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2 lbs of apple cider should be roughly 32 ozs, so you are right on the money!

Anyone know what that is?

I cannot name it, its actually my first infection.

used, old wetsuits help insulate pretty well! I keep my old wetsuits to make coozies for my bombers and growlers as well :D What is the temp outside if you are losing heat that fast? I simply leave mine on the stove(flame off) and moniter the temp 2 maybe 3 times per mash.

Im here to research the effects of mash temps on the flavor and mouth feel. But it seems to me that a 45 degree fluctuation in a mash would be a bad thing. Go too high and you kill the enzymes I think. Ive never heard of anyone mashing above 165 yet. But then again, Im here to research this...

One thing I like to do with mine is to place the fermenter in a large sterilite tub, then fill it with water to the same level as the young beer. The water around the fermenter will act as a buffer for ambient temp variations. I normally use frozen bottles of water during the day to help keep...

Im making this right now :rockin: I cant wait to try it, gonna be a long few weeks :eek:

I also add the zest for 15 mins. I squeeze the juice into the boil too just for the hell of it.

@Xcorpia, I go to http://www.hopsdirect.com/store/ to buy by the pound and save some loot.

Haha I did the same thing! Make sure you dont connect the tap until after the keg has been purged, not only do you spray beer everywhere ( what a waste! ) but you may also break the o-ring inside the connection.

I have an orange hefe in the secondary right now, it is my first attempt at using fresh fruit. I took a hops approach to it, boiling 60 for flavor and 5-10 for bouqet. I boiled 75% of my zest for 60 mins and the remainder for 10 mins. When I racked to the secondary my house smelled of oranges...

You stated that you have been using kits so far, is this your first mini mash? I noticed that you want to boil the grains after a soak, no sparge? Ive never mini mashed myself as I jumped straight into all grain, but ive never boiled any of my grains. Sounds like a tasty recipe tho! I really...

Thanks for the warm welcome! Good beer is hard to find here in San Diego, In my case I have to walk all the way across the street when im outta my own :D I live in PB myself. Just kegged my porter last night and gonna make a hefe today. Goin a lil crazy with it tho....time for some research!

I bought most of my kit off of craigslist, as long as you inspect everything and know how to properly inspect it, you should have more money left over to make beer! I would just watch out for used tubing, you never know what it was used for and some things will ruin the tubing without visible...

New to the forums and can hopefully contribute some good info towards the art and receive some as well :mug: Hometown is San Diego and ive been brewing for about 2 years now, been doing allgrain for 1 year so far.