Recent content by bthorn9435

Sam Adams uses the standard glue on labels, I use these for re-bottling.

1 -Soak in warm water 2 -Take butter knife and remove labels 3 -Remove glue with a Magic Eraser. (The Magic Eraser is awesome for removing glue residue)

I have a TAD setup and am currently conditioning a Bitter in one of the old style Coors bottles. I received my new TAD setup and the bottles are different, you can not stand them on there end and they have a hard circle piece on the end of them. Which makes me think I could tap and drill a hole...

My vote is for WYEAST 1968, This is one great yeast in my opinion. I used it for my Oatmeal Stout recently and I loved it. I also used it on my Pumpkin Ale that I bottled last night, and it was clear and had a yeast cake so tight that when I emptied the bucket it came out as a pancake. Pitched...

Coleman Extreme 52qt has been working awesome for me. I do 5 gallon batches. Four all-grainbatches and not one stuck sparge using braided hose. I highly recommend it.

So going from cold to room temp and back will not have an effect on flavor?

Moved a bunch of beers to frig and after tasting a few think they need a little more time in the pantry. Can I move them back or will this ruin the beer? What would the effects be?

One of the pains in re-using bottles is the removal of the labels, I have spent countless time wasted removing these. The other day I discovered something that shaved literally an hour off the time it takes to remove the labels. Its called the Magic Eraser, they can be purchased at any grocery...

I second the morning brewer advice!

http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/The-Sunday-Session/The-Sunday-Session-08-13-06-Batch-Sparging-with-Denny-Conn The best advice I can give you is to listen to this podcast with Denny Conn. I was confused about all the different ways to do All-Grain. Even after settling on Batch Sparging...

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Thought i wa at .54 but ended up being 1.052

Used Wyeast 1098 Gravity was at 1.052 Didn't add any water

What kind of flavor change can I expect?

I read so much about efficiency issues with batch sparging that I got scared I would have an issue. But based on the last two outings it appears that I don't.