Recent content by splyn

brewed a 10 gallon batch of IPA and racked the wort to two glass carbouys. First is a classic 6.5 gallon carbouy and the second is a glass wide mouth bubbler. I intended to transport the carbouys from my brew space (garage) into my empty keezer loacted in my basement to complete chilling the...

i started to simplify my brew days and use pellet hops almost exclusively. I no longer use hop sacks or worry about trub in the fermenter. i drain every last bit of wort i can, trub and all, into the fermenter. I chill with an immersion chiller and whirlpool with a pump. On Sunday i chilled 11...

I have found other uses for my filters. I clamp it to he inside of my kettle and drain the mash tun into into the hop filter to catch all the husk material. i also dropped it into my fermenter and put the end of my racking cane/auto siphon into it to prevent the break/hop material from...

based on my experiments with running my cooled wort through a strainer, i suspect this would just result in clogged mess. Take a look at: http://brulosophy.com/2015/03/22/the-impact-of-kettle-trub-part-2-exbeeriment-results/

If you dry hop at a lower temperature, it may take longer to get the aroma you are looking for. I dry hop in my kegs and i usually will let the keg sit for a few days at room temp, drop the temp and set my C02 at about 40psi for 24hrs and then set to serving pressure for about 3 days before...

Totally in.

UPDATE 2: I received the replacement that Jay, or rather Marianne, sent out but i finally got around to unpacking it. Not only was it packaged well with no damage, i had a hard time getting the top off of the hop filter!! I dont think i will have ANY problems with this one. I want to thank Jay...

i typically brew the same "standards" depending on seasons, but there is always an IPA around. i finally settled on a simple IPA recipe that i playwith.

i bring the wort down to about 70-80F before i aerate. i usually use O2 for about 60 seconds.

I thought the general consensus was to pitch slightly cooler than ferm temps. As for aeration, i use pure O2 and out of pure convenience (i already have all my brew contraperatuses out) i aerate before i put it in ferm chamber to finish cooling down. I regularly get vigorous fermentations...

i do it on almost every batch. i cool it down to about 80F, which at that point the law of diminishing returns activates my "do not waste water" OCD. I transfer to fermenter, add O2 and pop it into my fermentation chamber (along with my starter) set to Approx 60F. The next day, both the starter...

UPDATE: For the record, i am very pleased with the filter. my post was to inform people that the top MAY pop off if not handled carefully and to not let it bang around in the keg. Jay contacted me through PM and is making this right. Id buy from NorCal again without hesitation. Great service!!

watch out for these. where the product is as advertised, i had a problem the first time i used one. I dry hopped with three ounces in a keg of IPA and when i went to serve it, the dip tube became clogged. It turns out the lid of the filter tube (the part the screws on) came off!! After trying to...

hop shot?

i kegged my latest porter and i put a vanilla bean and nibs in a small glass. poured bourbon to just cover and let it sit for about 3 days. then i put the solids into tea balls, dropped tea balls into keg, tasted bourbon, poured bourbon into keg, carbonated and im still enjoying! vanilla was...