Recent content by C38368

Title says it all, just curious if anyone has experience brewing with Crisp's Best Ale Malt and, if so, what some comparable substitutions for it might be?

Second this! I've actually be re-reading bits of it lately, just for fun. OP: Grab yourself a copy of BeerSmith. I've had a "one time basic" license since like, 2013, and there's only been on "major" update in that period. I'm not active across a sufficient number of platforms to make use of...

Just for fun, I ran a test on my last batch of beer, which I kegged on Saturday. On Friday morning, I removed my carboy from the Brewjacket sleeve and placed it on a wooden countertop. I then wrapped the carboy in a large fleece blanket, resulting in about four layers of blanket around the...

As I said, convection in the wort won't hurt, and I agree that it will speed up chilling of the overall wort mass. But it isn't necessary. As I also said, I can't effectively chill my wort to less than 80-85°F using an immersion chiller and groundwater. Six gallons of wort without yeast, into a...

When I first started, I racked to secondary. Haven't bothered with it for years, though, for a few reasons: one, it's a great way to oxygenate your beer, at a point in it's life where oxygen is a very bad thing. Two, it exposes your beer to to a potential new source of pathogens. Not that you...

I have a Brewjacket, and I like it. My wife gave it to me way back when, so I can't personally speak to customer service, but here's what I can say about it: I live in SoCal, and my municipal water supply is annoyingly warm. I can't cool my wort to pitching temps without filling a cooler with...

Yeah, you should add a second valve at the pump's outlet. When circulating or moving wort, leave all other valves wide open, and use that one, alone, to control flow. It's entirely possible that the specific way you have your system set up, and the way in which you use it, that you can get years...

It matters because of the way impeller pumps work. If the valve is on the pump's output, you can close it fully while the pump is running, and you'll wind up with a loop condition where the pump is generating maximum head pressure, but no flow. The pump can operate in those conditions. The...

Abney Park - Beautiful Decline ...but wearing Grados, so I can hear Kidnap Mr. Sandy Claws playing over the TV, as my daughter is watching The Nightmare Before Christmas. Yay WFH daycare!

I read Zymurgy in print, and trawl through the HBT and AHA forums, though I don't post with much frequency at all, as of late. I used to subscribe to BYO, and still have all the back issues, but that lapsed some time ago. Beyond that, I often access various online sources (which often turn out...

Wow! I need this! Totally in!!!

Having problems with oxidation, so... totally in!!!

Someday, I'll get away from the siphon. Someday, I'll have a shiny new conical. Because, like wood rats, octopi, and pre-2014 magpies, I like shiny things. In the meantime, a conical with a spigot is not terribly compatible with the temperature-control portion of my fermentation setup. I used...

So lately I've found that I've gotten pretty decent at making nice, golden-colored pale ales and IPAs, with passable hopping, at least when it comes out of the fermenter. And yet, when I carb it up and pour a class, they almost universally have gone amber, and taste of sherry. At least, I think...

I like the idea of a nice, glass door, instead of the garage door. Maybe a California door? I dunno--that's a long way down the line, I expect. Just another brief update: I pulled the cover off the subpanel today. Turns out, four of the five 20A breakers are in use, all switching outlets, or...