Recent content by ChuckinWA

I'm thinking of the 525ss for my next build also. The next question is.....who has the best price on them?

Maybe take the 5 gal ones (with sanke already installed) to a local welding shop, and have them cut a few inches out of the middle and weld them back together? One of the guys on some other thread was recently talking about this (i.e. making a keg smaller), but I don't know if he followed...

I have never tried using software, but maybe it's time to give it a go. I made my starter last night, so hopefully I can figure something out before brew day on Thursday. In the grand scheme it's not completely important that it comes out exactly as the recipe intended, just that the beer is good.

I thought about that, but it just seems too easy!

I'm almost done with a new boil kettle made from a keg. I have a recipe I've brewed before in mind for it's maiden boil, but I'm unsure of how to scale the recipe up for a 10 gallon batch. Any tips? Thanks!

Thanks again everyone. Yeah, I had the carboy in one of those Brew Hauler slings made of webbing, which normally makes it a bit easer to handle. Not this time. I have one glass carboy remaining, which lives in a milk crate. I have 3 fermentation buckets as well, which I SHOULD have been...

Thank you gents, Pivot, your avitar has helped to brighten my spirits...

So a couple of weeks ago, thanks to this forum, I find out that Austin Homebrew Supply has their Pliny the Elder clone kit on sale. As PTE is one of my favorite brews, I call up AHS and order it right away. I made my yeast starter a couple of days ago using some harvested WLP001 from a recent...

Wow, thanks for the extensive reply Behemoth! I guess i should get started on my beds pronto if they are to be ready for planting in spring.

Check out my post 2 below yours. I "washed" once before (which I think turned out to actually be a re-pitch of everything in the bottom of my fermenter, trub included). The fermentation took off quickly, and I don't anticipate any problems, but it probably wasn't the best solution. From what...

Thanks gents. From your responses, it sounds like my problem is the initial "draw". Namely, if there's air below the gasket, I'll get a crappy siphon. It makes sense now that i think about it. My connections are solid and air-free, I think. I'll take your collective advice, and try for a...

OK, thanks gents. For grins, below is a picture of what it looks like after 24 hours - much different! When I return home from a biz trip in a couple of days I'll pour off the "beer" on top, combine both of these bottles, add a bunch of preboiled and cooled water, and try to separate again...

I love the simplicity of the autosiphon, but I can't seem to get a good start on it. I draw it full stroke, but it seems to get about a half a column of air. When I push it down, this air transfers to the line and takes a long time to finally work its way out, during which time there are tons...

So, I made an IPA a couple months ago and pitched one vial of WLP001 (my best beer yet, btw :rockin: ). I then read the yeast washing thread and harvested the yeast form the bottom of the primary. It wasn't clear to me where the "line" in the jar was between the yeast and the trub, so I...

Thanks very much to all! I'll let you know how it goes...