Recent content by rrogerstwo

Did a pumpkin brew last. Nothing sits in it otherwise.

I have this stain in my fermenter and do not know how to get it out. Tried PBW, Five Star acid#6, Bar Keepers. Any ideas??? [/attach]

I built a 10' x 14' BBQ area 10 or so years ago. I poured a slab and put a shingle roof over it and screened it in. Since we didn't use it much, it had a gas grill and I really like charcoal, I decided to move my brewery from the back porch too this area. I started with siding, then insulation...

Turned my old screened in BBQ area into my new dedicated brewery. Almost finished.

@stratslinger When I open the valve to take a sample, if I don't pull the airlock, it siphons the sanitiser out of it. This is only the 2nd batch done in the conical, I have to get used to the way it works.

I was checking the gravity of my beer last night and totaly forgot to put the air lock back on. The beer has finished fermenting and is 9 days old. It is in a conical not a carboy. I put the airlock back in this morning but it was open over 12 hours. Is the beer ruined?

It's ripstop nylon got it at Joann's Fabrics. Sme stuff as the flags you see with favorite team, halloween, etc

Wife surprised me with a cover she made for my brew sculpture that sits on our back porch!

Thanks for all the input guys, it's appreciated.

Thanks, I have been bottling the beer and letting it age, so after the first racking I can leve it in the secondary for the 4 weeks then keg it and force carb it.

Can beer be aged in a carboy after a 2nd racking and then kegged and carbonated?

Chilled the starter and yeast fell to the bottom, I poured off the beer, left a little to make a slurry. Pitched the yeast in the wort about 9:00 last night, this morning 6:00 am krausen to the top of the fermenter. So all went well..

Thanks for the input, I will chill it before I pitch.

I did my first yeast starter last night with no problems. After pitching the yeast, I put the flask on my stir plate and started it up. Everything looked fine. This morning I notice the plate being little warm, I checked the temp. of the wort, it was 82°. Yeast is American Ale II attenuation...

I built the first rims tube like the one Sawdustguy shows in the "RIMS for dummies" thread. I did a Black Butte Porter that called for a 3 step mash. I heated the water to strike temp according to Beer Smith added the grains and started the circulation and heater. Set the control for 130° and...