Recent content by Dakota21601

U guys see a problem w blending cherries in a blender vs just braking open? A buddy of mine blended them and I didn't know if the skins would put off tannins or not. Seems breaking them open would be the safer bet.

Well, I just did this with about a gallon of starsan with a cream rye stout goin on top of it. Did 11 gallons and xferred the first half into a carboy, but forgot to drain the second carboy before starting to fill because I had a little extra in the first half that I needed to add to the second...

Ya sorry thats what I meant. Just checkin. Mine seems like it smells a little different than before. Just struck my curiosity. Iv bleached buckets and such but overall seems to b workin fine. Thanks.

Does starsan have a shelflife? I have a bottle for almost 2 years and was wondering if at some point it is not effective.

Haha. I thought so😜

I had that same pic of the barrel. Downscaled the amounts to 10% and it came out real nice. Still drinkn on mine from a March brew. Didnt get into it for four or five months.

Discdoc. U aren't possibly a spine doc from the Indy area are u? Possibly w a very large Ortho group?

I got a clone recipe from one of the docs I work with and it turned out fabulous. My OG was a tad low since it was one of my earlier all grains, but I am anxious to try again now that I have my routine fine tuned. He had a pic of the amounts of ingredients in a 55gal barrel on the barrel and...

I use a lot of 2 row and Maris. That would be my personal choice. 2 row for sure. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I use a buddies u softened tap water from a close by city. Works great. Wish I was on his water supply! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Oversparging is apparently another possible source of astringent flavors. But that being said I am not sure exActly how that happens. Lol. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I have discussed these kinds of things extensively w a buddy. Our final thought was not to stir up the mash halfway or thru sparge. Why? Because the goal is to pull the water bed through as a whole unit and extract sugar in the process to maximum efficiency hence the reason too of keeping an...

U would be amazed the SS valves and such u can find on ebay. Bought a 1" valve, coupler and washer/grommet nut for under $30. Buddy of mine landed two SS half inch ball valves for $18. Just got to be patient. I have built all my equipment for under $250 Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I bought a 50' SS chiller and as soon as i hit the water on my last 10 gallon we kept stirring with the chiller and it dropped fast. About 10-15 min. I barely had time to sanitize my buckets and straighten up things. Stirring is a big help and stretching the chiller out to span the whole ten...

Getting ready to do a 10 gallon batch of a 7.5% Wheat. A friend and I are going to split and add raspberries to the secondaries separately. He was going to do 4 lbs, split to a tertiary and add another 1 lb in the tertiary to give the flavor of a 6 lb/5 gallon. I was going to do 5 lb in...