Recent content by senorfartman

I cracked one open for the first time today. I was, well not so impressed. Mine has like an odd, dry malty taste to it which I've never experienced before. It could just still be young and I did use to much carapils so I decided to stash the rest in the cellar and wait it out rather than give...

Vorlauf is the same for any process. It is what emerges from your mash tun when you add the sparge water and eventually becomes wort.

It was due to temperature. I did a temp reading and indeed the floor was significantly colder so I moved the brews into the kitchen. Hopefully things will get kicking before st. pattys day

i've been using corn sugar for my last few batches and am getting nothing in terms of carbonation. like literally nothing. last time i used 1 cup of corn sugar, previously 1/2 cup. both batches were only like 3 gallons however. i may try 1 cup of regular sugar next time as last time I used...

Alright well it arrived today. I'll post some pictures tomorrow as I had it sent to my parents' house. Including shipping, it was ~$240 Pros: *The price is easily the best non DIY that I've seen *It is actually considerably smaller and lighter than I envisioned. *I bought it on Friday and it...

alright i've done a bit of thinking on this (primarily because the lab supervisor is out to lunch :)) and I'm thinking a purely mechanical way to do this would be to line a series of valves in a row underneath the "beer hopper" or whatever is used to store the fermenter brew. attach a long rod...

The setup in convenient however and was under $30 when all was said and done. It's really not as difficult to clean as I made it out to sound. The real issue is transporting 10 gallons of water and not getting it all over the damn kitchen (again) :)

I wonder if it tastes similar to the DFH 120 minute ipa. At around 20% it nearly killed me :)

It is a big pain in the butt actually. I have a 2 way valve in my my shower hooked up to vinyl tubing that is the same diameter as the chiller. I run the water through it to get all the loose particles and gunk out. Then when I sterilize the cooler with iodophor, i leave the chiller in...

I've done 3 batches so far. There is warping but it's not too bad. It is just a temporary fix until I can go SS throughout. As per the dining room, as master of my domain I do as I please. Haha it's just one of the perks to being a single homeowner.

I worked on the NASCAR circuit last year with a company that installs and runs the onboard cameras and the wireless cameras that follow the talent around into the pits to do interviews. It is totally different in person. However it can be mind numbingly loud and the fact that they refuse to...

nope both 10 gal

really? he has over 600 positive feedback and 0 negative

You don't know what CYA means? get with the times man. :) Actually if you say it out loud its C YA