Recent content by barleywhore69

Then you are adding oil to the beer...

I brewed again today and had all kinds of problems that were mostly due to thinking i didn't need a pulley system for this bag and a 10 lb grain bill. I spilled wort everywhere. When i lifted the bag, because of my low stove vent hood, i had to pull the bag out while it pressed against the side...

I had my worst brew day ever today too. I spilled wort all over my stove top. It burned on. Undershot my boil volume and had to ghetto-sparge the bag of grain. I realized I should have set up a pulley thing to hold the grain bag because it was really heavy and didn't drain quickly unless I...

It's strong enough to a point, I'm sure. Looking at the weight tests though, I don't see the bag hanging from the nylon cord. The top of the bag seems to be gathered together and tied with the ratcheting strap several inches down from the top of the bag. I would not trust hanging it from the...

I must try this. My first thought was that .6 lb of Black Patent is an awful lot. Do you mash that with the rest of the grain the entire time? I feel like that would add a lot of bitterness. All good though?

Is that a winter coat or what? I have one that fits a fermenter perfectly. I need a lid for my pot...

That's weird. My last post apparently quoted the future.

I still cringe at having to pay $10 for an empty plastic BUCKET. We're already being gouged on these "brewing specific" multipurpose items.

You're going to want to pasteurize a lacto starter after a couple days and then add it in to the normally fermented gallon of beer to taste. I made 5 gallons of Berliner once with a homemade lacto grain/water starter, but I just let it keep souring the whole thing and bottled it when the airlock...

I brewed today with my bag from wilserbrewer. I decided to try a full volume mash with no sparge in my 10 gallon stock pot. "Can I Mash It" said that it would require 8.8 gallons of volume with 8 gallons of water and 10 lbs of grain. It was up to the very top. Not sure what happened there. I...

I received my wilserbrewer bag today. He included some free hop bags. Thanks! Processing and shipping was fast, I ordered Thursday, received on Tuesday. I have not brewed with the bag yet. This is my initial observations review. First thought: The stitching on the bag was not as...

I was mostly thinking about the cost of the oxygen when I thought about wort oxygenation. It must be incredibly frustrating to be that neurotic about recycling. The fact that you mention it like this just from seeing one picture of an oxygen tank seems kind of odd. I complain a lot but that...

So, this was an 8-year-old question, but nobody answered it and I was looking for info about smoking malt. I've read that you can smoke malt right away and use it, but I've also read to let it sit in a paper bag for 2 weeks afterward. I'm not sure which is better.

I feel like it would be ideal to have the screen part of the bottom of the basket in a slight cone shape to help direct the flow to one spot when the basket is lifted. The support structure could rest flat, just have the screen come to a slight point in the center of the bottom. Would that help?

Yes!