Recent content by landrer

Has anyone ever tried fermenting root beer extract to make a alcoholic root beer? Also, hops or no hops?

I was just given a corny from a friend. It has a hose attached to the gas post that runs to the bottom of the keg. Would having the CO2 entering the beer from the bottom up absorb faster? Has anyone here ever used this method.

Learned my biggest lesson to date. First batch to keg and I did not hang the cobra tap. I'm guessing that it depressed when I threw it in the cooler and closed the lid. Came back from work today with my Corny floating in 5 gallons of homebrew. Keg was dry as a bone. Made me sick.

How long are you keeping your beer in primary. 4 weeks will get you more clear beer.

Is there an issue with adding the entire volume of water at the beginning of the process, then steeping my grains, and adding my LME and hop additions instead of adding extra water after the boil.

Should I be able to smell and taste Acetaldehyde after 24 hours?

I just brewed this yesterday with 2 vials of WLP004. OG was 1.062. MY fermentation chamber has been between 72 and 78 degrees since. I have excessive krausening. Is there an issue with fermentation temps this high?

I did not stir during sparge. I understand my mistake now.

My first all grain batch. Mashed the following at 152 fro 60 minutes: 13 lbs Pale Ale Malt 2 lbs Flaked Barley 1 lb Black Barley 5 gallons water After the 60 minute mash, I ran off the wort until free of grain (recirculated 4 one gallon pitchers). I then added 3 gallons of water at...

Guidry, Thanks for the reply. I am familiar with Andrew at Parish. He actually lives in my neighborhood. I spent a day at the Brewery back in December. Andrew is very knowledgeable and puts out a good product.

I am wanting to start brewing small one gallon batches. I am looking for good small food grade containers (1.5 to 2 gallon). I found the container below. My question is, would a skinny or unsymmetrical container affect fermentation. I figured that I could prop the container at an angle so...