Recent content by SomedumbJerk

i hate that inflated shipping garbage. cheaphops with their deals just about filled up my hops cubby in the keezer, so i'm out anyway. but eff fake shipping charges. trying to get your auction listed first when you sort by price: shame.

"unintentional step mash"! i did the same thing last weekend. i ended up doing an unintentional decoction mash for the heck of it! maybe i'm too firm of a believer in the fact that it will probably be good anyway.

and make sure you're correcting the temp for your hydrometer! but more than likely it's not boiled enough.

+1 on the cooler MLT conversion. super simple once you ready through and break it down and it makes it a lot less stressful as you mash, because you don't need worry about the temp as much. and you can easily sell it later if you go with kettles or something.

do the yeast washing that is in the FAQ and you should be able to separate it. just build up your yeast a little bit as you bring it to life.

i always have an extra few gallons of hot water around, too. during the mash in case i calculated wrong and it's too thin or my temp drops. then i turn the heat on again to get it close to the sparge water temp for sparge time, in case i calculated wrong again. i only had one stuck sparge and it...

one of the differences that big brewers face that we don't is loss of money over consistency. if stone gets a slight off flavor from something like HSA, it ruins a gigantic batch of beer that they need to sell to keep in business. with us, it adds to our "house flavor". every large scale brewer...

got my bulkheads. they are great quality and they arrived well packaged in a timely manner. buy with confidence.

+1 on batch sparging. definitely works well in getting a high efficiency. and it take less time that fly sparging. and you are making the temperature adjustments for your hydrometer, right?

can you detail your brewing process? equipment, recipe, temps, times etc? also check the FAQ's

they are indeed well packaged. i used mine today for a mini mash Belgian wit for the lady. i had a bit of trouble getting the burner going. it kept on making huge popping noises and having flames come out the wrong end. i re Teflon taped everything and gave it another go. those burners are...

i started building it last night after work. if you guys order one, and you have burners and not just shelves, you may need someone to help you. the burners are heavy and awkward to install. but those things look LEGIT. I'll get some photos up of the process and post them in the next few days...

okay, so $29 for two shipped? paypal work for you?

what would shipping to 94301 for two of these run?

that's what you get for living in the midwest! :mug: