Recent content by cornelius

Dude your microbrewery is super organized! The star san spray bottle is key! What's the hydrometer reading in that photo? Looks like 1.05ish congratz on popping the cherry welcome to the sickness

I brewed a Belgian dubbel November 13. I purchased the recipe kit from Northern. The suggested fermentation schedule is "1-2 weeks primary; 2-4 weeks secondary; 2 weeks bottle conditioning" My plan is to leave in the primary for 6 weeks and then keg on Christmas. The Wyeast #1314 Belgian ale...

I had a great weekend, brewed the O'dark :30 clone from BYO magazine. Its a cascadian dark ale. The grain bill was around 12 lbs. I used 3.7 gallons of strike water. It was my first all grain. O used a 15g sanke MT w/ false bottom. The grain was able to creep under the false bottom and cause a...

Hello homebrewers. Before I ask my questions about reusing yeast I want to give proper thanks for all the good advice! This forum is a great wealth of knowledge. In general, most hombrewers I have met have been friendly and helpfull to answer my noob questions. I use the search feature...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/yeast-washing-illustrated-41768/ I used tupperware instead of mason jars. Don't boil tupperware though.

I have 4 taps on my chest top kegerator. I am using 11 feet of 1/4" beer line. This is connected to 1/4" barbs and 3/16"ID shanks. Is it crucial that the beer line be the same ID as the shank? That is my concern because my system is not balanced and is a foam producing factory. My guess is...

Hello hombrewers! I am a long time reader, first time poster! This site is a great reference tool. I began reading about kegging on HBT then somehow I began building a kegerator and I am not too handy with tools! I learned how to build the keezer by reading threads in the "DIY Projects" and...