Recent content by Sheboyganjohn

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Sanitizing is the reduction in bacteria (and yeast/ mold) to an acceptable safe level, sterilization is the total removal. I would assume it was not completely dry and there are plenty of things that will grow under co2, I would do it again to be safe.

Brewed my Duck Blind Wheat yesterday, the first beer I designed myself (well with the help of beersmith) and I am brewing (mashing as I type) Surf Scoter Scotch Ale today which is a slightly modified scotch ale recipe I found on this site.

Made my first batch last January. Left it in the fermenter for three months. Bottled it up, half still, half carbed, and let it sit. Tried them both in mid summer. Were o.k. but not what I thought was great, had a slight harshness to them. Let them sit unit deer hunting in late Nov. Now we...

I have had that happen to the propane tank on the camper when I was using it in 30F weather. The way the propane comes out the valve it acts sort of like the orifice on a cooling system. The pressure drop and expansion causes the cooling effect. Now why it would freeze the valve, I don't...

That's why I brew inside and brew mainly in the winter. Heats up the house and add some humidity. The city water is ice cold so the chiller works real well too. Also an excuse to keep the house warmer then the wife normally does, need to keep the temp up for the beer.

Well guess I should not have added the extra water. Was suppose to be a 4 gallon batch, ended up 5 gallons. OG target was 1.047 actual was 1.040. My pre-boil gravity was spot on and great efficiency so I must have over estimated the water needed, plus I had to run out while it was boiling so...

Started brewing last winter, the brew kit was a present from the wife. Anyhow did four batches right away and then realized I had some drinking to do, so I have not brewed since early March. Fast forward to today, decided to get going with the first batch I have designed myself. All was going...

Decided after doing two batches with-out a chiller, I needed one. I never understood the need for these gigantic diameter mile long chillers so I went with my hunch and built one with 25' of 1/4" OD (yes OD) copper tubing. Made a 5.5 gallon BIAB today with a full volume boil (about 6.5...

Whole heck of a lot of nice stuff there. I will have to mark the calandar for draw day.

The first week of summer break for the highschool kids. My female boss's cell phone ran, it was home, she ingnored it. Rang three more times in a row from home, so she answered it and it was her teen daughter talking about her teen son. It was one of those Bob Newheart type phone calls...

I was hoping to find different variants and other oddball things people had tried, both good and bad. Those were there but at first it was every few pages, then every 5 or 10 pages, in the end it was getting to 20 plus pages between them. Just could not take it anymore. I did find a few...

Silicone is all we use at work now. Can be autoclaved to sterilize, wears very well, and can handle moderate pressure. We have some runs in the plant that are 75' with 5/8" tubing. Those are mainly for additives that are filter sterlized into the tank, but on rare occasion we will run...

Had to post a title other then the norm. I'm from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Been working in the fermentation field for over 20 years, but with bacteria not yeast. Been wanting to try my hand at brewing (and wine making) for a number of years. Wife suprised me with a stop a the a local brew shop...