Recent content by rossthefireman

I just made a kvass with some real basic ingrediants. I used WLP001 to ferment it and its in bottle right now finishing off. I used 1lb of Russian rye bread, raisins, lemon juice and sugar (1 1/2 gl) . Got 1.4%abv . The first taste I got after fermentation was really good, light and refreshing...

just put together and used the BMBF and a couple observations.... 1) After trial and error I also found that rinsing the bottles with cold water was more effective than freezing. 2) When bottling a saison/Belgian/ highly carbed beer, I was getting too much foam at 2psi and getting too much...

Thanks for all the help guys. I had a 'durrr' moment there when you guys asked about siphoning.

Oh sorry, Im not siphoning, my pics ar just showing the position of where im going to drill through the cooler. I already have a bulkhead ready to go.

Hello all, Im building a MLT with a copper manifold. The cooler I bought was on super sale at the local grocery store but did not come with a drain valve, I have to drill my own hole. Because of this I was wondering if it would be more efficient to to sort of lay the manifold pie to the drain...

Ive searched these forums but very little info is available. Ive heard recently that Maui is doing a pineapple wheat. Ive always thought that those flavors would go together. Im deciding on doing a wheat based pineapple beer ( pineapple berliner?). I know fresh pineapple is super acidic and...

I used organic cider as well and echo your statements. This thing aged beautiffuly. I have none left and the wife is all over me to make more. This recipe is great!

UPDATE_ this cider has come out extremly well. Everybody seems to love it especially the wife. For priming sugar I used pure cane sugar and did the math for a five gallon batch.

Hey guys I need some help on a recipe. I need help because I lost my recipe and can't find it anywhere! Im fairly new to brewing so bear with me. Im making an extract Kolsch/Blonde style ale for some light summer drinking. I bought the ingrediants but cant remember at what times i add the hops...

Anybody have any tips on the best way to clean these (not the filter)? Im bottling a batch tonight, just bought this thing, and was wondering the best way to clean the SS tube?

Hey guys, Im doing my first batch of cider and Im getting the infamous rhino farts with it. Here is my situation. I just made it three days ago and put it in my home office/computer room to ferment. I can keep my room at a constant 68 degress which while ideal for fermentation, the whole room...

I just used regular paper, sprayed it with clear polyurethane, and glued it. I tried a bunch of different adhesives and seriously the best one I found was Staples brand glue sticks (for office work). The glue stick was more of a WTF Ill try it since I have a couple in my desk at home and they...

The second pic is from my Blackberry phones camera so its not that good. That and my printers didnt do that good of a job. Im working out the bugs because I want my label to be a little cleaner.

Hey guys, im new to the hobby, but I thought I'd show off my first label for the first (solo) beer I have made And here is how it looks on the bottle The statue is Il Facchino "The Porter" in Italin. Its a play on the type of beer and them, well, you get it!

I made this recipe last night, but used a 1/2 teaspoon of DAP yeast nutrient from More Beer instead of the Fermax. I also used Mesquite honey. I didnt use a starter at all but I have fermentation starting at 14 hours. here's to your recipe, hope it turns out for me!