Recent content by Mattbastard

Put it back on the toilet?

Bump for the weekday crowd

I put this on the NB forum because it's really buggin' me and I want to put out a couple feelers for more coverage. 6# Rahr 2-row 1# Flaked Barley .5# Chocolate malt .5# Roasted Barley .8oz NB 10.4% at 60 min 1pk rehydrated US-05 Pretty standard recipe, right? Well, it's been out of...

I roundly agree with these sentiments. I've been using US-05 for years, but just made an Amber Ale with 1272 and love the results. It finishes really clean, and does leave a bit of sweetness in the background. I notice it first during a sip, then the hop characteristics come through. I...

This is weird, but I have the same issue going on here. I was planning on rehydrating a pack of US-05 and sanitizing a medicine dropper to put like two or three drops in each bottle, then recap.

in 2008 I traveled 32 weeks, and in 09 I traveled 27 weeks. Most of my traveling was just like yours, out on Monday and back on Friday. I made the most of my weekends usually, and if my girlfriend had to work I usually made a beer. I guess that since my brewing started while my job had me out...

I really like my Perlicks. I went with the Creamer option. If there's not enough head, just lightly press the tap handle back for a second or two and there ya go. Great for proper presentation.

My crush looks like the top pic all the time and I get 75%. I don't crush any further because my runoffs get really slow and often stuck, which I hate. I'll take a loss of a few % over constantly stuck sparges.

I like my grain exactly like that. It makes for decent efficiency with no stuck sparges. I hate stuck sparges. If your grain bed is so compacted that it's hard to break it up between sparges, it's too fine a crush IMO.

When you guys measure your gap, are you just sliding the feeler gauge into the gap without the rollers spinning, or are you having to force them down? I noticed I can have a variance of over .01" between either sliding the feeler gauge down, to making them spin and barely getting the feeler...

I made a lager once. It was an extract, 5 gallons, and I pitched ONE PROPAGATOR!! Needless to say, it eventually started fermenting about a week later, took about 2 weeks to finish up, and while it did make beer, it was by no means great. You'll make a drinkable beer, but I wouldn't go...

You're gonna be able to butter your popcorn with it. :cross:

What's the note say?

My LHBS said the same thing about yeast. Apparently the concept of pitching rates eludes some people. He almost fell over when I said I pitched two activators into 5 gal of Hefe.

I dont use any of those fancy-schmancy calculators, I made my own spread sheet based on the water profile chart in How to Brew. My water is hard, and I just cut it by 75% with Distilled water.