Recent content by mhb69

wow, you're really moving fast on this build. looking forward to seeing how it all comes together!

yeah, that's a great setup. I also wish I had a floor drain!

I wouldn't buy an immersion chiller; I'd buy a counter-flow chiller. Fast! And it doesn't clog. You can get 'em in copper or stainless. Both work well, but stainless is a bit better if you want to go down the CIP route.

OK, that's good to know. I clearly need to learn more about yeast! BTW, I have a 10gallon batch (thus the reason for making a starter in the first place) Yep, good advice. Will do. Cheers.

Yep, it got a bit of a splash going into the fermenter. I also just read that when US-05 is hydrated and then used to make starter on a stir plate (which is what I do), you don't have to worry about aerating the wort. That doesn't sound quite right to me, but I'll just wait and see this time...

US-05, 2 litre starter, 1.050

I pitched my yeast ~24 hours ago (no bubbles yet) and just now realized that I forgot to aerate the wort before pitching. Would I ruin it if I aerated it now? thanks for help!

Hi acidrain, thanks for that. I was working under the impression that people were dry hopping in the primary (which is what I do currently). But it makes sense to rack to a clean and purged secondary with your dry hops already in there. Because you say you de-pressurize and pull the hops, I...

I presently use a 50L sanke as my fermenter, but not under pressure. I'm slowly getting the gear together to ferment under pressure and have been reading up on the process. While I think I've got the process pretty well worked out from start to finish in terms of ramping temps and pressures...

Yep, I've got the washer in there. I am beginning to suspect that the leak is under the knob of the regulator itself. Is that even possible? Doing further tests now...

Yes, I do have a check valve between the regulator and the kegs. So this prevents the pressure between the regulator and the kegs from dropping, thus no pressure drop in the low-pressure gauge. But I guess this means that I've got a leak somewhere between the cylinder and the regulator. I...

noob to kegging, so maybe this is obvious to most of you. I closed the valve on my gas bottle last night because I began to suspect I had a leak -- though I can't find one anywhere. This morning I noticed that the high-pressure gauge on my regulator (closest to the gas cylinder) was on...

just wrap the light bulb with tin foil. that's the easiest in my mind.

just wrap the light bulb with tin foil. that's the easiest in my mind.

Thanks for this. I will definitely be using this next time I step out of my 1.056 comfort zone.