Recent content by aarondl

I tried bottling by getting below the hop level, which has been recommended in other threads. This failed miserably. The floating hops were disturbed, and pieces kept getting sucked into the hose and kept clogging it. I ended up having to stop and rerack the beer, I might have just ruined the...

I'm subscribed as well. I'm very interested in this idea, and having been scouring looking for similar projects. The wife doesn't want some ugly mini fridge in our small apartment, so the plan is to find a used, solid-wood cabinet or other type of furniture that I can gut. Then I'll find a...

I'm still confused about the sparging. It sounds like, from the original directions, that I drain about 1/3 of the wort, then start sparging until I have my 6.5 gallons. Is this correct? Another question: if I want to resparge after I'm finished getting the KtG wort, what hops would people...

Another couple of questions: it seems that some people had huge fermentations, has that been a frequent issue? Also, how long should the oak be in it?

I have a few questions, as I'd like to try this next week. Should it condition in the secondary, or in bottles? When getting the wort, they said to take 1/3 for the boil. Is there anything to know about this, or do I just get the first 6.5 gallons? Thanks!!!