Recent content by AnbyG

The two batches of beers I have made with WB-06 were dry, a tad tart and did not have any fruitiness, just like you described. Due to the amount of hops in the most recent batch, the first few sips are pretty bitter, however after a few sips you can get a faint hefeweizen-ish aftertaste. I am...

My bad, I meant flaked wheat, not flaked wheat malt. Guess I am super used to typing malt after wheat. :D My final volume in the fermenter was 5.5 gallon. For mashing in, I use a variant of BIAB. I use my 5 gallon boil kettle without any bag. I put as much water as I can to get the level of...

The beer turned out fine. Final gravity of 1.008 if I recall correctly. Dry hopped with 3 oz of Cascade hops (2 year old in the freezer) and I am liking it so far. I brewed another batch last Tuesday with the following grain bill. The mash wasn't perfect as the grains filled the entire kettle...

Can a liquid starter like this be used with the intention of shortening the duration of primary fermentation?

Last weekend I attempted to brew an (almost) all wheat beer utilizing some leftover grains/extract to clear up some space in the pantry. Long story short, I did not have enough ice to throw in wort to cool it down rapidly to 70 F. So I left it at room temperature overnight (~18 hours) to cool...

Got it, that makes sense. The other day I boiled 105g of same DME in 1.1 liter of water for about 15 minutes. No precipitation at all this time though. Wonder why. I inoculated another 1 L bottle (fresh boiled DME, no precipitate this time) with yeast cultured from the bottle with sediments...

It looks like fermentation in that bottle has come to a stop, there are no bubbles rising from the bottom any more. Yes, I understand that with inoculum it would take some time. It has been 6 days already. Do you use a heated stir plate to keep the temperature at optimal 37 degrees celsius? I...

Hi everybody, So last Sunday I tried my hands in preparing/propagating a yeast starter, primarily to avoid having to shell out out ~ $8 bucks for liquid yeast packs. In December I had purchased a packet of WLP 400, which was accidentally left in room temperature for 4-5 days and best use...

Hi Matt, Do you still have the converted cooler/mash tun & the wort chiller? Cheers, Anby

I would be very interested in it, if the deal with the other gentleman falls through. Cheers Anby

I don't have any space, else I would have done so. My method is working for me, so far. Don't have a way to hang the bag. I totally agree this is not the best practice. I got a new bucket for the same. Got a new bucket anyway. I doubt it will ruin the batch. But I was thinking, why take a...

I worked out an way to do BIAB on my electric stove top. I mash in directly in the 5 gallon boil kettle on my electric stove, once I put the grains in, holding the heat at the bare minimum keeps the temperature of the mash pretty much within a +/- 3 Fahrenheit range. Once it is done, I place the...

No more extract brewing. I have moved to BIAB, and loving it so far. :)

Hi all, I am planning to construct a wort chiller this weekend with 3/8 in. ID copper tubes from Home Depot. I plan to purchase some compression adapters and use them to connect the tubing to the wort chiller. However, I have no clue on how to connect the tubing to faucet in the kitchen...

I have watched a handful of videos and it seems like draining the bag is a real pain. I do everything on my electric stove inside a tiny condo and hence I don't have a way to hang the bag to let it drain. Hence the basket idea. I have heard nothing but good things about Wilser bag, but I really...