Recent content by Danimal86

ohhhhhhh.....thats what you meant about not being able to drink what it makes............Maybe i'll switch over to that after my next/last packet of ec-1118

Thanks for the advice. I ordered a ph meter on amazon, had to navigate the reviews to find one that wasn't a cheap pos, vs a $100 one. I ended up with this one: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ST3VTQ4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Thanks, i ordered some calcium...

I'll need to get some ph strips. I added some ph stabilizer to the water, maybe i should add more? Sna/tosna? have a link?

I got a bottle of gluco amylase after it was recomended here, i plan on brewing another test batch once i rack this one over. I'll be adding some gluco to it, hopefully the leftover sugar was from the concentrate that the yeast didn't like and the gluco will fix that.

Once i can get a recipe down i'll scale up to a normal 5g batch. The smallest carboy the brewshop had was a 3g one so thats what i went with. whats the downside of too much headspace, just risk of infection?

Just to update, i've added fining agent to clean it up. I'll probably rack it in my 1.75g keg tonight or tomorrow. I wont be able to drink any/much of it, since its coming in at 16carbs. I'm still looking for suggestions on how to get my fg down below 1.000 for the next batch.

My FG only hit 1.013. My og was right on 1.040 and looking at: http://www.mrgoodbeer.com/carb-cal.shtml i'm at almost 16 carbs (per pint?) that's almost as much as my daily intake. So I'm going to give it a taste, and figure out how much of the flavor stuck through fermentation, but for the...

I just added some biofine and set the temp for a cold crash. edit: after doing some research, it looks like the floaters are normal.

Thats not a bad idea. its a test batch, only 1.5g

So i pulled the carboy to take a gravity after 8 days, its at 1.015 so it hasn't finished as much as i'd hope. I did get some strangeness on the top. Its rather congealed and didn't break up easily with a little swirling. There weren't any off scents that i could tell. I'm not sure if it is...

You can get 190 proof in nevada or only 151?

I ended up buying some cheap carbonating keg lids off amazon. They seem to carbonate really well. The nitro cold brew is amazing. I make 5gal of concentrate using a Brewista Pro 2 and dillute 50:50. I end up killing a keg of it in about 3-4 weeks. i end up purging the air out of the second...

Yep, as i've come to learn there's a loophole for just about everything though....some easier than others. I've really enjoyed having keg'd beverages. Since i haven't been able to drink beer for a while, i've currently got diet coke, and nitro cold brew on tap. The cold brew is freaking...

thats a no go for california. ill have to remember that when i go across stateline it peaked my interest....now i'm reading about "culinary solvents"

where do you get 180proof ethanol?