Recent content by Palmetto33

In regards to the IC from Morebeer, I had looked at them earlier. The pot is about 15.5" in height and the IC from more beer you linked to had a height of 15". So, with the height of the base inside the pot I may just clear it. But I don't know for sure. I'd imagine, Yooper, that your pot...

Appreciate all the replies. They've all been helpful. I ended up getting a turkey fryer kit from Lowe's for $37. Not bad. It's 30 qt. aluminum Bayou classic. Sounds like the one a lot of you have. Anyway, I tried it out tonight with just water and boiled about 6.5g for an hour. It...

Haven't looked at the coiled copper yet, will take a look tomorrow at Lowe's and see what I can find. I'll update on the progress. Any further input will be appreciated in the time being. Rob

Appreciate the info Mikey and talley. Looks like I'll order a chiller online. Never worked with copper before and don't have that spring loaded bender I've heard about and if it's cheaper, there's no question. With the fryer, I'm looking to go to Lowe's first cause it's closer. 30 qt is...

I have been brewing only for a few months now and have produced three beers from extract, the first two a combination of LME and DME and the last all LME. The first was a brown, the second an IPA, and the third a red ale. Thing is, they sorta all taste the same to me; that twangy character...

Yeah, I noticed it was a lager in beersmith. Did you do a late extract addition cause it increases the IBUs dramatically when I mess around with the late addition numbers into beersmith? I don't want it to taste like an IPA. Do you, by any chance, have an approximate IBU goal for your...

Well, I opened it over the fermenter so I didn't lose much of it, but it did get all over my (semi sanitized) hands before falling into the wort so hopefully it's not infected. Either way, using the primary as a starter vessel seemed to work fine; it's been bubbling this morning. Will be...

Yeah, I actually just ended up trying it in my 6.5 primary. So I've got a very thin layer of yeast/wort at the bottom of it. I noticed it bubble after just a few minutes which surprised me cause there's so much head space in there. One thing that bothered me was when I opened the vile of...

By the way, Yooper, I'm glad you responded. I've actually been meaning to ask you a couple of questions about your dead guy clone, which I want to make next. This will be my third brew and they've all been ingredient kits so I'm a little unsure about what ingredients to order. With the...

So, I don't need an airlock for it? It won't make a difference that it was shipped at room temp.?

I recently ordered a vile of white labs irish ale yeast from my LHBS. They however, did not ship it with a freezer pack like they said they would. It got here over night and I plan on brewing my red ale either today or tomorrow. Should I refrigerate it or just leave it at room temperature...

This may very well be a part of it. The first batch was all extract but the IPA had some specialty grains that I steeped first. Of course I wasn't told how much grains there were or even what they were.

Beertoven, Appreciate the insight; that's all I needed to hear. Gonna repitch tonight. Thanks

Good advice, I will start requesting that from my LHBS. In regards to the the extract though... I have hit both my OGs, wouldn't this mean that my worts are good to go in the fermentability department? Whatcha think of the repitching into the secondary idea?

Well, I checked on the IPA in the secondary and it is .006 off the high end of the FG at 1.020. My Brown ale in the bottles are also way over FG. I read in another thread going on that Munton's Dry Ale yeast (Mine just says Muntons Active Brewing Yeast) has a low attenuation rate. For the...