Recent content by 80mcgyver

I ALWAYS take my hydro sample from the primary( it has a neat little spigot on the bottom to prevent contamination), and ALWAYS wait till FG reaches 1.010 or as close as my patience will allow. Plus it lets me drink the sample and judge the progress. No there isn't any carbonation, but my last...

I dry hopped an Irish Red Ale with one ounce of Cascade in a mesh bag to keep the wort neat. Seemed like I expected more hop flavor to come through than what I got. A week in the primary and a week in the secondary should have been enough, but next time I'll try adding it right in the mix, and...

I googled beer info and your forum came up repeatedly. I got a great pumpkin ale recipe from here once.

Thanks for clarifying this. I recently inherited a huge 15 gallon old military style aluminum pot that would easily hold my batch sizes. I was leery of using it because of the above mentioned reasons. I will order a no-weld valve for it today!