Recent content by kevin58

I keg mine, carbonate it and leave it in the kegerator set at my preferred serving temperature (38° to 40°).

You need to forget what you did with that old cooler rig. This is a brand new system with its own equipment profile. Start building your recipe from scratch and make refinements along the way until you get the results you want. I started with a cooler mash tun type system and then went to a...

Knowing the grain bill, mash details and PH will go a long way in helping to figure out what happened. There is really not enough info here at the moment.

Advantages of clear wort during mash recirculation? Preventing grain bits from getting into your boil kettle prevents compounds that may lead to unpleasant flavors in your finished beer. If you want clear wort coming out of your mash tun without recirculation just conduct what most of us did...

The absolute guru of British beers their history, research and recipes taken directly from the brewers logbooks is Ron Pattinson. Here is the search result I got by searching for his bitter (pale ale) recipes: https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/search?q=Let%27s+Brew+%2BBitter

^^^ This ^^^ I bought two Tilt's used and I'm glad I didn't pay full price.

Beersmith is more robust than most others out there. The learning curve is high and the level of user customization confounds some users who expect their software to be plug-and-play. If you don't mind spending the time needed to learn the ins and outs then Beersmith is your best choice. If you...

I don't know which is worse... AI generated non-responses at the Beersmith forum or hijacking and filling someone's thread here with nonsense.

The most recent I ran into this morning involved a question by a user with a question about carbonation using priming sugar vs krausening. His question was: Is there a distinction as to when a brewer might choose to use one between these 2 options ? <snip> Also do these two forms of carbonation...

I only follow three homebrew forums so I might not have the largest sample to compare with but... I have noticed that on the Beersmith forum there seems to be a growing influx of responses that are generated by Artificial Intelligence. I have only noticed this on that forum. Not here and not at...

You forgot the SS Brewtech SVBS. I have one plus and Anvil Foundry. Both do the job but the SVBS is beefier... seems to me to be a higher quality build... has a pump built in to meet one of your requirements but no wifi. However the controller firmware is easily updated. Great malt basket too by...

There is no such thing as One Book. However a good starting point is without a doubt John Palmer's How To Brew 4th edition. To learn how to craft your own recipes and how ingredients work with each other try Randy Mosher's Mastering Homebrew. Interested in Belgian beers? Brew Like A Monk by...

I haven't rigged up my steam slayer on my SVBS yet but I do use it on my Anvil Foundry 6.5 which has a hole in the lid for the recirculation tube. It doesn't affect the steam slayer at all.

You don't. Bugs happen when brewing outdoors and they aren't going to affect or harm your beer. I've made plenty of honey bee porters and wasp IPAs. Scoop 'em out and carry on.

A grain mill is definitely among the top 5 best brewing tools I've ever purchased. Motorizing that mill down the line will be another game changer.