Recent content by swfc68

Thanks for the transparency, I appreciate it. Obviously I'd cover shipping. LMK what you decide. Thanks -Andy

If you do decide you'll ship I might be interested. How do I figure out the shipping? What size/weight is it? Thanks -A

Looks great. I want some of these. I stopped doing small batches when I started kegging and id like to get back to it. -Andy

I've had the same thing with 21st Amendment beer in cans but I've had wildy variable quality from 6 pack to 6 pack. I suspect it might be a storage/handling problem since I've had such variation

I've done the same thing to some degree. I don't always do a 5 gallon batch. Some people think its a waste of effort but I've done smaller batches and been able to experiment a bit more and it's worked well for me. The only downside I found was when i made a good small batch and went through it...

Do it. Some English ales do and some don't; if it's your preference to add a little more hop character then give it a try. I have a book of English ale recipes and many of those call for a few cones,generally of EKG for dry hopping. Like david_42 said though, you won't get as much out of...

go on then, Ill have a go

I bought some and found them utterly useless. Obviously you can only use them in a glass fermenter but they just disappear in the krauesen and you just end up ignoring them and taking readings like you would have done anyway.

Thanks cwi. I have tested it and I have found it makes a difference. <shrugs> I just posted what were my tested observations. I've had my set up running since June last year and I've tweaked and tuned it a lot. FWIW: with the Johnson controller settings constant, the coldest setting on my...

I also discovered another factor you should try and consider: the thermostat setting on my fridge needs to be tweaked to work well with my controller setting as I found that if I had the fridge set too cold I would overshoot the temp setting on the controller and I would get the results you...

I have basically the same setup - using a fridge as the cooling source. I built the box out of 3" thick foil back insulation foam with the internal foam dividing wall to define the warm and cold sides of the chamber. it works very well. I also have a fan mounted in the dividing wall to pull cold...

Looks like you're aiming for strongest stuff on the menu at these places. Don't overlook some of the other things these breweries might have on tap when you visit. I went to Lagunitas, Russian River and Bear Republic recently and there were tons of other brews not on your list that were...

Tastes like feet to me - not one of my favorites I'm afraid

Deschute's Hop in the Dark is good. It's seasonal though so you won't find it until May: http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/brews/bond-street-series/hop-in-the-dark/default.aspx

Ok, so if the freezer ran and dropped it all the way down from 75 to 57 even though you had a 66 setpoint I think your issue - assuming the jumpers are set correctly - may be how cold you have the freezer running. I have found with my setup - which uses a fridge not a freezer but that shouldn't...