Recent content by owentp

I am thinking about hooking up a loop circuit between my trub dump, pump with a carb stone, & racking cane. Has anyone tried this? I have heard that you need some head pressure of co2 but not sure why? In theory after about an hour or so it should work. I'll be using a 1bbl ss fermenter with...

Anyone have any experience with Braumeisters SS fermenters? Quality, issues??

When attempting to repeat an IPA when the hop AA's are different from crop to crop, do most of you attempt to obtain the same IBU's or same flavor/aroma? If you go for same IBU's do you alter your boiling times or do the formula to achieve the proper IBU's with same boil times as previous recipe?

Lately I have been having a problem with carbonating my lighter beers with bottling. I force carb at 17psi for a few days, then bring down to about 6psi for bottling after I have released some pressure. No matter what I do, the foaming is crazy. Used to never have this problem but my last 2...

I am looking for some advice to give me the best method to determine my strike water so when I add my grain (68-70 F) that my desired mash temp hits relatively close. I don't plan to do HERMS or RIMS. I have used multiple calculators and no matter what it says to do, as soon as the grain is...

Wll my HBT colleagues.....I figured out what happened because I caught it last night while making my Porter. I have 1 pump for all 3 vessels w/a "T" & depending which valve is open where the pump pulls from. I was chilling my Porter & noticed it getting lighter. I stopped pumping to figure...

Anyone ever used ground vanilla beans & if so how much in ounces for a 5 gallon batch?

In boil at 15 min or fermenter after primary fermentation complete?

Correct...no lid.

Yes...my pb means preboil. I ran some clean water through the chiller & there was maybe a small amount of water that came out prior to chilled wort but nothing excessive. I have had little issue with my other beers so that leads me to think that there is no chiller leak (Blichmann Therminator)...

I did no top off. Full boil. My final gravity at room temp was 1.052. Called for 1.066. Pb gravity called for 1.058, I had 1.056. Supposedly your gravity should increase with the boil due to evaporation.

Ok.....using beer smith. Making a medium body wheat beer. States my expected pb Gravity should be 1.058. I got 1.056. I did not fee compelled to correct for the .002 points. During the boil, took a sample & corrected it for temp & it was 1.070. Final gravity should be 1.066. So I'm doing...

Does this look like a decent grind? Used barley crusher for years & never changed the roller settings. Had some brews not turn out & many that have.

Awesome!

So if I have a 13" diameter mash tun, can I use a 12" domed false bottom or does it need to be an exact fit?