Recent content by ckollias

Been brewing for 10 years and never made this mistake before. I have a blichmann therminator which usually knocks my temperature down to 70 degrees in minutes. I must have had the pump running too fast - so the wort didn't cool down enough -and I didn't notice - so I aerated and pitched...

Just finished my custom made tap handles - can you name that movie for each one?

These two 3" polished stainless steel draft towers came with the kegerator I bought. I am upgrading to a couple of triple towers so I am selling these. They are brand new - I only opened one to take a picture. They come with a chrome plated brass faucet and black tap handle. All mounting...

In making the Rogue Hazelnut Brown Clone it looks like I added way too much Hazelnut extract. In the recipe it says to add 1/8 oz of Stearns and Lehman Flavoring - but that isn't made anymore. My homebrew store sells BREWCRAFT hazelnut flavoring and the instructions say to add 2oz to 5...

Just got my results back from Ward Lab. pH 8.1 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 64 Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.11 Cations / Anions, me/L 0.9 / 1.0 ppm Sodium, Na 4 Potassium, K < 1 Calcium, Ca 13 Magnesium, Mg < 1 Total Hardness, CaCO3 37 Nitrate, NO3-N < 0.1 (SAFE)...

Just putting my finishing touches on my Brutus 10 Clone, and the last thing I need to buy is a pH meter. I was thinking about buying one that I could put into my control panel. Just trying to figure out the cons and pros of a panel pH meter vs a handheld pH meter? And if there are any...

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Looks like the attenuation for 1098 is 73-75% so your final gravity should be around 1.017. You can try racking to a secondary and a lot of time that stirs of the yeast and gets them eating again. In my experience I shake up my primary a little when I feel like the fermentation is stuck and...

A picture says a thousand words - thanks shortyjacobs.

So i have a leak in my dual primary CO2 regulator and i am having trouble diagnosing where the leak is. I tried the whole soapy water trick but no bubbles were seen. I turned on the gas and set both regulators to 20 psi. I have the shutoff valves to each gas line closed. I then shut off the...

I have two primary regulators connected together at the tank. This is different than using a secondary regulator, right? My understanding is that primaries are "higher pressure" vs secondaries which are "lower pressure". I have heard that if you use secondary regulators that the pressure in...

I read online that once you rack your beer in to a corny keg, that you should connect your gas line to the "black liquid out disconnect" to make the CO2 bubble up through your beer. Is the right way to force carbonate beer, or should I just connect my gas line to the "gas in disconnect"? Or...