Recent content by sbrandon724

I did use the 1x4's in his plan. The only thing I changed in his plans was the height. Be forewarned that when you make it larger, it gets pretty stinking heavy even when empty.

I have a batch of Strawberry and a batch of Rhubarb wine that are both bulk aging at the moment. I really want to blend some of each into a strawberry rhubarb, but have never done so. How would I go about it? The strawberry is a bit further along as I have already filtered it and I plan to...

What is the best way to clean and dry out all of the various siphon tubing, and all of the other tubing that gets used in the process of siphoning, and bottling? I can never seem to completely dry it out and some of my tubing appears to be getting mildew on the inside.....HELP!!

While I am sitting here enjoying the first of a freshly brewed batch of Maibock, I am looking at the bottle and the sediment that is left at the bottom 1/4" or so of the bottle. Is there a good way to filter beer to eliminate the sediment? I would think that it would be done just before...

8687.5 with my 5 gallons of maibock and 5 more of honey steam ale.

The OG was 1.045 which was right on par with where it should have been. I would guess that the beer is currently somewhere in the 60's for temperature which I know is a bit cool. I have never made a stout so I'm not sure how long it takes. Brew day coming soon. Gonna make some maibock next!

I bottled a java stout about 2 months ago and I cannot get it to carbonate. I have moved it to the warmest spot in the house I can find (which is a bit difficult being in Minnesota), covered everything with fleece blankets, set it on a heat register, and roused all of the bottles. Anyone have...

Too much yeast certainly can create off flavors, especially if the beer sat in the fermenter too long on top of the yeast bed. That is not to say that is what created the sour taste, however. Allow the porter to age. Most porters take quite a long time to reach peak flavor. I once had one from...

Just built a version of greyhounds rack and made it a bit larger. It will hold 84 bottles and is extremely sturdy. Whole thing was less than $40.