Recent content by Polock Joe

Where is the good beer at in San Diego. Stone is already on the agenda and Green Flash maybe to far to drive home from. THX

I'm brewing in a 6.5 gal carboy. I just stick the tube down the neck and into a glass with sanitized water. Wasn't sure about the fermentation activity of a stout. Looks like I'll be using one. THX

Going to be brewing a milk stout up tomorrow and am debating if I should use a inch and a quarter od blow off tube. Here is the recipe. http://brewersconnection.com/recipes/CactusMilkStout.htm THX

Anyone still got the recipe for this one?

Brewed an AHS Belgian White last night and there has been no activity since. Liquid yeast that got shipped to Phoenix about a week or so ago. Pretty hot. Think it got scorched? I got the yeast fuel but forgot to add it at the end of the boil. Can I add it directly into the carboy now...

1. How do you dry hop? 2. Doing a partial mash from ahs and want to know if I should use the bag or just strain out the grains. Pros and cons. THX

How critical is it to keep the temp down after the fermentation is complete? (ie: secondary and bottles) THX

The temp was around 60-ish when I took the starting gravity. It is supposed to finish at 1.012-1.015. It is still bubbling about every 30 seconds I did not mix the wort and water at all above pouring it in from 5ft. I thought that would do the trick but now I'll make sure to stir...

Brewers Best IPA kit with Amarillo hops thrown in at the end of the boil. Kit says the starting gravity should be 1.050 but I got 1.030. This was saturday the 7th and today it is down to 1.020. I thought I followed the directions to a T but looks like I suck. Any ideas on what caused...

Then Belgian it is....thx

Are there any beers/yeasts/recipes that prefer warm-ish fermenting? I have an IPA going right now but it is always wrapped in wet towels. THX

How are you guys filtering the pellet hops out of the wort before putting it in the fermentor? We used a funnel with a filter and that took f o r e v e r. THX

Muntons IPA kit....added the bowl of sugar to the wort. Spent 10 days in the primary and 3 weeks in the secondary. Still getting bubbles in the lock every couple seconds or so. I want to bottle today but I don't want to come home to Baghdad. 05/19/07 sg 1.022 05/12/07 sg 1.024 What...

Thanks everyone....exactly what I was looking for. Another Wittekerke and I'm going to start cleaning my empites.

Any brand in particular other than Grolsh and Sam Adams that can be re-used without danger of blowing up my closet?