Recent content by Malichaidog

Should I ever rack to secondary or just let it sit for a fee months like that? Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

First sour attempt. Will be a 5 gallon batch. When should I add this? Primary with cal ale yeast then rack to 655 or should this be in the primary by itself? With the cal ale yeast? Just not sure what to do with it and the white labs website doesn't offer much guidance. Sent from my iPad...

Did my first double ten gallon batches today with a counter flow chiller from more beer. In az my tap water is 95. Chilling is an issue. I whirl pooled through the counter flow with tap water and was going back into the kettle at 105. Ten gallons down to 125 in ten minutes just with tap...

I left em on too long also. Use em in the boil not to dry hop and its all good.

Any advice for installing pump and whirlpool fitting into a stainless keggle boil kettle tomorrow? Shouldn't be much to it but those are usually my famous last words before all hell breaks loose

IMHO the best dry hopping comes from tying off a muslin bag to the dip tube in a keg. Huge difference compared to dry hop in secondary. Never dry hopped in the primary. Dropping a bag with marbles should be good just rack around it. I floated a bag of whole leaf once that eventually sunk and...

I need a new thermometer. I have crap k-mart special digital cooking thermometer. I really want something digital, that I can put in my mash tun and get a wireless reading on a base unit. I can't find anything like this. Any suggestions? Wireless, waterproof, accurate options?

Here is a grain bill and hop schedule I'm calling "what's left ipa". Based solely on my desire to brew using all the ingredients I have left.

Hard to get a good pic of the full sleeve lady justice tat. (I'm an attorney). Giraffe is for my daughter.

Good point. No good reason, I just had in my head that the magic of all grain would eliminate the need to age it. I have two 5 gallon fermenters full of India brown ale. Ill have to age one longer than the other and see if there is a difference.

Boil it until you evaporate enough to achieve your final volume

Let me add that I have not noticed a difference between aging or not, just curious what other people think, or perceived differences in their own beers.

When I did extract I always aged the beer to let it mellow out. I have been doing 10gal AG batches for over a year now (80+ gallons) and I recently have been doing less aging. I mostly brew ipas and pale ales. 10-14 days in primary and 1-2 weeks in a secondary (maybe dry hopping) then...

I just got one, mounted it, assembled the hopper, no issues, looks great. I am a little thick, and I don't get which bolts are the set screws and which ones are the adjustment knobs. There are wing nuts on the side and then knobs on opposite ends of the mill. Can anyone tell me what is what...

Add it after you push it in. Also buy a cheap handle of vodka and use that instead of water. That way if any gets sucked in you do not have to worry about sanitation issues.