Recent content by STUNTx2

Thanks a lot for the reply. This thread got buried and I had actually forgotten about it until I tried the "My Topics" Link. I will absolutely try steeping at a little lower temp next time out. I think my OG was off from adding to much top off water as my reading on the boil was actually...

Thanks for the feedback and info. I think the top off water is where I went wrong. I took a gravity reading of the boil, and it was actually higher than projected. I expected 1.108 and got 1.137 then after I filled to the 5 gallon mark on my carboy I was below my expected OG. I used white...

I am trying to move to hydrometer readings to verify that my brew is done instead the "it's been more than three weeks so it's time to bottle" method. I have seen posts that say wait until you get the same reading three days in a row, or until you are with in a few points of your expected...

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This is my first attempt at formulating my own recipe. I ran it through a free program I found on the internet and used those numbers as a guide. When I brewed today the numbers didn't quite gel. Anybody got some fancy software that can quickly run the numbers or tell me were I went went...

Anybody got any good tips for sanitizing the spigot on the bottom of my full primary so I can just use it to transfer to a secondary?

On a simalar subject, is a racking cane a better way to move from primary to secondary than the spigot at the bottom of my plastic bottling bucket that is doing double duty as a primary? If so, why? Seems like opening the spigot and letting it flow is easier than siphoning it.

Thaks for the quick replies. I don't have the exact recipe with me right now, but it is a Irish Red ale, using white labs Irish ale yeast. It's got 8 lbs of LME, and specialty grains which I don't know of the top of my head. I think the O.G was going to be 1.060, or 1.065just a guess...

Can somebody help me out with the proper technique for using yeast nutrients. I picked some up at the LHBS when I bought my ingredients for my next batch as it will have a higher O.G. that what I have brewed in the past. A few posts I have read suggested that adding it in to a high gravity...

Thanks for all the feed back guys. Other than the half life issue it sounds like a pretty good idea. As long as I mix a new solution on each day that it is need, there is realy no problem with it right? Sounds like I just cut my water usage dramaticaly. A gallon for the bottling bucket...

Hello, I've read few posts about people using spray bottles to sanitize various peices of equipment and was wondering if this would work with a properly mixed solution of Iodophor. It was my understanding, from the information on the bottle that I need either 3 or 5 minutes of contact time...

Thanks for the help. My cider will not get heated, everything else will still get sanitized. Now all I need is the patience to wait for it to be delicious. Thanks again.

I am going to be attempting my first cider tomorrow, a was wondering a few things about sanitizing equipment for the process. I was planing on heating my cider in my brew pot to get the brown sugar to disolve a little quicker and easier. Since the cider will not reach a full boil does that...

That's kind of what I've done in the past. Just let the bottle drain, turn em over and fill. Give the cap a good shake and clamp it on. My question is more of if I wanted to let things sit overnight, or even just for a few hours would my bottles still be sanitized if they where stored upside...

Not sure wether this question belongs here or in sanitizing, but as it pertains to my bottling procedure I thought I would try here first. How long can I wait after sanitizing my bottles before I actually bottle my beer? I use an iodine sanitizer, can't think of the name of the top of my...