Recent content by mo_feezy

You can tie a mesh bag around the siphon end and just siphon into the bottling bucket. As long as everything is sanitized it works great.

Looks infected. Some people might suggest dumping it. Others might suggest letting it ride and see how it turns out. It probably depends on how badly you need the fermentor space.

Hey all, I want to brew a black rye saison. I don't want much in the way of roasted flavor, just the color. I Was thinking I would try this. Any thoughts? Amt Name Type # %/IBU 10 lbs Pilsner (2...

Thanks for the ideas. I wasn't too worried about the c02, but I guess I can just crack the window every hour or something or set the AC to the fresh air cycle periodically. I will definitely cover it and hope for the best.

there and back.

it's a lambic and will be sitting in the fermentor for at least a year. I'm using better bottles to avoid the risk of breaking, and will wrap them and have the AC in the car on the entire way (which is probably unavoidable anyways).

Is this going to get me into trouble if I run into law enforcement? I'm visiting a buddy and we were saying it would be cool to bring a couple of carboys and brew a batch and take my half home with me. I'm sure a keg would be the ideal way to do this, but it won't work out at this time...

Awesome! I would put a bench or table under that and enjoy the shade beneath my hops!

Hi All, I've got a bunch of better bottles waiting to be filled with sours. I have a split 10 gallon flanders red going since early April (2013). I was thinking I would like to do a lot of split batches to experiment and possibly give me blending options. Next up is going to be a...

There is a pretty wide range of sourness. Some beers that are "sours" don't taste sour to me at all. Others are mouth puckeringly sour. I like them on the more extreme sour end than the other end. Cool brews you have going.

Can you post details on the turbid mash? (assuming you did that) This is awesome. Way to set the bar.

I use that harbor freight drill with my barley crusher. works like a charm.

Thank you!

I am brewing a cream ale with the WLP080 Cream Ale yeast blend. Should I make a starter or will that change the yeast proportions too much? I've done sours where there was specifically a recommendation to NOT make a starter for this reason...

Sounds good. I think every yeast acts different, and every recipe, and the temp will affect it as well. I've got 2 buckets with the same brew that had different sized kreuzen rings, even with the same yeast, same temp, and same recipe. I guess i'll have to wait to see if they taste any...