Recent content by AndrewF

Sounds like this is an extract recipe. I also would have topped off to reach 5 gallons. Was your OG where you expected it to be? Also, I've not used orange zest before, but if by "very warm" you mean close to boiling, then I think you should be fine. Anything living on the orange zest should...

Ground water in central Phoenix is over 90 degrees at 1am in July. At least at my house it is. Now that I have a pump I'm hoping brewing this summer goes better. Going to pump through the CFC back into the boil kettle. After that chills as much as possible, I will pre-chill the cooling water and...

Carbing pressure is dependent on temperature. I imagine it takes about a day to get beer from high 60 degrees to mid 30s. I would think as long as you started the force carbing after the temp drops you should be ok. What pressure do you serve at and what pressure do you transfer at?

I would invite you to a brew party at my place where you could (see the chugger pump in action and) drink some great beer with me and my friends. Next month's party should be fun. My friend and his wife are adopting their third child and this dinner and party is going to be a way for people to...

I'm not at all an authority on this, but I'm pretty sure you will need a 12v power converter of some sorts to make those fans work. At least my fans needed a converter.

I used two fans on mine. One to blow air across the cold plate, and one fan in a project box pumping air into the tower like the link above has. It cost a total of $25. I use to have to run my kegorator on 2 of 10 (second lowest setting) to achieve 35 degrees F, now I run it on 6 of 10. It...