Recent content by PersonalBrewer

oops, mistake

just put it in at 36 degrees

Thanks Beermeister appreciate your postings.

Thanks to all who posted to this thread and anyone who comes across this thread later on. I wound up buying a HiSense 8.7 cu ft from Lowe's https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hisense-8-7-cu-ft-Chest-Freezer-White/1002937128#preview-specifications The one I picked up and brought home will hold four five...

You guys have really given me some things to think about. Having to work a good bit more than usual so brew related interests are going to take a back seat for a while.

Also, my wife came across a wee heavy in the local grocery store. So she bought a can for me to compare. Their wee heavy was produced by a micro brewery in Asheville, NC - not far from here. This is without doubt better.

I haven't tried to delete this thread, but it would suit me fine if HBT administrators decided to do so. I will no longer be brewing in this manner, it simply introduces too much oxygen into the beer. Didn't have a problem for the three years plus that I brewed in this manner. However, when I...

Off topic A new way of looking at things for me. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forums/low-oxygen-brewing.282/ I've been focusing on recipes and ABV and nailing my Specific Gravities. Now, it appears there are ways to be a better brewer that I haven't thought about.

Thanks, I appreciate your pointing me in the right direction. Question: what do you mean by a wood collar? Edited to add: OOps brain fart, I was thinking adding a collar to the keg and you obviously meant adding a collar to the freezer. I do sincerely appreciate your post.

While I did purge the kegs after filling by CO2 several times, I wasn't paying attention to oxygen when brewing and doing 10 gal BIAB in a 15 gal kettle and wasn't paying any attention to oxidation while brewing or fermenting or kegging. The Marzan was kegged April 22 and sat at room temp...

I never had the opportunity to cold crash, or lager, or whatever so didn't pay much attention. I would like to keep some kegs cold at a minimum. If there are other uses I could do at the same time that would be great. I have a wine cooler that will hold two speidel 8 gal fermenters at...

I have been brewing for several years, this year I tried to build up a supply of kegs of beer so I wouldn't have to brew in the heat. Stored them at room temp. Bad idea, ten gallons oxidized on me - so much that I don't want to drink it. So, I'm thinking a freezer that I can use a Johnson...

Done, just as specified, now going to let sit 2/3 weeks at room temp. Beermeister32, sincerely appreciate your helping me on this. Thanks for giving me by the numbers what to do and dumbing it down enough for me to not miss anything. Have a great day!

The first keg of this just kicked empty. I checked the date and it was kegged on July 12, fastest a keg has ever gone empty at my house. My post of thirty days being kegged, probably should have been brewed. I double checked the date I put on with blue tape on both the empty keg and the one...

I never bottled so I had no idea there was such a thing as brewers corn sugar. Will pick some up and give it a whirl.. Thanks for the posts and helping me with a solution.