Recent content by bsangel37

Thanks for the advice everyone, I'll see how it goes. It normally wouldn't be a big deal I just don't want to have to torque so hard on it that I end up breaking the plastic walls of my new mash tun.

Sorry if this topic has already been covered, I've had trouble finding results. I have two brand new ball lock valves for my boil kettle and mash tun and I'm getting quite a bit of resistance when trying to open/close them. I was thinking maybe taking them apart and applying a bit of keg...

Ah I see what you mean now. Ok great, thanks for the info!

Hmm I'll have to keep that in mind. Though what I have right now has plenty of pineapple mixed in with other notes, and I don't want to go overboard as I'm not a huge fan of pineapple, but thanks for the suggestion!

If I have half the LME in the 4 gallon pot, with the bittering hops, then take the last few and hopstand, what would that last gallon be doing in a second pot? And yes I found that splitting the LME worked much better last time, as my first brew was a kit IPA and it came out tasting like a...

No apology necessary, I understand how spam can be an issue. Thanks for the info on that, I think I may just dry hop in the primary then this time. Plus changing up the hop schedule should help out quite a bit. My last batch was an amarillo APA and while I didn't dryhop in a secondary I did do...

- Sorry my response time is going to be very slow, I assume this moderated post review goes away after a few posts! (EDIT: Well it seems as if this posted instantly but my last one is in moderator limbo but until it's posted, it was just a thank you for the suggestions, and that I'll look into...

Hey thanks IslandLizard and derekcw83 for the suggestions, I'll have to look up whirpool/hopstand I'm not sure what that is exactly (told ya I was new!) But I have been breaking up my LME additions I found that to be much better in my 2nd batch from my first. Yes I thought that seems long for...

Hi everyone, first post so I'll try to make it a good one. I'm taking a shot at making a Tropical American IPA. It's only my 3rd extract batch and I'm looking for some advice for this recipe I've found and slightly modified. As it stands, the IBU in this American IPA is about 82, which is a...