Recent content by craigthunder

I am a very casual homebrewer. I only get the chance to brew a few batches a year. I've used the accumash water treatment pouches with distilled water and have pretty good results. It would be cheaper to weigh the additions out on my own but, I like the ease of the accumash. It's about $5 for 5...

I am a very casual homebrewer. I only get the chance to brew a few batches a year. I've used the accumash water treatment pouches with distilled water and have pretty good results. It would be cheaper to weigh the additions out on my own but, I like the ease of the accumash. It's about $5 for 5...

I haven't been brewing for too long. I only top off on BIAB if my gravity is higher than I intended. Is this the wrong way to think about it?

It is definitely becoming an obsession!

Thanks for the advice. One batch will be using dry yeast. The second is liquid. Would a paint stirrer on a drill get the oxygen i need? I dont have a fish tank pump or o2 tank/stone.

So I should probably ditch the dry hop idea with this one? I'm assuming opening the llid for the hops addition would let the co2 escape and oxygen in? Or does the co2 settle on top of the wort?

I'm still in my beginning stages of being a homebrewer so this maybe a bit of a newb question. I'm planning a 2.5 gallon batch to be fermenting in a 3.5 gallon bucket. I plan to rack to secondary in another 3.5 gallon bucket and dry hop the last few days. Should I be concerned about oxidation...

HAHA! Yeah its really no different.

Greeting from Florida! My dad and I just started our adventure in homebrew. We've got two extracts and a BIAB under our belts. Going to be doing another extract in a couple of weekends and then begin playing with SMASH beers to better understand the flavors.