Recent content by nexy_sm

Hi all guys, I live in Germany and I have discovered an interesting, yer very confusing difference in the approach to balancing beer dispensing systems. So, what I learned in the past from the draft beer quality manual is that the beer line should compensate (basically to dismantle) the...

So, if somebody is interested, I tried the schedule as described above and by Greg Noonan. Pretty straightforward. Final gravity 1.018-1.020, 95% pilsner malt and 5% carahell. I suppose if one would go slower with the decoction through the b amyase range, the wort would be more fermentable.

Hi all, I wonder if anybody tried to stick to the Greg Noonan's decoction schedule variant 2 from his New Brewing Lager Beer book. There he suggests for modern modified malts the following schedule: Mash in at 55 (centigrades) for combined protein/beta amylase rest After 5 minutes pulling a...

Hi, there is 7kg of malt in this recipe, this is not for 25L. With this amount of malt and 75% efficiency which is stated by Mr. Strong you can make ca. 40L of beer.

Well, because this amount of malt is not for 25L but for about 40L. I usually make ales in about 50-55 IBU range, all late hops, and in order to achieve this on 22L batches I need about 100g of hops (ok it depends on AA percentage). The point is, the malt bill is already wrong, so the hops could...

I wanted to ask if anybody tried Summer Rye recipe from Gordon Strong's book Modern Homebrew Recipes, because I belive there is an error in the recipe. The original recipe calls for: 4.5kg two-row 1.4kg Golden Promise 1.4kg Wheat malt 0.68kg Rye malt and 57g Motueka (7.5%) all late hops...

Hi all, I have a direct fired mash tun made from a beer keg (50 liters). I am using armaflex for insulation, but the problem is when my burners are on, hot air from below is coming through the holes between the keg and its stand (holes that are already present on the keg). This hot air is...

Hi all and thank you for your suggestions, First of all I missed to mention in my first post that I want the lid to be made of two concentric discs, one that goes inside and one that sits on the top of the pot. There are now few things I am not sure about: 1. How to connect the two discs? Are...

Hi all guys, I am making my new HLT of 70L stainless steel pot. My plan is to make a wooden lid but with that idea come certain questions. If I would glue alu foil on the inner part of the lid, what kind of glue would be appropriate for it? What kind of finish would be appropriate in this...

I have already experienced that, but the price for this is very high in my opinion, so high that i would rather pay even more to make it myself.

Hi all guys, I would like to pump my mash tun a little bit, as well as my kettle by installing some inlets for recirculation and for whirlpooling. What I find available in Europe is kind of expensive. Do you have any tips on how to make this for example at home: Especially this threaded...

Hi all guys, i would like to be able to connect my immersion wort chiller with the wall of my kettle and then to plug the hoses from the outside. What is the best way to connect the chiller with the outside world? In my process i would like at put the chiller near the end of the boil and to...

So, my expectation was that it should carbonate faster with beer gas since the pressure is higher. Would be niceif somebody could explain why it takes a lot more time with the gas, although I was shaking the keg. WHen I carbonate my beers I set the serving pressure and just shake for about 20...

Hm, I wouldn't say it is overcarbonated. This is how I did it and I would like if somebody could point out mistakes: 1. I chose 1.5 volumes 2. From the table with temperature/pressure pairs I took CO2 pressure required to carb my beer to 1.5 volumes of CO2 at given temperature. 3. Since my gas...

Hi all guys, Last Friday I kegged my first stout on nitro. The biggest issue was that I got a lot of foam when pouring. Pint would be full of foam and it took about few minutes to reduce the foam to a normal level. I used gas 70% N and 30% CO2. Serving pressure was 32 psi. Pouring of one...