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    A boring, but practical, question

    Important fact #1 - I brew inside, on my gas stove. Important fact #2 - I have (as yet, knock wood) had no boil-overs. Regardless of fact #2, the heat off the bottom of my large kettles causes whatever minimal amounts of invisible "gunk" are on my stove surface to burn and become nice...
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    Souring in Guinness clone ???

    Okay, so I have looked at a number of Guinness-clone type recipes and many of them suggest souring some beer and adding it back in post-boil. These tend to suggest the terrifying (to me) method of leaving beer in a bowl for a week and then freezing. This seems (to me) like a really good way...
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    Star San touchy-touchy?

    Okay, my friend and I have just converted over to Star San, but once we got it home, we were terrified by the bottle warnings. Is Star San safe to touch with a naked (e.g. ungloved) hand when in its properly diluted form?
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    Chlorine water chemistry question

    Okay, I will fully admit that I am being an overly-anal retentive ex-chemistry major here, but ... when you pre-boil your liquor, does that remove all chlorine such that when I am considering salt (generally, not NaCl) additions, I can assume that Cl is at 0? Not sure if this is the right...
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    Corona crush

    Just got a new Corona Mill for Christmas, and wanted to pass along my experiences so far. Brewing first batch with it on Saturday. I don't have any fancy pictures because I'm, you know, lazy. My initial look at the grinding surfaces on the fully assembled mill made me think that the gap was...
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    The real deal on recirculating

    According to Dave Miller's book, at the beginning of lautering, you should recirculate your runoff until "crystal clear". After an hour and a half of recirculating on last Saturday (don't ask - bad job sparging last time, nuff said), my buddy and I were never able to hit "crystal clear" to our...
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    Fermentation question

    Hi there, first time poster. I have brewed several batches of all-grain brews before, but this is the first time I've had a fermentation issue. Here's the relevant stats: Original gravity - 1.037 Yeast - Dry Nottingham, 1 packet Fermentation temp - between 63F and 61F Wort was made and...
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