Recent content by munkyhead8

So far I've only done single infusion, for 60 min on my eHERMS, and the last couple runs have been ~73% efficiency. Think an additional protein rest would give that a bump?

I have a spike brewing MLT and FB, and I've been running my chugger wide open through a 50' HERMS coil, and haven't noticed a drop in level between the MLT surface and the sightglass. Should I still be thinking about turning the pump down some? I've yet to have a stuck sparge with 10+ batches...

I did this last fall for my wedding. I had ~130 guests and had 6 5 gallon batches of beer. 1 apfelwein and a cider. We bought 6 cases of wine to go with it, which was way way too much. We only went through like 2 cases of the wine. All said and done, there wasn't enough beer left in the kegs to...

It's somewhere between 1/4 and 1/2 gallon of liquid. Probably closer to the quarter. I used a bit more than normal because this yeast pushed a lot out and the end kept getting stopped up by the yeast cake in the blowoff.

I use starsan and it was the second round. I generally dump the blowoff bucket after it starts to get a good layer of yeast. I suppose the extra volume would help dry it out some more!

Welp, just learned this the hard way. I made a tripel about 3 weeks ago and needed to use a blowoff (big one in a glass carboy.) We had a pretty good freeze in the last week and my brew room dropped to around 45 degrees and the temp change sucked back the nasty yeast/sanitizer/lord knows what...

I just got everything kegged last week for my wedding, which is Sept. 8th. I know you didn't do it, but for anyone else that reads this, it is definitely doable. I did 6, 5gal batches over 3 weeks using 4 primary fermenters. It worked out really well, and I'm excited to hear some reviews. I did...

I'm preparing for a wedding in 6 weeks, so I'm stacked to the gills right now. Dry Stout American Brown Hopsun clone Raspberry Wheat Rye IPA Pale ale Dry Mead Apfelwein Cider

I had some extra grain from a California Common I did, so I came up with a "whats in the cupboard" recipe. I'll be brewing this weekend! I'll check back when its done with results. Recipe: hodgepodge TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 6.52 gal...

Work in progress. I have the colar complete. Just need to delete the lid, give it a paint job, and install the taps. I think I am also going to distress the copper, so it looks a little more "vintage". The wood is Spanish Cedar, and smells fantastic. I wish the smell would stick around. . . It's...

Yea, the little wad came out brown when I was done. Pretty gross, and I'm always sure to rinse/wash them right when I finnish.

I have somewhat hard water, so I've always had issues keeping my hoses clean. They always get cloudy after a few cleanings. I had seen the idea of running fishing line through the hose, then pulling a wad though to wipe it down. I gave it a try, and felt like it was a pain because of the curve...

For you upstate New yorkers, there is a hop farm in Madison county NY that is starting to pick fresh hops this week. They are selling them for $5.00/lb. I'm getting my hiney there this weekend for some centennials! http://www.pmihops.com/

I would go with the swamp cooler as well. Although you may not get it down to 60, you will still make good beer. I've done a "Kolsch" a few times now, and the one that tasted best to me was one where I started around 72 before I got the temperature down into the mid 60s by day 2 of active...

Not sure why, but I thought the package I bought before was 3.3 lb. I was shooting for round number. . . I actually ended up picking up a 2 gallon cooler and using the method on BYO.com. I only have 1 pot larger enough, so that was the cheapest route. So I bumped it up to 3 lb of 2 row and...