra money. I have an old copper coil that I used to use for cooling before I went to 10 gal batches and...