Recent content by Rxbrewer16

8728.5 + 4 pumpkin ale + 4 Vienna lager + 5 Cascade IPA = 8741.5 gal

Located in North Central nebraska. I've always heard that you shouldn't plant the seeds due to lack of knowing what variety the male is. If I don't really care about specific alpha acid content and just use them in small test batches, there would be nothing wrong with using semi-wold hops right...

Hi all, This spring I decided to try growing a few Cascade plants, so I bought 6 rhizomes from he state hop growers association. They grew well, and I harvested a few weeks ago. The cones were decent sized, and all plants produced roughly the same size and quantity of cones (except one that was...

1) it may drop a few more points depending on the yeast you used and temp at which it is fermenting. The formula for abv is (OG - FG)*0.131 so in this case (42-10)*0.131=4.192%. 2) yep, just looks like healthy yeast ( post binging on delicious maltose.) 3) yeah that will, and should happen after...

Just harvested and dried a first year harvest of 6 Cascade plants, wet off the bine the total weight was 26.9 oz. They dried down to 6.1 oz on a food dehydrator. So I figure they lost 78% from harvest to packaging.

2203 - actually broke during bottling of a belgian dubbel and a orange american wheat... still have yet to determine FG of the dubbel...

In, thanks!

I too have the avantco 3500w unit. Works like a dream. I use a bayou 1064; although I'm not sure on the diameter, it is much larger than the cooktop. When heating water, you can see the heat ring on the bottom of the kettle. Size of the pot really is not an issue other than temperature...

1349.3 +5 black IPA +4 orange American wheat +5 Belgian dubbel 1363.3 gal

1) shopping for brew supplies at TSC is an awesome alternative (especially in rural NE) 2) http://www.stearnspkg.com/consumer-brands/farm-sanitation-products.raw?task=download&fid=530 this is the safety data sheet for this particular product - does not recommend swallowing, and if that happens...

brewed this yesterday. used 1 lb flaked wheat and 1 lb munich instead, as I don't have a scale zested 4 large oranges and used 1.25 tsp whole corander (which I crushed), hit gravities appropriately but only ended up with ~4 gal due to new system losses. Using this yeast cake with safbrew BE-256...

Im actually in the market for one of these, great opportunity, thanks

Coffee stout in the making, what is everybody else brewing up today?

I bought a bayou 1064 (15 gallon) kettle for induction biab, and it is plenty big enough for 10 gallon batches, especially if you sparge using another vessel (ie my old 5 gallon pot). I too have been thinking of going to a 3 vessel system, and my biggest concern is how well the vessels will...

Fired up the avantco using my old pot today. Brought 5 gallons of water from 72F to 152F in 23 minutes (3.478F/min), then proceeded to take that water to a rolling boil in another 23 minutes (2.609F/min). I don't have the data on my old NG stove, but I was impressed with the resukts anyway...