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Hey All, I just spent the last 45 minutes or so scouring the forums for a thread or two that's similar to my current dilemma with no luck, so here goes. Tried brewing an AG Imperial/Double IPA today, pretty simple bill: 15 lbs 2-row 1 lb flaked wheat 1 lb c-40 1 lb biscuit 1.5 lbs dextrose...

Double post... Oops! It said it wasn't letting me post! :)

Essentially it sounds like a jockey box? Just gravity fed and used to cool boiling wort instead of a warm keg. Unless I'm mistaken? Sounds like it might work, maybe if it was in a cooler that you could drain when the water got too hot to sufficiently chill, similar to wbarber69's friend. It's...

Hey guys, I'm finally getting into kegging (yay!) and I need a regulator.... And I'm really trying to not spend 80-100$ on a new one. I've got an idea of what I'm looking for, but there's a few things i don't know... Like, what psi range do I want on the output side? I can't find regulators that...

I had a similar experience a couple batches ago. Never had an issue with carbonation until one batch that sat in primary a little over a month (it was an experiment to clean up some potential off flavors from having temperature control issues), some bottles ended up carbed fine, and others were...

I'm pretty sure they mean soak the nibs in vodka for a length of time, similar to how you would soak vanilla beans to extract the flavor. Then add the entire mixture to your secondary before racking the beer. Someone more experienced than I may offer better insight however. I've heard/read of...

Day 12: gravity at 1.012. Woohoo! Home stretch :). It smells great. I didn't taste it, but it doesn't have that offensive harsh ethanol bite to the nose anymore. I'be been slowing on agitating, not being as vigorous as day 1-6. Any tips on clarity? It's still verrrrry murky (obviously...

Day 9-10: pretty active fermentation still. I've agitated down some krausen laced with new yeast (that milky-thick foam with a yellow-orange color). And temps are holding closer to 67-68 according to my fermometer. No gravity reading to update on though. Have been studying for finals. Will...

Day 8: Gravity is 1.043. I added the final 1/2 tsp of nutrient. We'll see what happens. I tasted a sample, and its got some kick to it! I think there's some unpleasant harshness to it that I hope mellows out eventually, definitely can see how the crisp appleness will (hopefully) shine through in...

Day 6: gravity is approx 1.053. I had to take a sample (which I mostly returned to the carboy) for I thought the hydrometer was bottoming out. I guess with the last two days I would have thought more fermentation would have happened? Hope it's not stalling now. I agitated a bunch and released a...

Hmmm.. It did feel kinda weird. Haha. But I didn't know what else to do re: taking a reading. I don't know how easy it would be to pour liquid off, what with all the floating fruit. And there was too much foam to just drop a hydrometer in and not severely guess. Ill have to do some reading on...

Alright. Day 4 update: emptied and refilled airlock (it was full of trub and cider-colored) so I could tell if fermentation decided to become vigorous again. When I removed the bung I sprayed a bunch (10ish) of sprays of starsan inside to knock down bubbles so I could take a gravity reading...

Almost a MEA last night! Will update gravity in a few :) Edit: actually... Can I even check proper gravity with the current krausen goin on? I don't know how, without guessing a little. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Gotcha. I'll agitate first then add nutrient after it slows down a little. Day 2 update: obvious airlock activity and ~1cm of krausen (is it called something different for mead/ciders?). So my worries of under pitching are relieved. Agitated slowly by rocking carboy for about two minutes, but...

You know.... One quick question. Do you just add yeast nutrient directly to the must? Or should I mix it at all (more than light agitation during degassing?) to attempt to dissolve the nutrient? (Hopefully someone gets back to me in the next couple days here, before I have to guess!) Cheers...

Mmmmm. I've thought about that. I have. But I thought it wouldn't work because the string would affect the weight of the hydrometer or something..? I dunno haha. I'll definitely do that instead though. So much easier to take readings, so long as you don't have a huge fruit cap to punch through...

Here's what I ended up doing for the cyser, based loosely off the BOMM cyser on gotmead: Start with 1 gallon sprouts organic apple cider. Removed 2.5 cups Added 3 oz brown sugar Added 1.4 cups honey (1c wildflower, .4c clover) Added 4 dried dates Added 2 dried figs Added .5 tsp yeast nutrient...

I'm sure ill get around to using other yeasts, but I kinda want to get familiar with washing some yeast and explore the wlp004 in depth a bit. I've heard good things about 1116 though. I just think I'm too inexperienced to know the difference if I start using a different yeast for every batch! I...

Never one. I found potassium carbonate. It still stands though, any reason to use carbonate over bicarbonate? (Other than the fact that potassium carbonate is cheaper?) Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Found it!: http://www.gotmead.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22124&highlight=Bomm+cyser Did you drop the oak & vanilla bean straight into primary? Or did you rack into a new carboy with oak and vanilla? Also, per morebeer's website and description of fermaid K...