Recent content by shoshin

Thanks folks :) will definitely keep you posted

Thanks, CodeSection. I could steep and add right before kegging, but my real question is: should I expect these flavors to appreciably fade over the 6 months that the beer will sit in the fridge?

Greetings all, I've been perfecting a recipe for an imperial stout that won 2nd place in the Baltimore Craft Beer Festival a couple of years ago. I typically brew this monster beer (11.5%) in the spring, let it sit in the kegerator until the winter to mature and really find itself, and then tap...

Near suggestion - I’ve done this with woodwork before but I wasn’t sure how I would secure the backer - wedge is a great idea

Wish I had seen this before I started anything!!! Thanks for the recommendation. #nexttime

Thanks all, this is helpful :) I have half a mind to seal it up (maybe with a bulkhead fitting with a cap on each side?) and cut another hole elsewhere

Ah. Thanks all. I did not use lubricant, I went fast and hard, and in true noob fashion I think I did indeed work-harden the steel. Regarding the size of the knock out I mis-stated ... I had first used the 1-1/4 conduit punch on a metal box cover to find that yes it was way too big - I switched...

Hey all, Long time lurker/some-times poster here. I'm building my eHerms system, and I admittedly bought some of the cheapest tools available (https://www.harborfreight.com/knockout-punch-kit-10-pc-60575.html) for the job. I used the 1-1/4 knockout punch to try to cut a hole in the side of my...

I recognize that those are three words in the English language (well, a contract, a word, and an acronym), but I don't know what those three words in that order could possibly mean *does not compute* srsly though, I cut 1/2" off of my diptube and it worked like a charm #noregrets. I have a...

Literally did this same thing 5 minutes ago. Brewed my first NEIPA. at 1.5 pounds of hops in a 5 gallon batch (at least half of that in the fermenter), needless to say I had a lot left over. Breaking out my pipe cutter ....

Very nice!!!! I can't crank them out like that right now due to a few reasons, but I've compensated by setting my brew calendar for the next few months. Next brew is a barleywine in 2 weeks (the current brew is basically a huge starter, and I'm pitching the barleywine onto this developing yeast...

Welcome back! I had my comeback brew today too :) was thinking NEIPA but didn’t have the right hops and was too lazy to go out so ... IPA was good enough for today

Non-engineer, but human neuroscientist who is heavily into software programming and instrumentation.

I just wanted to share that I’m brewing for the first time in ages, and with some technological upgrades :) running two pumps at once with fly sparging, gonna use a new plate chiller, and ferment in a fairly new 15g conical plastic fermenter in which I’ve installed a SS coil through which I will...