Recent content by phidelt844

I know I'm digging up an old thread here, but how did this beer turn out? I brewed a 10 gallon batch 4 weeks ago with S-05 and one bucket is perfectly clear while the other has bubbles exactly like your image from day 15. Gravity is where I expect, taste and aroma are fine; trying to determine...

Hey folks, hoping to get some opinions on a very slow leak I have. I recently moved and after setting up my previously leak-free kegging system I am now finding a very slow leak that I'm having trouble tracking down. With all kegs disconnected, I turn the main tank on, adjust my regulator to...

Hey fellas. I've got a corny whose black rubber top has completely fallen off. Thus, I am left with a bare metal top with no indication of which hole was originally the IN and which was the OUT (both posts have been removed). I know it matters which quick disconnect attaches to which post...

How recently did you pitch the yeast? Can you identify it as krausen? Infection perhaps? Got a pic by chance?

That is one fancy setup for a first time all grain! Lookin' good! :mug:

By 2 quarters, do you mean 2 quarts? I typically calculate how much runoff I expect from my mash, then take the remainder of my desired starting volume and divide by 2 for my two separate sparges. As an example, if you get 2 gallons from your mash, you could assume two separate 2 gallon...

I usually throw a clean towel or something over the brew kettle after I've cooled to ~170. Anything falling in shouldn't be an issue with that kind of heat. I siphon from the covered kettle in to a covered fermenter.

I've been kegging for awhile, and usually have 3-4 on tap. However I recently ran dry and only have 1 keg going. I have typically connected my gas line to the keg, then set my regulator to ~12 psi, and never had a problem. I checked the pressure today, and with only one keg instead of my...

This is the way to go for next time. How did the beer travel up the line, though, I'm wondering? Did you have the C02 connected to the beer out line, or was the keg on its side? Even if the keg pressure was higher than your regulator, I would find it hard for beer to travel 1/2 inch...

Just to take the flip side of the coin, my house IPA includes .5oz of Simcoe and Amarillo, along with more for dry hopping, and I find it screams of grapefruit. I would not attest grapefruit to any esters or fermentation issues; I think this is all hops. If you eliminate dry hopping, that...

Typically when I keg a beer I will hit it with 30psi to seat the lid and then let the keg sit at room temp for a couple months before throwing it in my fridge and carbing it. I've noticed with some of my kegs that when I go to move it in the fridge and pull the off-gas ring on top to check...

Last night I stumbled in to my brew room after waking up in the middle of the night to let the dog out and noticed I had krausen flowing out of my airlock on day 2 of fermentation. In my sleepy haze I grabbed the nearest tube around and fitted a blowoff. This morning I realized that the tube...

I am trying a wine kit for the first time and from searching the site am unable to find a confirmed answer on what type of water I should be using. I know with beer I have had success running tap water through a charcoal filter. With wine, since it is not being boiled, is it best to purchase...

Well I have since removed my Co2 tank + regulators from the fridge. Now it's doing the same thing, only the climb up is much slower. So I can turn on the gas and it will creep from up maybe 10 psi every 10 seconds vs an instant slam to 60 psi. I found another thread referencing Midwest...

I have a double dual gauge regulator that's been working fine for around a year. Today I kegged a beer and was cranking the pressure to 30 psi to seal the lid, when the needle just kept on going all the way to the max (60 psi). Once it hit the max, a hissing sound emerged. I turned the tank...