Recent content by CaseyS

Start with 2oz at kegging and adjust from there. If you keg, you can always pop the top and add more.

I keep that yeast (WLP320) at 65 or below and can't detect any banana or clove esters. It will produce a nice cloudy wit. Keep your abv down and IBU about 20 and that will make a nice summer wheat.

Yes, I've used their mango extract before. Worked just fine.

Mango Extract

"Diaper pale ale"

Is it even legal to sell it?

I brew in half batches. Here's what you do. Make a 1L starter. When you go to pitch, save 6 or 8 oz of the starter and pitch the rest (search for the many ways to store, bottles, jelly jars, etc). On your next batch, you can use what you saved to make another starter and repeat the process.

Ok, so here's what I did. I went ahead and transferred the blonde to secondary. I siphoned off and stopped right before I sucked yeast off of the top of the falling level of beer. I then used about a pint of sterilized water to wash the yeast. Added the pint to the fermenter, shake well and...

Kinda what I figured. I'll check the gravity and see where it's at. I also have a 6 gal glass carboy I could use as the secondary, but I prefer the smaller bottles because of less transfer loss and I really like the geometry of the bottom of the better bottles for minimizing losses.

OK, So I brewed last Sunday and plan on brewing tomorrow. I have a pair of 3 gal better bottles and brew in 2.5 gal half batches. I currently have a cascade/willamette blonde ale in one and the other is empty. The general plan is to transfer the primary to the empty secondary and then either...

I haven't been doing this long, but sounds maybe like loose bottle caps. Any possibility that the weight of the top case put enough weight on the bottle caps of the bottom case to let some carbonation build up even though the caps were loose?

Never mind, Found some cross references https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/plastic-conical-fermenter-135840/ https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/plastic-vs-steel-conical-fermenter-142094/ Seems there are other tank suppliers that have similar equipment that has been discussed. I can't...

Aside from the arguements of plastic vs stainless which is surely covered in many other topics, anyone here use(d) these before 15 gal conical $155 or 1 bbl batch size 60 gal conical also $155 Seems like you could easily drill the top for your airlock/blowoff of choice.

Interface the heater out contacts to a relay with 20A rated contacts. Head down to an electrical supply store and tell them you need a single phase contactor or relay with 20A rated contacts and a 120VAC coil voltage. Piece of cake.