Recent content by Kilgore_Trout

I've gone to a thin mash (2qt/lb) and had better efficiency. I can't tell a difference, but I brew mostly thinner styles anyway.

I have the smaller one and no problems. I crush all my grain by hand and it still just takes a minute or two to get a whole batch ready. Pouring more grain in half way through is totally fine with me.

As others have said, analog or digital? Analog one works fine for me, never more than 5f swings. Is your fridge empty? If you fill it up the temperature swings will be much more gradual and not as much of a problem.

Congrats on finishing it up. You're making me feel sad about my picnic taps :P.

Never used palisade but the hop schedule looks just fine. Nice aroma/flavor without too much bittering.

PLEASE check the thread date before you post.

I logged in to post "centennial blonde" but looking at your sig you're all stocked up there. Definitely brew something that you're going to like a lot of. If it were me I'd brew one of the "staple" pale ales or light hybrids from this site, never had any trouble getting rid of any of them. A...

I hear the simcoe - cat pee thing a lot, but I've never really noticed it. Time won't hurt! As others have said time mellows all hop harshness.

I use a piece of crap phone. Work pays for it and I can't imagine paying what they want for a decent data plan. I'm at my PC or laptop enough that I have no use for anything else, mobile broadband is nice :) .

We've gotten a lot of posts like this lately. Forrest says they've had a huge increase in order volume lately, also they're running a big sale right now. Hopefully things pick back up again soon, as they're a good vendor.

Enjoyed it, but played it way too much. Played from Open Beta to Arena Season 2. 3 (nearly 4) 70s, did HWL twice... raided every week night, the whole bit. It was a lot of fun, but when your friends quit it gets old fast. Looking back I spent too much time playing, but time we enjoy wasting...

I'll vouch for the hot sparging as well. Improved my efficiency with no noticeable change in taste.

I like northern brewer and have never had a problem with them, but this is something I've noticed as well. Their recipes (especially the low/med gravity ales) seem to be formulated with cost as the primary objective. They keep their recipes very simple, which for some styles works great, but a...

Good luck to you, it will turn out tasty! Mine turned out very sweet and syrupy, the bread yeast pooped out early. Next time I'm using less honey or a different yeast. Tasty but I have to water it down a bit to drink.

I would do 180-185 as you planned, as do most people around here that batch sparge. You won't get any tannin issues and it helps your efficiency.