Recent content by Cj7cowboy

First adventure into a gluten free beer. Thoughts on the recipe. Using Clar Ferm to remove gluten...hopefully ~5.5 gallon batch 9 lbs American 2-row Pake 3lb German Red-X 1 lb Crystal 75L 0.5 lb Crystal 120L 1 lb flaked corn Hops 1oz Triple Pearl (FWH) 0.5oz Centennial (FWH)...

Well, I got the propane and started the heat up. Tasting the wort I could detect no signs of souring; however, it did seem the hop bitterness was fairly pronounced. I went with the hop additions as planned. There were no more until 12 min left in the brew so I boiled for 33 minutes then did my...

Thanks for the replies. Actually, to make matters worse, I do have two propane tanks. The first one ran out just before boiling, already too late to go get a refill and I had been drinking a little anyway... The second I pulled off the charcoal grill and it had less than I expected remaining...

Rookie mistake, I know,and since I just started brewing in April, I guess I am still a rookie. This was batch 12 for me and it was one I just couldn't seem to get around to brewing. I started late on an Imperial IPA, ~15 lbs of grain mashed, fly sparked and in the kettle. Reached boil and add...

So my first AG, and I decided to grind my own grain. This is the clone off of Adventures in Homebrewing. After the fact I realized that the mill had loosened and that my milling was poor. I checked gravity during the boil and determined I was going to finish around 35 with a target of 55...

Building a pool slide, sharing some home brew with my pastor, and hopefully brewing an ESB

Thanks for the input. Opened and changed lids today. Really nice foam and yea sties deposited on wall. Blow off tube bubbling immediately. Learning from my mistakes, hopefully will still be a good batch. Smell seemed good. Now to keep that temp down! Adding items to my Father's Day list...

Brewed my first batch on 4/18/2014 after years of resisting brewing and settling for drinking my friends homebrew. Pitched liq yeast, no starter into a German Hefe and it turned out fine, though clove was strong, banana barely there due to lower fermentation temps. My second was a Belgian...

Thanks for the feedback. I'm thinking of going with flaked oats instead of millet, but who knows. I also dropped the LME in favor of a mini mash of a total of 4lbs of two row with the millet/oats.

New brewer, this will potentially be my 3rd batch. Looking for your thoughts on this one.. Malt Extracts: 2 lbs Bulk Malt - Pilsen Light DME Briess Pilsen Light 3lb Steeping grains Briess 2-row Brewers Malt - 1 lb Millet 1lb Adjuncts Malto Dextrin 8oz Honey 8oz at flame out or...

I just bought a Taprite t-742HP off of Amazon for ~$62 delivered. I would recommend buying through them as even though mine was 6 mo old, they issued an immediate refund. I bought a Kegco brand the first time. Too many people having issues with that brand

I'm having the same issue. Hoping I can get a warranty replacement. I saw where someone claimed to have taken apart, cleaned and put back together and that worked for them. Might be worth trying.