Recent content by MTOutlaw

I'm in!

Most growlers are meant for already carbonated beverage. When you force carb the pressure is much greater due to the fact that the co2 has to be forced/absorbed into the beer.

I'm stuck in the field playing with big guns. USMC artillery! Rather be scrubbing bottles or drinking trub than being out here

I've always used Irish moss in my brew, but never made it a point to cold crash my wort fast enough, and still ended up having a cloudy beer. So in my findings either a ton of Irish moss needs to be used, or chill your wort to pitching temps within 15 minutes will help with clarity. If ya do...

Arty in the marine reserves. Work freight at lowes to pay for school. Also dream of making beer for a living!

Thanks for the swift responses! I plan on doing mostly 15 gallon batches as I keg 5 bottle 10 to distribute in my family. I'm open to anything from a gravity fed 3 tier system two a 1 tier. I have only brewed on a gravity system and liked it but didn't know if the majority was siding with...

Hey y'all, I am in the process of researching to build an all grain brew stand. I am looking for everyones input on the difficulties they had in their build and what they did to overcome them. Also open to ideas on what people think works best. I want to brew up to 15 gallons of the gods...

Let me clear up a few things for some people. For grains I'm using 8oz of honey malt, 8 ounces 60'l crystal malt. 2 pounds muntons light dry malt extract (sorry said dme in earlier post had a couple and was going of the top of my memory) 8 ounces of maltodextrin powder and just over 4oz of...

I am trying to get my brewing to a level of beer that not just pleases the palate but as well as the eye. I recently brewed an iPa, that I did a late addition of DME. I used 2 of 9 pounds if I recall correctly in the beginning for hop utilization, then did 6 pounds of DME in the last 15 minutes...

Hey y'all! Due to some unfortunante events in life I've had to stop brewing for a while, and have depleted my stockpile which has unfortunately left me with more bottles than I know what to do with. Any body have good storage ideas for your bottles when your not using them? I would love to...

Forgot to mention that the bottle don't leak when I turn them upside down.

I use 12 and 22oz brown bottles. It might be cheap caps. That's the only thing I've changed. I soak in sanitizer on bottling day until I use them.

Good Luck!!! I envy you! get those pics up asap, and let us know what goes really easy and what doesnt along the process!

Thanks for the input y'all ill be bottling this weekend so wish me luck!

Dont ask me how but i resisted for two weeks to crack the first bottle, stored at 72 degrees, that was about a month ago. Been cracking one about every week and still nothing. not even a slight hiss when popping the top. Would the residue problem from my dishwasher still come into effect even if...