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Barley crusher, love it!

Used it yesterday, did a 10 gallon Phat Trye Amber Ale. Adjusted to .037, great crush, hit my numbers dead on. Used on 20# of grain. I love it!:mug:

Got mine today, will use tomorrow!:mug:

Ok, the raspberries have been in the secondary for about 3 weeks. Racked it into a tertiary fermentor so I could leave the berries behind. The berries have lost all their color, looked like cat crap........ The ale smells great! Took a gravity reading, 1.014-015. I'll leave it in the fermentor...

HERMS, I love my home built!:mug:

I let the berries thaw, in the bags, sanitized the outside of the bags and put them into the secondary. As I understand it, the berries were ready to eat, so to prepare them for freezing, they are washed and blanched then quick frozen. I hope not heating them again doesn't screw up the brew, but...

OK, I used frozen raspberries. I used two 12 oz packs, I let them thaw, then sanitized the outside of the package. Put them in the secondary & racked. We will see, I hope I didn't just screw up a good red ale!;)

I may try the frozen, but I really think I like the fresh fruit idea. I don't want it to overtake the ale, but finish with a hint of raspberry.;)

Anyone, anyone, anyone? :confused:

I just brewed an all grain red ale. It's in the primary. My son in law asked me about making a raspberry ale. Thinking about adding two or three pounds of fresh, clean, sanitized raspberries to the secondary before I racked the red ale on top of them. Let it set for two or three weeks. Has...

Windy Ridge Brewing...... we lost 33 pine trees during hurricane Katrina... several hit my house, my shop / brew-house & my barn, so it was a natural fit.... Windy Ridge! I hope we never have to go through that again.

My first was a Scottish 80 ale. It was good. I would suggest to have a little DME on hand in case you miss the OG real bad. I would also go through a dry run, (no grain), to check my equipment, before I brew. During the brew is not the time to try and repair things. Just my $.02

Yes, I have two pumps. I went head first into AG. I'm still learning though!

I agree........!

I don't recirculate the wort. I pump the wort into the chiller and then into the fermenter. I adjust the flow of wort to adjust the wort temp exiting the chiller. In other words, I decrease the speed of the wort through the chiller so it will release more heat & exit the chiller at the temp I...

I have about a 1 1/4" bar now. As I turn up the speed, it get slung out of the center. Any advice?:confused:

I know about long, continuous, manual brew days. I have given it much thought, about making this a more automated process. Then I think that I won't have as much pride and the feeling of actually brewing my own beer. I built my own HERMS and continually think of ways to improve it. I believe...

I use cheep powdered automatic dish washing detergent. Like "cascade"

I run an adult daycare, well kinda, I'm a fire chief.:D http://www.meridianms.org/firehome.htm

Got it today. Works great, can't wait to make a starter!