Recent content by cekramer

I picked up a game hoist at Harbor Freight for about $15 and it works great for lifting the basket to drain it. You can also get similar game hoists off places like Amazon. The width of the hanger part of the hoist is perfect for the 20 gallon solo basket. I screwed an eye hook to one of the...

Sporting Kansas City is also playing on Saturday, those games are a blast to go to and also relatively inexpensive compared to other professional sporting events.

4986 +10 gal Sculpin IPA Clone = 4996

I want to try a horchata milk stout as well as an imperial pumpkin ale

10 gallons Galaxy IPA 14947.5

Found a homebrew kit for $65 on groupon and decided to pull the trigger on it. Definitely one of the best purchases I've ever made!

So last night I went to take the yeast collection ball off my Fast Ferment conical and as soon as I unscrewed and removed the collection ball and connectors from the valve it began to leak pretty fast, I ended up losing about a quarter gallon of beer due to this leak. I ended up racking the beer...

7846.5 + 5 gallons of lemon ginger wheat =7851.5

Hops are really starting to take off! Got nugget, cascade and mt hood.

I've used the San Diego Super for a few recent high gravity brews (mainly stouts) and I've gotten very good results. It generally starts fermenting fast and tends to finish primary within a few days. It is intended to give a neutral flavor and I haven't noticed any off flavors so far in any of...

6668.25 + 10 gal Vietnamese Coffee Stout = 6678.25

5536.5 + 5 gal Russian Imperial Stout 5541.5

I just got done with 16.5 and it was a bitch! Got 20:47 (Rx). Thrusters are a weak point for me and burpees just suck all together so it was pretty rough from start to finish. Good luck everyone!

Sounds good. Thanks.

So the lighter layer is the yeast and the darker lower layer is the trub?