Recent content by alaskajeff

I am new to brewing and was wondering if I could just sanitize my wort chiller along with other things that I sanitize before I make beer. I know most just put it in the boiling wort but wouldn't this work as well ?

When I tested the chiller to see exactly where it was leaking I found that it was leaking at the solder Joint of both fittings ! I wound up cutting them off slipping the hoses over the copper pipe then and applying hose clamps to both; it's no longer leaking ! I hope this fix will withstand the...

I have a copper wort chiller that I have only used 3 times. It now has a very small pinhole leak near where one of the hoses screw on. The leak is not submerged in the wort at any time. What would be the best way of fixing it ? It was leaking during the last batch of beer I made so I just...

Thanks for the replies everyone ! I will start taking readings from now on. From what I have read here I think I will be safe to bottle on Monday night !

I'm brewing a batch of Pale Ale from extract; I used a smack pack of yeast instead of the dry yeast it came with. Fermentation really took of the following day so much so that I had to add a blow off tube. I left it in the primary for 10 days then transferred it to the secondary when it settled...