Recent content by TarVolon

It does really do a nice job of communicating the frustration, doesn't it? I was not having fun this evening. Fortunately, it's still under freezing outside, so just putting the pot on the porch should cool it enough to transfer before I go to bed. I'll see about trying some different tubing...

How would I even go about finding the right size tubing? This is 3/8 tubing, and this is allegedly 3/8 copper tubing.

Ah. That was the suggestion that my local hardware store gave me, and it did work once, but that might explain why it didn't work twice?

That design flaw did not escape me, and it's the reason I'm so concerned about leaks. Are most immersion chillers designed differently? I got this one as a Christmas gift, so I didn't shop around and see what different designs look like. That's essentially what I did with the plumber's tape...

That's what I think too. So did I just buy a crap chiller that came with the wrong size tubes? Because you'd think they'd give you the right size tubing or tell you if you were supposed to need tape. But maybe not. Like I said, this is NOT my thing.

Hold on a second. Yes. Yes.

I am terrible at DIY stuff, which is why I bought a chiller instead of trying to make one myself. Sadly, even buying one apparently requires more DIY competence than I actually have. I brewed for the first time with a chiller three weeks ago, and it took me an hour to figure out that I...

Yeah, I stirred for a few minutes, and I do BIAB, so the water on the top was actually the sparge water.

Ag

Making a black IPA (or whatever we call them these days), shooting for an OG of 1.056. Took the preboil gravity (volume of about 6.4 gallons), chilled the sample in the fridge during the boil, got a reading of 1.043. That was a lot lower than I'd like--figured with a gallon of boiloff, it'd give...

My first extract beer got stuck at 1.020. It tasted fine.

1014. My first after two years of brewing. Put hot wort in the test tube after I finishing mashing, saw it bob and stop around 1.040. Went back to check ten minutes later, and it was reading .990. Pulled it out to see what was wrong, and it came out in two pieces. Dunno what I did. Might've just...

Appreciate it, y'all. Looks like this batch will turn out okay, although it'll be the most expensive batch I've ever made (only got 32 bottles out of what was supposed to be five gallons)

Yeah, the blowoff tube setup was actually a relic of back when I had only a 5 gallon carboy. Now that I upgraded to 6.5, I can probably ditch it entirely in favor of just an airlock. I haven't had blowoff since upgrading.