Recent content by boochuckles

I'm looking for a software that's going to show me my efficiency and what to expect from my beer by inputting the numbers I came out with rather then what I should have gotten. So with this last batch I used 11# and about 7.5 gallons of water. I had to use some extra water in mash to lower the...

OMG! I just typed out a long reply and it didn't post!!! Glass hydrometer that I temp compensate I have bad brew house efficiency, that why a larger grain bill. I ended up with a little more then 4.5 gallons in primary. Primary fermentation did seem sluggish. Air lock was moving good last...

I've never had this happen to me before. This is my second time making this recipe. 8# 2 row 1.5# crystal 40 1# brown 0.5# chocolate 1oz Northern Brewer @ 60 0.5oz NB @ 20 2 star anise @ 10 Wyeast London Ale Yeast I just transferred to secondary, 14 days later. My OG was 1.050 and now it's...

I don't really know where to put this post so this seemed like the a good guess... :confused: I am a Certified Vet Tech and I will be going to the NAVC this year. I know that in the entire veterinary community there has to be some other homebrewers out there. I wanted to see about having a...

I get only about a 70-78% efficiency right now. I don't get to brew that often to try to bring that up. I have been slowly but that's why I like a larger amount of grain. I still want to get higher apv brew

6oz each!? Or 6oz total?

For bittering, aroma, flavoring?

I have some Huell Melon and Mosaic laying around in my freezer I haven't used yet. I want to brew something using them. I have 2 oz of each. I'm shooting for an IPA. Thinking like 14# Marris Otter and us-05. Thinking Mosaic at 20 mins and HM at 5 mins. 14 days primary, 14 secondary @ 70. I've...

A picture may help...

Oh No! The cord i got i can not tell which is the black and which is the white wire. There is the green ground in the middle but the outer wire one has writing and the other has solid raised lines!! Both could be the black wire. Inside there is no color other then the green ground wire. Help!

Rimshot...

Kegerator with just party taps for now. I have a separate mini fridge for fermentation that i just jerry rigged the thermostat on

Title pretty much says it all... Where do I place the temp probe in a chest cooler? I just got a Haier 7.1cu chest freezer and I am going to add a STC-1000 as an on/off switch. I'm going to use this diagram and an extension cord to function as the temp controller. I'm using an extension cord...

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No, I'm mashing right now... Just going with a simple Marris Otter (12#) and US-05 SMaSH. 1oz at 60, 1/5 oz @15 & 1/5oz @ FO. I did this with Amarillo last month and it was great, so we'll see how HBC-438 turns out