Recent content by OnTheFlyBrewing

i agree with the potential problems. After thinking about it, I could have some back flow into the rest of the house. I would have to have at least two one way valves to prevent that.

I am installing a sink in my garage brewery. I have commercial faucet with sprayer for the sink itself. My plan is to plumb hot and cold to the sink, but then I want to continue both the hot and cold water lines past the sink towards my brewing table. I will have garden hose fittings for both...

Good catch. If I would have plugged the grains into a calculator, I probably would have figured that out. Bigger beer than I planned. Maybe I'm not describing it correctly, or didn't provide enough detail. I was still using a bucket with sanitizer for the blow off, so it wasn't being exposed...

UPDATE 2: Apparently there wasn’t much fermentation still occurring. Day 10 since fermentation started, and the gravity is 1.019. Five points from where the recipe said it should bottom out. Still...that was a fair amount of sugars digested from 72 points down to 19. Any suggestions? Too late...

Thank you! That is very interesting information. It will help me better understand the process of brewing.

UPDATE: I pitched the yeast on Wednesday. By Thursday morning it was vigorously fermenting. Checked it Friday morning and no bubbles. Took the first reading on Saturday. Today (Sunday) I checked, and I was very happy to see that it was producing CO2 again. I have a Blichmann spunding valve that...

I brewed the attached recipe . The good news in this story is that I believe my efficiency is very good. At least that’s what I’m surmising from my OG. Recipe lists the OG as 1.058, but mine was 1.072 using a hydrometer. My problem is that the fermentation started strong and vigorous, but...

I've had enough of bottling. Was trying to save the expense of a kegerator, but it is time to take the next step. My question is, when buying a kegerator, what are you glad you added/upgraded, or wish you did? Perlick Faucet - 630SS Stainless Steel? All SS couplers? I'm ready to buy, so let me...

Yes Yes Pretty sure I have not. Hmmm...I will have to think about that one. Though all my hose clamps are SS.

Metallic odor/aftertaste is present when it has only been in the fermenter for a week. Doesn't seem to increase over time. Everything is SS. SS paddle, valves...even the hose clamps are SS. Edit: As posted in first post, the only other metal is the copper between the two water filters. The...

I am. Call me very busy or just lazy, but I have left the beer in the unitank chilled to at least 38ºF for a few weeks. Like I said, this last one is only partially naturally carbonated, and it still has the odor from the head.

That I do not know. I went by the word of a local brewer, and he assured me it was good for brewing. Haven't tasted any other local homebrews to see if they are getting the same result. I'm strongly considering starting with distilled or RO water to eliminate the water as the source of the...

As posted in other threads, I just started AG brewing with a full Ss Brewtech system. SS mash tun, HLT, kettle, and two unitanks. I thoroughly cleaned everything with TSP, rinsed, then ran Sani Clean through all the components. I have brewed three beers. The first I tried to burst carb. It had a...

Ran the chiller on my second batch, an Irish Red Ale. Crash cooled it right to 33ºF without a problem. I feel that this is largely due to the alcohol content of this second beer. First one where I had trouble was only around 4%, but this Irish Red Ale is about 6%.

My chiller along with my home brewery is in the garage. I have been out there while it kicks on. It is not noisy to the point where it is hard to hear conversation, or even concentrate on something which requires my attention. It sounds to me like a small refrigerator when it runs. Maybe a...