Recent content by Wberry

I racked 1 gallon of an IPA batch onto 1# of frozen Trader Joe's whole raspberries. It sat in secondary for 10 days and I have to say it turned into a raspberry IPA rather then my goal of an IPA with a hint of raspberry. The racking kicked up another short round of fermentation after racking...

+5 kolsch +5 blonde = 17038

My vote is to bitter with the Perle and finish with the Saaz - might be interesting to do a very small amount of willamette for flavor. The willamette will be along the lines of a SS Goldings flavor addition. The Saaz will give it a great finish ...

Yeah that's what the gold plating is for... Reflects a bunch of the UV back onto your work. Over a long day of welding, a dark lens will alleviate a lot of the stress/strain on your eyes. I have always gone as dark as I can while still barely being able to see.

Rambler you have some loaded questions that are ripe for a bunch of different opinions. Upping your service can go 50/50 on easy and cheap or complicated and really expensive. You will likely need to replace your homes main panel and your electrician will likely install a sub panel in your...

I spritz some foil with sanitizer and cover the bung gently - more to do with keeping dust and other crap out, then being worried about infection or stray yeast. I don't sanitize the spigot (have 2 bottling buckets converted to fermentors) until I bottle... figure stuff can't get in when beer...

Agree with eastoak ... I let it sit for 16 days, before taking the first of several readings and making the call that the yeast had given up

Had that problem with 051 several batches ago on a 1.078 IPA. Yeast just gave up at 1.026 and no matter of rousing/temp raising would get it to shave any more off. I had some 001 that was washed so I tossed it in. It knocked another 10 points off and I just let it run its course for another...

+1 for an old school 10/11/12 shade hemet with a 4x4 and gold plated lens. Never liked autos myself. Though when you are learning, it can be difficult to learn to hold you hands still and snap you neck to drop your hood. Try to pick up some sweat bands and extra lens covers for your hood too.

Totally, I did not mean to suggest one way or the other - just comment on my current approach. I have been doing decoctions with mine and have thus far enjoyed the results. Yes, the process can take a long time; but, I really enjoy the craft of the decoction process - makes me feel more...

If you think there is a chance you will get bit by the welding bug ... Go for a MIG! It can open a better learning path. I learned MIG then oxy then stick then tig. If I had to do it over again I would have postponed mig until after I learned oxy. Two points to consider while you learn ...

I have done a bunch of kolsches lately and just left them in the primary for 4-5 weeks in the low 60's ... turned out crystal clear after 4 weeks in bottle and 5 days in the fridge. No added yeast ... after a long time in the fridge, WLP029 will pretty much glue itself to the bottom of the bottle.

AMAZING!!! at a loss for words!

12847 +10 = 12857 5gal Kolsch-Style 5gal Kolsch-Style

OK, well 5 days after bottling ... I snuck one. SUPER yeasty because it was in the freezer for about 2 hours; but otherwise a great beer with a wonderful body, and rich mouthfeel. I really wish I could get some classic/imported samples of a Kolsch to make sure I am on style. Either way it...