Recent content by mkarnas

Can isinglass or gelatin be used for bottle conditioned beers? When should I add it? Rack on top of it for a week long secondary? What about my batch I plan to keg. Do I add it after I cold crash or add In my secondary? How long to leave it?

I was going to cold crash it today and keg it tomorrow. Shall I wait a couple days? Gravity reading have been the same last 2 days, but bubbles are still present and little airlock activity.

Day 7 in the secondary (day 14 overall) for a blonde ale and substantial carbonation is visible in one of the carboys. Pulled a sample to get a reading and CO2 bubbles coming from my sample and visible in carboy. Is this normal? I've never seen this. You can see CO2 coming to the top of the...

Anyone have a Dos XX Amber all grain recipe? Vienna lager style, 10 gallon batch. I will be splitting the batch into two 6 gallon carboys. How much of a starter?

What I should I brew for my first all grain batch. I want an ale with low to moderately low (20-28) IBUs. I've brewed plenty of amber and IPA (higher IBUs) extract brews and I want a lower IBU this time. I was thinking an American red ale or cream ale. Any suggestions? It will be a 10 gallon batch.

What are the best techniques for bottling from a corny keg without buying more equipment (beer gun)? I have a bottle filler and a picnic tap for my corny. Turn Co2 pressure way down? Pour straight into bottle with picnic tap? Use bottle filler on end of tap? I've heard of using the carboy bung...

By repitch, you mean I should buy more yeast and pitch that right?

12 grams

The yeast is Brewferm Lager. I pitched at 65 degrees per recipe.

Just brewed my first lager and after 48 hours there is no sign of fermentation and hydrometer readings are still at my OG of 1.048. I am fermenting in a glass carboy at a controlled 50 degrees. I used the dry yeast that came with the kit (brewers best Vienna lager). Im not too worried yet but...

Already brewed extract for a year and have How to Brew by Palmer. It doesn't talk about brewing all grain too much. I also have palmers Brewing Classic Styles and I could simply read the recipe but I wanted an understanding of why some instructions tell you to sparge until you get to your...

How do I know how much grain to prepare for mashing? I know you mash 1.1 qrts/lb. of grain but how do you know how much grain to mash (5,7,10 gallon batches) I've read that you just sparge enough water to get to your pre boil volume but that makes no sense. For example if I mash 3 gallons and...