Recent content by radial67

Ive just chanced apon a very large quantity of Mandarina Bavaria hops and I would like any suggestions for what sort of beer I should try them with. I want to avoid Saisons/Hefe's/or a smash beer. Any suggestions very much appreciated.

Would I not get as much of that astringent bite if I prime because the build up of CO2 takes longer? Is carbonic acid is a function of repeated/speed of carbonation. Also, there seems to be a residual once it dies down and never disappears

So Im not that good with water Chemsitry and all that sort of stuff, but I have a keg that I took to a BBQ the other day with a short picnic tap on it. The keg naturally got repressurized over and over while I was there and we didnt finish it. When I got home I decided not to put the keg...

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: (Unknown Style) Brewer: Asst Brewer: Style: Unknown Style TYPE: All Grain Taste: (30.0) Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 37.95 l Post Boil Volume: 31.20 l Batch Size (fermenter): 24.00 l...

Im not a guru of the BJCP style guidelines, but could someone advise me of a category that a 60%pils 40%wheat WY1056 OG1.054 30IBU would best fit into?

thanks guys. I have a bit of Simcoe in the freezer and might give that a go. Will post a recipe here soon to see what everyone thinks

This question is about force carbing in a keg (or multiple kegs) I have seen a lot of info about balancing a line to the tap for serving, but I wanna ask if there is an issue with the pressure needed at the end of a line needed to properly force carb in a keg. My Carbing system has a guage...

Just had a friend drop off some mosaic hops and asked me to put together an IPA recipe for his birthday in 6 weeks time. I have never used these hops and Ive only got 3oz to play with. Probably not enough to do a SMaSH experiment before brewing. Can anyone suggest either a recipe (not a...

I have a bunch of Cornelius Spartan and Super Champion kegs (stamped on the side of the keg) and they always seem to leak small bubbles when I take the gas side off so I decided to order a bunch of replacement poppets from B3 to replace them. I got in the habit of using a chopstick and a hammer...

Guys Can someone advise me on your process to avoid the contnts of my blowoff bucket from being sucked into the fermenter once I hit FG and cold crash the beer? My blowoff bucket is at the same level as the carboy (both on the floor) and obviously the headspace pressure is dropping as the...

Wasnt thinking of using coils.... its just another way of losing temp. I was going to pump chilled Poly-glycolUSP directly through the jackets on the fermenters. Pump would be on the return side of the fermenter so as not to warm up the glycol gg to the fermenter.

So Ive been reading through a number of threads and there is a real healthy and constructive Aircon/chest freezer rivalry going on and I was interested whether anyone has actually used a Chest Freezer as their glycol chiller or whether it always comes back to how little BTU's they actually have...

I have an oaked double IPA that has been sitting in the keg on CO2 @3degC @16PSI for almost 3 weeks and there is barely a bubble in the beer. I have purpposefully force overcarbed the beer to 3vols with the intention of going into bottles (my standard procedure) to account for the loss due to...

Good idea.... Do you know of any issues with agar plates with the pH so low? Am gg to do some DME and citric acid to get it down.

900 replies and Im not sure if this has been covered..... So using straight up Sacc as a fermentation source creates alcohol which theoretically is a fairly inhospitible environment for a lot (not all) pathogens. Translating this I was wondering if making up some unfermented wort as a...