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• Posted in thread: Bottle temp control on 05-20-2013 at 05:23 PM
  I only do a single stage fermentation. Yesterday I brewed my first ale with temperature
  control. The freezer w/ Johnson controls seems to be hanging at low to mid 60s F.Question: When
  I bottle, do I b...

• Posted in thread: Lagering on 05-20-2013 at 04:01 PM
  A lot of you don't believe it, but I've brewed many excellent beers that fermented at about
  80F. Even the one I complained about got better with age.Now I have temperature control and
  have my first co...

• Posted in thread: fermentation chamber on 05-13-2013 at 05:05 PM
  I installed a Johnson Controls device in my industrial freezer. I put a thermometer in a glass
  of water, and it is reading about 60F. If the ideal ale yeast fermentation temp is 68 to 72, is
  60 perfec...

• Posted in thread: First "bad" brew on 05-08-2013 at 02:42 PM
  Wow.. that's a great idea.I have a HUGE, empty, industrial sized freezer in the garage. I could
  probably fit 4 six-Gallon buckets in it. Would a temp controller work? Note: I said "freezer",
  not "frid...

• Posted in thread: First "bad" brew on 05-08-2013 at 01:46 PM
  Well... living in florida... not sure how to get to 68 degrees. I don't even think a
  refridgerator can be set that high.

• Posted in thread: First "bad" brew on 05-08-2013 at 01:34 PM
  I immediately go from the stove to an ice bath for 10 min then another ice bath for 10 min. The
  LME was probably near boiling temp for 1 minute before the ice bath. This usually gets the wort
  to 120 d...

• Posted in thread: First "bad" brew on 05-08-2013 at 01:21 PM
  No temp control. I ferment at 78ish with great results. No visible signs of infection.This was
  the first brew that I added the LME @ flame out. So the boil was just light 10L grains and rice
  solids. I...

• Posted in thread: First "bad" brew on 05-08-2013 at 11:26 AM
  Well... I thought recipe kits were always ales since that's where we all started.I did not give
  it time to clear. Only about 10 days in the bottles. However, I always taste test my brews when
  I check ...

• Posted in thread: First "bad" brew on 05-08-2013 at 01:15 AM
  I tried (stupidly) to make a beer for the swine drinkers (bud/miller/coors). I bought midwest's
  "This Buds for You". Ooops.. Its a lager, and I don't have temperature control. So I put the
  3.3 lbs pil...

• Posted in thread: extract base on 05-07-2013 at 12:36 PM
  Ok. That makes sense.Do you go with 6lbs of extract? By my calculations, that would likely
  start a 5G brew at around 4% abv at least, then steep 1 to 2 lbs of grains...???