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Thank you to everyone on the responses! I'm going to take the advice of everyone and pill it from the fridge as its been cold right out of the primary (no secondary). I'll give it some time and retry chilling (at a lower temp) and see what it does. If that doesn't help to my satisfaction...

I recently kegged a batch of English mild brown ale. After 3 weeks in a keg it still seems to lack much malt flavor. Regardless of the style and how much malt should be tasted, I'm not very happy with it. I would like to try to add some flavor post fermentation and was thinking of using DME to...

I haven't tried this as of yet, but hope to this weekend. Some quick questions for those who have: 1.)Is a secondary necessary for this... some have, some haven't? 2.)For those who have bottle carbonated, have you used any carb tablets or additional sugar? Thanks!

Not sure if this was mentioned or not, but Beach Chalet is a good place for lunch, good beer and incredible view. Go place to go if you are traveling with a woman. Not too chickish though. Awesome reuse of an old park building. Don't let the name fool you... when my wife suggested it, I was...

Yeah, I'm still torn on the hydrate - not to hydrate theory. It has worked for me so I stick with it the dry pitch, but I can see a benefit for hydrating too! I used a bucket, so I might need to take a peek in there either through the lid or eyelet for the airlock.

Thank you Yooper and SKMO!

It was dry and no, I did not rehydrate.

I pitched a pale ale with Nottingham on Saturday night and shelved it in my basement. Checked it the next morning expecting activity, but with no signs. Thought the temp in my basement was in range, but after a couple days I realized that my thermometer was off and a new one is now reading 62...

I have looked for this question before I posted it and didn't see anything so I apologize if there is a thread that I missed. Has anyone tried this method: mash, sparge, boil, use an immersion chiller to get wort to about 85 or degrees, put the vessel in a fridge to get it to drop in temp...

Gotcha, that makes sense. I was thinking that C.Cond. was similar to lagering but wanted to make sure. Thanks!

GilaMinumBeer: Can you explain the difference between cold conditioning and cold crashing in your method? I guess I always thought that they were one in the same.

That's great, thanks for your input Lars. Any suggestions on whether or not to keep the temp probe in water or wrap in a wet towel?

Just got my Johnson Temp Controller. Having a little trouble with balancing the desired temp. Is there any trick to where the thermostat on the fridge should be set. Set to run it's coldest so that when the controller kicks in, it is sure to run. Or will this damage the compressor somehow...

Now that's what I'm talkin' bout!

Aren't you glad that I clarified that for everyone! Sometimes I get a little too carried away with descriptions. One of those job related things with writing. See, here I go again.

I have had a problem during parties with corny kegs floating once they get to the point that they are not heavy enough to stay on the bottom of the tub. I know this will happen with Sanke kegs, but they usually will stay down for quite sometime and not shoot up like a rocket when they become...

At this point in the thread, for what it is worth, I have the 50qt. I have completed 5 batches of AG in it. It is my first cooler mash tun that I put together. I have never had an issue with maintaining mash temps in it. I have not added additional insulation to the lid either. I do preheat...

Gordon Food Service or GFS has aluminum stock pots for fairly cheap or try a restaurant supply house.

You may want to check out Harbor Freight, their website isn't all that great, but their store may have them. Also, Tractor Supply I believe had a big selection

It's always great to see a HBT'r with a sense of humor. I am compensating for my lack of ability to create cool sh&@ like yours.