Recent content by kenpotf

Not yesterday...it could have been any time between the last time I poured and today which is roughly 2 weeks. At the most, it happened 2 weeks ago and the beer has been exposed through the gas release valve hole being opened. You're right though. It has been on gas for at least 3 weeks, but all...

I kegged about a month ago, and everything seemed fine for a week with co2 pressure (11 psi). I went to draw some beer out after the first week, and nothing came out. I opened my freezer, and all of my co2 was gone. I put a new co2 can in, and everything was great for 2 weeks. I would check...

Thanks everyone for the great responses!! I appreciate all of the input :ban:

Thank you for the link! That brings up another question after seeing the picture in the link. How do you know if you have enough/too much yeast to pitch?

I'm looking at getting a beer gun, but then I started wondering the real difference between that and running tubing from my tap into the bottle I want to fill. A beer gun isn't something that I would use all of the time. I started thinking that I could cap bombers or bottles to fill for family...

Awesome...sounds easy enough! So, no stir plate before pitching, etc?

All, I'm going to wash my yeast for the first time this week just to do something different. I've got an irish red in the fermenter now that I pitched US-05 into. Can I harvest this yeast like any other one? When I do get them transferred to mason jars, do I need to still create a...

Thanks for the replies everyone! I'm going to not worry about doing this for now :) I didn't realize pumps were used for the side-by-side stands.

All, I've been brewing for about 4 years, and I've always done it like this: Heat water in brew pot, pour water in mash tun, dump grain in water, mash for 30. While mashing, I would heat sparge water in a different pot. When time to sparge, drain wort from tun to original brew pot, sparge...

Thanks!

All, I missed the volume on the mash that I needed. I was about 8 cups shy of what I needed I believe. Can I fix this by adding more volume to sparge water? Thanks!

All, I had a random thought today. Let's say I have two different types of hops (made up numbers): 5% AAU 10% AAU Which would bitter more at the following levels? 5% AAU = 60 minutes 10% AAU = 30 minutes I ask because I just did a porter and it came out a little more bitter than...

Did you happen to go to Texas brewing? That's where they had them around me. I didn't get one though. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I think I'll leave that addition out...I need to clean out my freezer :)

All, I was going to brew today, and at the last minute I thought I'd use some hops that I have in the freezer along with new ones I bought yesterday. First of all, I have no idea how old these things are. They could be 3 or 4 years old. When I open them, I put the left over in a ziploc bag...