Recent content by lifthatiron

I have a few ounces of Northern Brewer Hop pellets that I bought last November and used some of them in a brew. They have been refrigerated for part of that time, but for a while they have also not been refrigerated in any way. Should I still use them for brewing, or should I get more hops? Is...

I recently made an australian lager and right while it was cooling after the boil with the wort chiller in the fermentation vessel I dropped the thermometer in. I dropped it into a 25 gallon fermenter. I couldnt retrieve it with my stir paddle and no tongs were long enough. I didnt want it to...

I think your ok, for flavor and sanitation. I dont think it will effect the flavor much at all if it does. That kinda funny how you mention that because just recently I accidently dropped a thermometer into an 18 gallon batch of australian lager and couldnt get it out any other way but to reach...

I was hangin out with some friends last time I went on vacation and I found my self not finishing a corona. A free corona! I drank red stripe the rest of the time, or cay brew. We were on little cayman so it was either red stripe cay brew, corona or an $8 guinness. Before homebrew a corona with...

A partial boil of wort is fine, as long as your just making 5 gallons. I have never boiled a full 5 gallons of wort for 5 gallons of brew, it isnt necessary. Unless you are trying to make a VERY specific recipe it isnt necessary to stagger the addition of malts. In regards to rehydrating yeast...