Recent content by baptistbrewer

Thanks for the replies. Right now I currently back flow water through for like 5-10 min and flush with water for a couple more then pump sanitizer through it and let sit in santizer

Alright so I've been brewing for a couple years. I've had my Duda Diesel 30 plate chiller for about 30ish beers. Recently I moved and wasn't able to brew for like 6 months. I attempted to sanitize everything and dry it out. But since starting to get back into it My last 2 beers were no good...

3 feet may be short, but something else must be the matter. I carbonate the same way and I have about 3-4 feet lines and don't have foam except maybe the first glass of a keg. Does the beer taste carbonated? Foam and carbonation are two different monsters. Also, consider what you did. High...

So my friend grew cascade hops in his backyard and wanted me to brew something for him with them. I have one question. With homegrown hops how do I know the AA%? Or do I just wing it? Any advice? The picture is of the hops. Those are gallin size and over a pound in total.

I only have had one weird infection. I threw out all cheap tubing and bleached everything else in warm water for 5 min. then rinsed very well. Rinsing is key. Brewed twenty times since then no problems.

I generally run about mid-70s in the eff. Larger beers I get 72ish, but smaller beers I can get ~77%. I don't know the AA% of the Centennial, but the Magnums are 14.5% AA. I do prefer drier IPA's with a lot of aroma. However, I am willing to experiment as well. I don't really care about OG. I...

Hello, I have a question for all of you. I bought some ingredients off a website, and forgot where the recipe was :( So, I need HBT's help to make an IPA that would utilize all my ingredients. Here it they are. PS I would like a hoppy IPA, but not quite double, I already have one of those in the...

Ok, so I should keep everyone up to date... Went to the store and the tangerines were out of season. Freaking out I ended up buying peaches ( don't know why). I racked my hef and was doubting my decision, as it tasted really good. But decided to go for it. Puree'd the peaches and put the...

Here is a tenative plan. Rack to secondary. Cold crash 2 days. Taste...if good add my tangerine purree. Leave 1-2 weeks at 40ish degrees. Drink. Enjoy. How does that sound.

I am trying to make a tangerine wheat beer. I have the wheat beer in the primary for already 2 weeks. I know it's about time to add some sort of fruit. The problem is last year I attempted to make a strawberry blonde, and when I added the fruit, fermentation started once again and I lost all the...

You should also take some readings during lautering. I typically take around 4. One at the beginning, two in the middle and one final preboil reading. Three main things. 1 how is your crush? 99% of efficiency issues have to do with that. 2 how are your temps (both sparge and mash)? 3. How fast...

So experiment 1 went bad... Extract as you guys said was a poor choice. Brewing it again. Here is my plan The beer prior to extract was good so I'm brewing it again, after second week in primary I'm going to add potassium sorbate and kill the yeast. After that I'm going to rack into secondary...

I am going to St Paul next week as well. I have school there. Barley Johns BrewPub is great. That is where I had my first sour. I suggest it. Maybe up see ya there.

When I hosted a bible study in my fraternity. We used to have beer and bible nights. To get the guys to actually come I would buy a 12 pack and tell them free beer. Then we would study the word.

Ok sounds good its a day in primary so how many pounds of fruit and how much water?