Recent content by beilber

Well this was educational..... I have my setup as 3/16 hose @ 6' length. I kegged the rootbeer and pumped it up to 50 psi @ 40F. I served it Xmas eve @10psi and had a foamy mess. I have it in my Garage right now which is at about 20F still @10psi. When I started reading I was planning to...

Hey All, I have been making Holiday Ales over the last few weeks. This weekend I am Racking my Apple Cinnamon Spiced Ale over to secondary. I am not sure how much apple I should put in the carboy, does anyone have suggestions? Also after our Mash my brew buddy and I realized we forgot...

Wouldn't that be the grain mattress? and together the grain bed? :eek:

So from what I have read the only downside to not "Pooling" water on top would be a possibility of a stuck sparge or inefficient grain filter? I also don't see how pooling water properly rinses the grains. Guess I need to read the Palmer book again :cross:

Thanks All I feel less dumb now :) I have it at room temp, but I did put it in the fridge and saw the pressure internally drop too around 600, good call blk and thanks for the link! So basically, as the CO2 "liquid state" evaporates CO2 "Gas state" is released. And the temperature will affect...

Hi All, I just started kegging and had my 5# co2 tank filled a few days ago. When i hooked up my regulator it read the tank pressure at 800psi. The regulators goes up to 2000psi which made me wonder if It wasn't filled completly. I saw this post a little bit ago: Word of warning : Don't...

*Sigh of relief* Thanks for the confirmation Yooper.

Hi All, Last night i transfered my first All-grain batch to Secondary (5 gal glass carboy). Everything went great except for that after about an hour there were some bubbles that rose to the surface, in a few spots. I know that the disturbing of the yeast can cause little reaction. This...

I live just south of Albrightsville, not far from Pocono Raceway. Tannersville is about 20 mins away. My buddy and I will be brewing a Dunkelweizen, with a nice 14 lbs grain bill it looks yummy. I forgot to mention I am a Backyard Hop Farmer as well.

Greetings all, Small time Brewer here in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvannia. Doing my first all-grain this weekend. :ban: I have been reading the Forums from links my buddy has been sending me. Love the amount of knowledge thats here so here I am. :mug: Cheers! Brian Eilber