Recent content by anastasis

Been there, done that.

Brewing an IIPA tomorrow. Gonna try tweaking my water for the first time. Actually, what I am most interested in is driving off the chloramines. The local water is heavy with this stuff and I want to see if we can clean up the taste of my brews a little bit. Sorry if this is mundane, but...

I read a number of different opinions on the hop utilizatino for FWH. Anywhere from +10 to -65%. I chose to go with -65% based on teh balance of what I read here. I am open to modifying that, but figured that that was an ok place to start.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I was going to run a starter to step up the pitching rate but pitchign 2 packs might be easier.

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com Recipe: Imperial IPA Brewer: Asst Brewer: Style: Imperial IPA TYPE: All Grain Taste: (35.0) Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 6.50 gal Boil Size: 8.54 gal Estimated OG: 1.084 SG Estimated Color: 6.0 SRM Estimated...

Aren't complex carbohydrates in suspension going to throw off your gravity numbers? The gravity may be increased, but that is not going to indicate conversion as the increase could be due to unfermentable sugars in solution.

Cliff seems like a real butthurt fellow. This fermenters look nice. I am trying to sell a 7 gallon older generation blinchmann conical and am lookign to move up to a 15. These are going to be at the top of the list.

that looks like a snapped carboy neck waiting to happen

don't want to hijack, but didn't want to start a similar thread. So I picked up a copper dip tube from bargain fittings and am installing in in my keggle with no false bottom. Couple questions. 1) SHould I teflon tape the threads on the internal dip tube before putting in the coupler? 2) The...

Kegged a batch of a rye ale tonight and had about a half gallon left in the fermenter after filling up the corny. Filled up a big jar and have pulling pints off since I finished. I ain't throwing that **** away, so instead I am sitting here with a pleasant buzz off flat beer. I guess I should...

Found some carboys that were filled with water and left unattended outside for a few months. They got algae and stuff growing in them now. I got them for free and want to clean them up and use them as secondaries. I was thinking that I would soak them for a few days in pbw solution, rinse than...

1st post...searched for this topic but didn't find any discussion of a slotted false bottom implemented in a round cooler. Getting back into all-grain. My previous setup was a rectangular cooler with a copper manifold. That cooler bit the dust, and I went back to doing mini-mashes. Decided...