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    California Keezer for Sale

    In Southern California. Check it out - she's a beauty. http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/for/4215843004.html
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    IPA Recipe - Please Critique

    I'm looking for a nice hoppy IPA but not a hop bomb. Let me know what you think of the below. Open to any suggestions/changes to grain bill or hops. Thanks! Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: White Labs California ale Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: Starter Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original...
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    Hop particles in dry-hopped beer. help

    I brewed an APA and IPA which were both dry hopped in secondary (one in carboy, one in corny). I used a nylon mesh bag (paint strainer) to hold the pellet hops. Dry hopped for 7 days. I cold crashed for one night, then transferred the next day without moving/disturbing the secondary vessel. I...
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    3 situations: different pre-boil gravity?

    Will there be a difference in pre-boil gravity in these situations (in theory and practice): 1) I mash with the *exact* amount of water needed to hit my pre-boil volume on the mark. For instance, 3qts of water/lb grain. No sparge. Lauter slowly to boil kettle to get 7gallons pre-boil. 2)...
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    False bottom and recirculation = efficiency problems?

    I just moved and upgraded my system :), but now I am having efficiency issues :confused:. I'm using 3 keggles on a single tier with two pumps. I do constant HERMS-style recirculation and I fly sparge. My false bottom in the MLT is high (there's 2.5 gallons of liquid under FB). To compensate...
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    Transferring from carboy with co2

    I transferred from secondary (better bottle) to keg by connecting co2 to the carboy through the orange hood cap (see picture). Is there anything wrong with doing this? I was worried that the carboy might not be able to hold the pressure (though I kept the psi at 3-5). Thanks. It worked just...
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    Is de-ionized water better than RO water?

    I have been cutting my tap water with store-bought distilled water for my AG batches up to now, but just bought an RO/DI system (latest toy :)). Like all my new toys, I need to figure out how to use it :confused: (i think it's easy though). It's a six stage system with the last stage being...
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