Recent content by coldrice

I called the manufacturer of the aquarium silicone at lowes. They told me it was not to be in contact with anything ingested by humans. That's where I gave up and decided cpvc cement would likely be my only option.

Where can one find this magic silicone?

I can't figure out a way to seal up the band around the lid. I have white life forming on my beers if I ferment in primary longer than ten days. So far it actually hasn't imparted any discernable off flavors. All I can think to use is cpvc cement, as it is the only adhesive I know of that's...

Silicone is toxic, that doesn't bothet you? I'm having issues with mold growing in my 15 gal polyethylene conicals due to respiration at the lid but all I can think to use is cpvc cement. At high kreusen the beer touches whatever adhesive you have put there...

Also worthy of note is that these conicals don't create a perfect seal. They breath around the threads at the top where the lid screws down.

So I have made the switch to 15 gal plastic conicals. I have brewed probably 12 batches and probably three of them have a thin layer of white on top that almost looks like soap scum. It has solidish components in it that to not dissipate but stay in the beer. Two of three times I had white mold...

I know but it says i only need about a cup, which doesn't seem right. and thats with the meter set at about the halfway point on the 'thickness' scale. i was adding a cushion. the yeast is actually really damn thick, which would change the suggested pitching volume to .8 cups. I dunno, really...

So.... I recently upgraded to a 15 gallon system using plastic conical fermenters and pvc yeast catchers. I made a batch of RyePA using 5 packs of Nottingham and harvest about 3 qts of really nice, creamy yeast. I want to brew the same beer with it but am lost on how to go about it. Just dump in...

it was more a matter of my 'royal assistants' stirring and i lacked a positive and progressive way of asking them to knock it off...

just a false bottom with a dip tube. and i doubt the mash paddle is passing all the way down through the 30+ lbs of grain to the false bottom.

yeah

I have actually been stirring gently during sparge/runoff and havent experienced issues with grain in the boil kettle. just trying to figure out if that has something to do with my efficiency issues since beginnign work on my 15 gal system. i will look at grain crush but i dunno why my mill gap...

What is the damage done by doing this?

Sweet, where'd you find the copper?

Sorry... please xplain what you mean by that.