Recent content by kharmajavah

I just made an orange hefe today, kind of based on the Dogfish Head Blood Orange hefe, using navel rather than blood oranges. I also put in one pound of saw palmetto honey at flame-out. Just because. So anyway, I zested five oranges, peeled them, cut them up, and put them in a pot. I...

Once the fire is off, it's all fair game :mug: p.s. I made the same mistake on one of my first batches, though I had inexperience to blame (I think it's an experience rather than intoxication thing). The beer turned out just fine.

Looks good! Great boiling wort pics...quite artistic!

Thanks everyone. It was definitely cleaned very well, so I'm just not gonna worry about it...not much I can do, anyway.

So, I'm kegging a delicious porter. I cleaned everything, sanitized everything, siphoned the beer into the keg, sealed it up...and... ...suddenly, realized that I had forgotten to sanitize the keg itself. I had cleaned it and rinsed it...just no StarSan like I usually do. I don't...

I was actually about to bring up the thermometer! I use the one that came with my fryer as a general guide for heating strike and sparge water. It reads 20F low. Course, I use my calibrated digital thermometer when I get into a general range. I'd bet at least part of the problem is the...

Another archaeologist, huh? I work for NPS, but don't get out in the field much. I'm finishing my PhD right now...ramifications for social organization based on material culture change in the Late Copper Age on the Great Hungarian Plain.

PhD Candidate/archaeologist. Grad School...blah. I pay the bills as a Museum Technician with the National Park Service.

California Ale Yeast. WLP 001. That's what I've been told, at least, and my Sierra Nevada clones have tasted pretty spot-on (that is...when I don't mess with them in some random way, which I usually do).

Your beer will be fine. No worries. But for future reference, be careful pouring hot wort into a glass carboy...water always goes first. The thermal shock of hot liquid on glass could cause it to crack/shatter. It actually happens...lots of threads on the board about broken carboys...

No tax on grain, hops, or yeast (I think) in Florida either. That's about the only good political, tax, education, or government related thing I can say about this state.

Since you're brewing on your stove, I'd start out with between 2 and 3 gallons, then top off to 5 at the end using bottled spring water (though, I've topped off with tap water before with no ill effects). There's no hard and fast rule to this, other than the more water you boil the better...

I just picked up the ingredients this afternoon - gonna brew tomorrow afternoon. Mine is an all-grain version and I changed quite a bit to fit what I think are closer to my tastes (and my wife's). Apologies if something similar has been posted before, but I didn't read all 69 pages ;)...

Homebrew Den in Tallahassee is great - and they just moved into a new, bigger place. The best thing about the place is the staff. They're really nice, knowledgeable, and have spent lots of time with me helping pick ingredients. They also have a website, but it kinda sucks...hopefully...

Yep, no worries. Looks like yeast to me.