Recent content by Kraghed

Not sure if this info will help but I bought a few vials and gave it a run on both an ale and a lager: It did fine on the american ale as far as attenuation, but I hopped the piss out of it so I can't say much for the ester's. It was pretty aggressive and finished quickly. I was not...

For what it's worth I had this issue when i got started due to the burner I was using. It BARELY brought 5 gallons to a boil, I never really achieved a roiling boil. If you can't get a good aggressive boil with your current setup cut your initial volume a bit and you should be fine. Once I...

I'm not a chemist but it's logical that chlorine could inhibit the yeast. You can always boil the water to get rid of the chlorine, but this will reduce the amount of oxygen. If you aren't using a stir plate you need to shake it up for a few minutes or hit it with some oxygen to get it...

Hah! :mug:

You will be fine. Nottingham is rated for 57° to 70°f.

Thanks Kirbster. That was exactly the info I needed. :mug:

Assuming my bottles have already been cleaned and I am just sanitizing, I give mine a quick bath in Iodophor and let them drip dry on a tree about an hour before starting to bottle. Iodophor and Starsan are no-rinse and have wokred well for me.

Has anyone purchased one of these recently? I am moving to a flat system and have ordered three of these to mount in a wooden stand. Since the burner stand is squared off anyway, my plan is to just cut the legs off and mount them with some spacers and shielding on the wood. I would like to...

+ 5 Rye Pale Ale 23,383

That is borderline epic....thanks for posting.

Yar....check on it in 2-3 days and if the readings are the same you should be good.

You will need the beginning (OG) and end (FG) gravity readings to calculate your ABV. Here is a handy site that does the math for you: http://www.brewheads.com/stats.php As far as reading the hydrometer itself: 1.000 will be the gravity of plain water. The sugars increase the density...

Just brewed 5 gal. of Yooper's Hard Lemonade for the wife, let's see if she enjoys it as much as the Apfelwein. (17537 +5) 17542

12098.5 +5 American Wheat +5 Scottish 13008.5

You should be able to put a 4 way splitter in line after the regulator. http://www.midwestsupplies.com/kegging/gas-supplies/gas-splitters-accessories.html