Recent content by McLovinBeast57

I've done that as well... I wonder if there's an issue with getting a good suction or if I have a defective siphon... Do you find that the stream will stop multiple times throughout the process?

Hey guys, wondering what techniques you use to siphon or if there are any alternatives? I'm using an auto-siphon but every time I do, it stops with like 5 inches of wort left and I can't pump it without mixing up all of the trub at the bottom... I'm not sure what to do because I keep having to...

I'm curious at what age all of you became home brewers. I'm actually 19 and I just started this year after I watched all the episodes of Brew Masters on netflix. Such an entertaining show, which I'm sure many of you have seen. Started watching videos on YouTube and my parents got me a kit for...

Brewmasters is awesome! Good luck with it. Just keep a glass of water on hand so you don't yack haha Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Second brew! I didn't get to watch the whole fermentation process last time so I just wanted to make sure haha Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I'm hoping that I am just worrying too much but this doesn't look normal to me... Doesn't smell like an infection but I could be wrong. This is my first all-grain batch. This is about 12 hours after I pitched the yeast: Please reassure me everything is fine! Sent from my iPhone using Home...

So I recently made the switch to all-grain and I'm getting ready for brew day tomorrow... When I washed my new pot, there was this black dirt on the inside so I boiled some water to clean it up a bit... When I was done there was a brown layer up to the water level which I'm assuming was the...

Would it be alright to use 100% RO water and then add minerals to that? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Sounds good! I wasn't sure how big of a priority it was.. Some people make it a huge deal, some people don't even think about pH. As long as I don't get any off flavors or astringency, I'm fine with it. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Hey guys, I'm making the switch to All-grain for my next batch and I'm trying to calculate the pH of my tap water. The website says the water treatment facility produces a final drinking water at a hardness of "5 to 7 grains"... I'm very new to this, so 5-7 grains means nothing to me at the...

This makes sense.. Somehow single hop beers slipped my mind haha thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Noob question..I'm really curious as to why certain types of hops are used for specific results. Can you use any hop at any time, or certain types used specifically for bittering, flavor, or aroma? For example a chinook hop claims it's for early and late additions.. Could I use it mid-boil for...

So a continuous hopping method should create a balanced hop bitterness, flavor, and aroma while a hop bursting method should create a more flavor and aroma based beer, correct? The reason I'm asking is because I want to make a super strong red ale.. So I was either going to add hop extract for...

Which do you prefer and why? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Cool so what about muslin bags and pellet hops? I've heard some say they work and others say they don't? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew