Recent content by Radboud

simpler times

Altbeer using a kit x2, dme and steeping grains. That day I learned about scaling recipes which is not always linear. Extremely black and bitter from the specialties. Kept the bottles around for 4 years, came out even nastier.

When it was fresh it was ok-ish but wouldn't win any prizes. After a few days it started to smell and taste like boiled vegetables so I had to dump it. if you really want to make a good tasting melon cider in the least amount of time I think the best option would be to get hold of some lemonade...

Ha! I applaud your guts to go full nuclear Leeroy Jenkins on this thing! Hope it did the trick!

Welkom uit Nederland! Ek wens jou baie plesier met brou! No clue if that is actually 100% correct :)

My (cheap Chinese) refractometer can do ATC from 50-86F, which means if you have it laying around outside on a cold day and do a measurement, then hold it in your hand for a while and take another measurement you are outside the ATC ranges and the measurements might differ. Has bitten me once or...

Was there water/star san in the plate chiller and hoses? Did the refractometer itself significantly warm up/cool down between measurements?

I'd go all-in-one too if I had to start over. I have a 5G 2-tier Igloo system and a mini-BIAB setup. Loads of time have gone into finetuning and refactoring the 5G which while fun distracts from finetuning recipes/beer itself. Those all in one things are quite popular around here these days, the...

Ciao Carmine! Welcome from The Netherlands! I actually own loads of cool brewing gear from Italy, mainly from Polsinelli, they sell loads of cool stainless stuff. Happy brewing!

Welcome from Holland. Not the MI one though :)

Father of 2 here. My wife works long hours so it's hard for me to find the 6-8 hours of guaranteed uninterrupted 'me time' to do a brew. I did about 6 to 8 brews each year before the kids, now down to about 2 I guess. I do a lot of tinkering with my gear though which kind of keeps the hobby going.

I hear Brut IPAs is the thing du jour. Been planning on brewing one but can't find the enzymes anywhere.

It has been more than a year since we went and planning on going back next summer! Again we will stay in the Barrie area but this time want to take more time for a USA trip. Thinking of doing a tour of NY state as we wanted to do, or do a lap around Lake Huron and see Michigan (Sault St Marie...

I use a SS fermenter. I got a few 1/4" NC gas-in posts from Ali E. that neatly fit in the predrilled hole for the airlock bung. What I do is during active fermentation attach a disconnect with a hose in some Star San, when I cold crash I remove the disconnect+hose and slightly pressurize (or...

When going the software route you need to be prepared for stuff (SD card etc) breaking mid-brew and have a plan B. It really sucks having to reinstall all your software while already in the brewing process. This is what put me off CPB.