Recent content by MikeCass

Ok, so I recently moved to Pittsburgh and I don't really have the room to brew on the scale that I used too, nor do I really have the time or money so I'm looking to sell my set up and rebuild a smaller one from the ground up. But before I can do that I would like to sell everything I have...

Shout out from Johnstown!

I recently made this recipe and I was super excited about it! I am running a 10-gallon Home Depot Cylindrical Cooler Mash Tun with a CPVC manifold and a Keggle BK. I am a relatively new brewer (4 or so AG batches) so I am still dialing in my efficiencies and what not. Either way, I...

The ones pictured I just used a glue stick because I just wanted to see how they all looked on the actual bottles. But when I am actually bottling, I use an aerosol spray adhesive I got from my local hardware store. It works great! Thanks everyone for the positive feedback on my labels! I...

The latest labels. I'm super excited the way they are turning out!

I recently put together a pumpkin ale and I want to share it with my friends. Us, all being recent college graduates have now dispersed throughout the country. I now want to mail each of them a six pack. I have researched how to go about mailing homebrew and that shouldn't be a problem...

My buddy just finished up the label for my pumpkin beer that will be ready to bottle on Sunday! I plan to print it on like a like brown type paper, same shade as cardboard. Anyone have any advice/info on printing or on where to find nice paper that would look good with this logo? When we...

I posted this thread like a week and a half ago and gave up on it when after a few days didn't get any relative answers. I was just paroozing the forum before bed and saw this topic and thought there was no way this was my topic haha. Thanks Bobby for the reply! Your answer helped me greatly...

I was reading that good ferm temp for this beer is around 60? I chose to go with Wyeast 1056 - Cali Ale Yeast so I could prepare a starter. Will fermenting at 60 still be adequate for this yeast even though Wyeast recommends that this yeast only be used anywhere from 65 to 72? If 60 isn't the...

I am about to start my fourth All-Grain brew and I have one question for fly sparging. I have been fly-sparging all of my brews thus far. Till now I never had a way to measure my pre-boil volume. I recently ordered a sight-glass from brewhardware, and now I will be able to measure it...

Do you know if these are rated to withstand boiling temperatures? I only ask because I am looking into no-chill brewing and this would be the real ticket for doing 10 gallon no-chill brews.

I was going through the ingredients that I have at my house today and the only brown sugar I have is "light brown sugar" is that what should be used in the brew? I'm sure this was addresses already but searching through over 80 pages could get a bit daunting. Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

What is the SRM you guys have been getting for this recipe? I plugged it all into Beersmith and I am getting 6.3 with 8.3% ABV. This SRM seems low considering some of the pictures posted earlier in the thread. Any insight?! I was thinking I would get a SRM closer to 8. Edit: I am doing...

Also, this might be a dumb question but I have never encountered this in any of my brews. When it says add hops at "0" minutes does that mean to add the hops to the BK at flame out so they will be in the BK while I'm chilling the wort? Or does this mean to add them directly to the fermentor...

I am a relatively new brewer and I am looking to brew this in the near future. I am putting together a recipe on beersmith so it'll be ready when the time comes. Are there any good liquid yeast alternatives to using the US-05 dry yeast that will give the same/similar product? I just...