Recent content by Travis0055

Recommended labs?

I should have just taken a gravity reading at the get go but it was a marathon brew day. 4, 4 gallon batches and 2, 5 gallon batches topped up with water. 100% pilsner light dry.

The dme I used was 75% fermentable, I guess I can try to work backwards from that. As for the final volume, it was very rough. It could have been as little as 35 gallons I suppose. Is there a general trend with how alcohol affects a refractometer? I would like to make a reasonable guess at...

So I failed to measure my beer untill after fermentation. I figure it's time to break out the refractometer to test the formulas on brewheads.com www.brewheads.com/refract-getog.php www.brewheads.com/refract-getabw.php Using my tools on a control, I accurately (within about .1 %) measured a...

Is. This the practice with hoe cider makers? It seems like it would ruin a beer with oxidation

Let's get together.

There is a third option, think about Berliner wiesse mit schuss, consume it with a shot of syrup in the glass.

Curious how to pasteurize at home?

Great link! Thanks.

I Have read that Belgian brewers will scrape the insides of their barrels to Maintain the porousness of the wood. Any one ever done this?

Belgians use aspartame. In the right amounts I feel it isn't overly fake tasting.

It sure did, I was exclusively a green board man since I started brewing 4years ago so I am pretty bummed out. But now I have an iPad app....

I am Thorhale from the green board as we called it. it seems the brewboard is dead. Sad days