Recent content by Sinandgrin

So the time has come where I have out grown my current setup and would like to step full time into all grain setup. I have read a whole lot from this forum and other postings that I could find, but its been hard for me to piece it all into one place and I thought asking all these questions could...

I have been looking to do the very same build or at least had similar goals, at first. I brewed my first 2 all grain brews this year and don't want to go back to partial mash, or extract now, however when I brewed my first 2 all grain beers this year I had to lower the batch size so that my...

I was actually very surprised with their Chocolate Stout. I thought it was very well balanced between being sweet chocolatey in the aroma and taste, think semisweet chocolate bar, and well hop bittered to balance it all out. It has struck such a chord that I would like to try and suitable recipe...

So not to hijack this thread but I was having an odd recurring problem with storing my bottled beer in the refrigerator. I have made 5 brews now, 2 were extract, 2 were partial mash, and 1 was all grain all of different styles, and with all of them I am getting the same odd quality degradation...

Is there any way that someone could make a partial mash recipe of this. I have a whole lot of basil to use up and thought I would try a basil beer such as this. Fullsteam brewery here in Durham had a Summer Bail Ale which I really liked but couldn't find a good clone for it, but this recipe...

Thanks for all the input here. As with most of home brewing I will have to see how this batch turns out and then make the choice as to how I want to proceed next time, but all these suggestions are great!

Just wanted to ask a quick question related to 0 minute hop additions. I just made a pro series partial mash kit called Surly's Bender from Northern Brewer, which calls for 2.5oz of Willamette at the 0 minute / flame-out. I got to the end of my boil, killed the heat and added the hops and gave...

I would be curious to know what your preliminary testing has discovered, in terms of heat efficiency. What made you decide to insulate the MLT? Why not just run the heat element to maintain temps in the MLT if your losing too much heat, or does that pose a risk to the mash getting scorched...

I too am looking at a this Frididaire 7.2 Cu. Ft. unit. I want a black chest freezer around this size and it should work perfectly. Do you have any pictures of your setup with the 3 kegs and the 15# CO2 tank sitting in there. I am planning on keeping it stock, not building the collar, and using...