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The brew went well! I am glad I decided to step up two 2 liters. It took about 36 hours for things to really get going. I got a really nice krausen by the third day.

So, I have a dog and a cat. I always refer to the dog as my brewdog. She however, just likes being outside while I brew. Her favorite pastime is chasing squirrels, followed by playing in the mud puddle made from the runoff from my IC. She is not really all that into brewing. She does however...

It seems like you have a lot of time spent getting the wort from the mash tun to the BK, and a lot of time getting it from the BK to the fermenter. Are you doing a double batch sparge? Also are you trying to keep all the hops from the fermenter? I use a cooler mash tun with a bazooka screen and...

Yeh I am gonna fix my truck. Just needed to ***** about spending the money lol. Its a 1996 dodge with the 5.9. extended cab with a 8 foot bed. Never understood the 6 foot bed thing. What fits in those with the wheel wells and all? I drive a semi and am pretty mechanical. I had to call...

New breaks, it happens. New break lines all the way around on last break job, 17 years of Minnesota salt and snow it's bound to happen. New radio after factory deck goes down, again 17 years can't say I blame it. New tires for a 17 year old truck costing a minimum 700-900 bucks. Hmm? truck might...

I find that I have a pretty rapid heat loss in the 1st 10 minutes. My grains are cold and I don't preheat. When I first started AG I would take my temp and adjust with hot or cold water right after dough in. Now I wait about 10 minutes and then adjust. I think it may be that the cooler and grain...

Hmm I may have been a bit hasty in my reply. 5 lbs should be about 96 grams of sugar or aprx 1/5th of a lb. Also the starch to sugar to conversion would equal about 2.2 lbs of grain. That is assuming that you get the same efficiency as your grain, and you figure 50% fermentable material in...

The sugar content in sweet potatoes is 4.2 grams for every 3.5 ounces of sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes average about 22% starch and 5-6% sugar for a total of 27-28% fermentable material. So basically 5 lbs of sweet potato would be the same as adding 1lb of grain to your grain bill.

I would reccomend a stainless burner to anyone who would listen. I have two of the Blichmans myself and they are great. If i was looking for something cheaper I would consider these https://brewmagic.com/products/heating/keg-kettle-ss-burner.

I am curious as to how people manage to get sprayed with stale beer? I have cut the tops off of 4 kegs while pressurized with no problems. Doesnt the beer have to come up the stem to shoot out? Every time I have cut one I just pause once the grinder gets through the first part and let the co2...

I think I am a bit too old and spoiled for this thread. I live in St Paul and have Summit Brewing as my go to guys. Never had a bad Summit. I have friends come over with 10-15 dollar bombers and they usually end up drinking my homebrew, and taking their leftover bombers home. I was in the...

The recipe is based on the NB patersbiere. Not an exact copy of it. 5 gal batch. 9lbs Belgian pilsner 1lb Carafoam 1oz german tradition at 60 1oz czech saaz @ 10 dry hopped 1 oz czech saaz dregs from St Bernardus Pater 6

Brewed on tue. no activity on wed. Nice kreusen starting on thur. Tonight giant funky kruesen 3/4 of an inch thick. Funky, smelly, and bringing clumps of czech saaz to the top. It's this brownish, greenish monster : ) I brewed this batch low gravity. I am hoping to step up the gravity, and...

bobbrews, you are not really that far off the mark with regard to vodka. Many people take it more seriously though. Interestingly gin is just vodka that has a portion of its vapor fed through a "gin basket" which contains botanicals. The vapor causes the botanicals to release their essential...

did you get rid of the wind shields when you switched burner types?

This is a misconception. Vodka is neither flavorless, nor oderless, and there is a huge variance in quality. Quality vodka will have far fewer phenols, esters, and fusel alchohols than cheaper options. It will taste and smell better, and it will not give you the hangovers associated with the...

The old saying practice makes perfect. If you brew something new every time you will never know if you have improved your skills. At the same time if you do not try different things you will never discover what you like. Find a style that you love and practice brewing it a lot.

I stepped it up to 2l last night. Hoping to brew tomorrow. Does 1/2 inch of yeast settled out in a 1l flask sound about right? Guess I will feel better with like an inch in the 2l flask.

Ive got a st croix it works like a charm. I set my furnace to 60 and only fire up the stove when I get home from work. Anything more than level 2 is too hot. I burn corn which I get from a farmer about 20 minutes south of me. We had a mild winter last year and I only went through 1000 lbs. Corn...

I am trying to figure out if I have enough pitchable yeast in a starter that I made from the dregs of a st bernardus pater 6. I pitched the dregs into 100ml on a stir plate and let it go for 24hrs. I then stepped it up to 400ml then to 1000 ml. I never really got a kreusen to form on it because...