Recent content by Lochboy

I agree the washers are the hardest to find. I bought my 2 Ten Gallonn coolers 2 weeks ago and have already brewed 5 times it is awesome. My first crack at all grain I use one for MLT then the other as my liquor tank. I also use the Zappa false bottom which I just love, it is easy to...

Go ahead and use gelatin. Also how many kegs do you have?? I have cut 1 and a half inches off the bottom of the dip tubes on most of my kegs. This allows me to either use the keg as a secondary or simply add gelatin then rack into it. The gelatin will solidify with all the junk well below...

I do it quite often. I sparge at 170 around 8-9pm then close my cooler and next morning around 7-8 am the temp is between 130-145. I just wrap a blanket and it tastes great. Have not had any problems with it Late

Ok I have heard that doing a full boil for 5 gallons gives a much better result for extract brewing. I have two 3 gallon kettles, will i get better results by splitting my batch. Lochboy

Thanks Guys, Wow!! Tastes great, a little extra alcohol. My wife loves it. Already have 2 kids may have to put a lock on the keg. Later

Ok , My 5 gallon batch of Powder Hound clone finished fermentation yesterday so I put the carboy in the garage so that the yeast would fully drop out and then I would transfer to my Keg. Well there was a layer of slush on top of the beer and left about 1 third of a gallon at the bottom when...

Ok guys, I am on a tight schedule to brew in the next 24 hrs, unfortunately the recipe I was going to make (Murphy's Clone from Clone Brews) requires roated barley and my home brew store is out. I don't have another store. The 7oz roasted barley is a specialty grain in the extract recipe. I...

I tried a Brewers Best Scotch Ale kit. I have been brewing for 3 years and thought I would give this one a try. I did everything the same as usual but forgot to add the Irish Moss. I pitched at 71 degress and atached a blow off tube. The kruessen started at about 6 hrs post pitch, and was...

Hi Dibby, I went to college in Edinburgh , Graduated 1999. Lived in Kirkcaldy originally. See you on the forum Later

Thanks dibby for the explanation. You're lucky there wasn't audio as you probably wouldn't understand me. Yeah, that is correct about the schilling. However it seems that alot of 80 and 90 shilling in the US get the concentrate on the alcohol and forget about the malt and body of the beer...

Thanks All. Great I haven't ruined it after all. Sorry about the Double post. Trying to reach as many as posible in case I had to act quickly.... Thanks P.s I moved here from Scotland 5 years ago and have only tried the Extract kit Scottish Ales. Does anyone have a good Extract...

Ok, I am stupid. I am looking at my Carboy wondering what to do.I have been brewing for 2 years. I just brewed a Scotish Ale 20 mins ago, yeast is pitched. Can I add ish moss then move to secondary to remove it after primary is done. Please help. Lochboy

Ok, I am stupid. I am looking at my Carboy wondering what to do.I have been brewing for 2 years. I just brewed a Scotish Ale 20 mins ago, yeast is pitched. Can I add ish moss then move to secondary to remove it after primary is done. Please help. Lochboy

No, There is the stout and the red which are completely different beers. Later Lochboy

It's not perfect but you carbonate with co2 then attach one co2 with one nitrogen. Again not perfection but we will see in a few weeks. Lochboy