Recent content by yodar

I like it 'cause I plan on building it in such a way that I dont hafta lift the flamin carboy, but can merely drain it to another carboy and harvest the yeast. I have left beer on trub for almost a month and have seen no effects. It takes months for yeast to go into autolysis. By then my...

----------- There's a respected commentrator and author and brewer on the brewing network, whose podcasts are released each sunday. His name is Jamil. He and I agree in that most beers should be left on the yeast bed long enough for the yeast to clean up the brew, finish consuming all the...

http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2102&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=bf8e407d9b7b8ce7a7db56719ecd032b or http://tinyurl.com/2j4kab My geologist daughter would say, "Wow! That's really Igneous!"

I brew in the land of the flip-flop and thong and I make sure my legs and feet are covered. I have had too many spillovers that could have injured me were I unshod. I had a tube come off the immersion chiller and the exiting hot water injured me seriously enough to make my label from it...

============= Sparging errors IMO are the major cause of bad starting S.G., mainly too much water collected. I stop sparging when SG is 1.008-1.010, and typically the runnings at that time show a transparent color and apears thin. The mash bed at that time will not have any foam and is...

Could you help this novice AG brewer by describing the character, taste and color of the brew. The OG is terrifying ! ;>)

I wanted a stainless steel mesh "bazooka" but hadda brew quick and snagged a scrap of cpvc and drilled a lotta holes all on one sae and laid it in the bottom of the Igloo...total length 1 foot 3/8" carrys thru the bulkhead to a balll valve and hose bibb Flows well Nextweek i use...

On other forums Panty hose are repeatedly referred to for successful hop boils. I have even used clean men's sox and there IS a tubular gauze on a roll that can be got at a medical supply house and it works fine. However I went to the dollar sale and got a package of two pillow cases and...

------------- I started by spending a couple saturday morning cruising the garage sales. I picked up old cauldrons, plumbing stuff, and assorted hardware and ended up spending more for the 3/4" hole saw than anything. Made my manifold out'a pvc with holes drilled in it and havent had a stuck...

Though I have no bottle problems or contamination, I want to put my cleaned bottles on a tree after giving them a squirt with the Vinator (which I must buy with a tree) Is this practical? Can I use metabisulfite instead of Iodophor in the vinator Yodar

I scan all the home brew suppliers and the FIRST thing I look for is the LOCATION of the bidness so i can judge shipping feasibility (I am in Orlando) You folks have an idiotproof site with a straitforward representation of your FOB addy Thank you Dealers who don't display that info...