Recent content by muse435

I use Brewers Friend for all my recipes and brew sessions. I would like to be able to chart the temperature of the fermentation on the site. I know there are a few products out there that will do this (ie. Tilt) but I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for utilizing a raspberry pi...

I know this is an old thread but I had some questions: 1) Grains of paradise whole or ground? 2) Zest 1 oz lemon zest dry or fresh?

That is a cool concept that I have not ran into before. I assume you sanitized the kegs seal them then connect the tubing. do you then fill the kegs via the down spout to keep the system "closed" while filling the kegs?

so now I am curious what do you mean "keg purging gas line"?

When I was starting to brew and still using my stove for the boil, a wishbone that had been drying for 2 months above the stove fell in the boil. It was a dark beer and with the equipment on hand it took about 10 minutes to fish it out of the boil. We ended up calling the beer "Lucky Brown"...

I used to have a nice 1 1/4 in blow off tube for my glass carboy but it has vanished. I am about to brew a Black IPA and the last time I made this recipe I did not use a blow off tube and should have (see pic below). I was chatting with a friend and they mentioned using a 3/8ID hose as a blow...

thank you both for the insight.

I have taken several years off and I’m just now getting back into breeding. I have talked to a few friends and we were discussing what they do different between now and a few years ago. The biggest change they say is due to improved quantity of the yeast they no longer use starters. I have a...

I have no proof what the best is, but what I did and liked: an inner and outer collar made by 4x1 then the gap I filled with foam sealer. this allowed me to easily fill the contours of the lid and the body of the keeper. I also used silicone to adhere the wood to the plastic. Also, if you go...

thank you all for the help. i just pitched it all. It took a while for fermentation to take off tho. unfortunately i had a lot of blow off on the starter. i need to refine my starter technique. it is now happily bubbling away.

1.068 est OG 900mL Starter - California

I started my starter about 24 hours ago thinking it would be ready for this afternoon.:drunk: oops. So now that i am half way through my :drunk:mash i looked over at my flask and the yeast are not settling out. With the LHBS closed on sunday what should I do? Right now all i can think to do...

I disassembled everything and gave it a good cleaning and sanitizing. Im about to go to work so ill pull a sample to allow it time to flatten and rise up to room temp then i will re check the SG tonight. Yes I purged. Yooper, I will then try your idea. In your opinion is hooking up a new...

8 gallon megapot, igloo HLT, and igloo mash tun. It was a good Christmas

43105+15=43120 It was a slow year for my. Thank good for craft beer tho.