Recent content by davarm

As a follow up, I moved the batch to the seconday (5 gallon better bottle) about 2 weeks ago, and there has been a steady stream of bubbles heading to the surface ever since. Yesterday, I checked the gravity, and surprisingly it was still 1.022. My target gravity is supposed to be 1.012...

It was a bit of sarcasm. Sorry about that. Thanks for all the responses. I like doing secondarys, but I will learn to be a little more patient in the future, and rely on my hydrometer.

So are you saying it is definitely CO2? If that is the case, should I call it a loss and dump this one down the sink?

I made a AHBS Oatmeal stout extract and added the alcohol boost. My OG was around 1.065, and I am using the Wyeast London Ale. Did a yeast starter, aerated the wort, etc. I was using a blow off tube in a bucket fermenter for primary. After 6 days, the activity was low to nothing in the...

Thanks for all the replys. The hops utilization is my biggest concern, but it sounds like it's not that much concern.

I have been upscaling my extract recipes to 6 gallons. I do a full boil, and beersmith recommends 7.5 gallons for a one hour boil. I get very nervous boling more than 7 gallons in my turkey fryer. It is very close to the top of the pot, so I get worried about boil overs. Plus, the added...

The only reason my filter got wet is because i had soaked the tubing in chlorine water, washed it out, but neglected to pump all of the water out of the hose before inserting the filter on the end. When I started the pump, the small amount of water left in the hose was pushed into the filter...

So who sells a line filter that doesn't charge more for shipping than for the actual item? I hate to pay $7 shipping for something that costs $5 or less and weighs an ounce.

I have an aeration set-up from Northern Brewer; the standard fish pump/stone. The last time I brewed, I inadvertantly got some water in my line filter and couldn't pass any air through it. I removed the line filter and ran a single hose directly from the pump to the stone. The amount of...

No, I'll be doing all grain brewing. I know 5 lbs. is not enough for a whole batch and would plan on buying the remainder. I'm not sure how standard of a base malt that Briess Carmel Munich is.

I purchased a few raffle tickets at my local brew club monthly meeting yesterday, and ended up winning 5 lbs. of Briess Caramel Munich 60L, crushed and vacuum packed. So I need some advice, and perhaps some recipes on how I can best use this. What styles would be best suited to this grain...

Has anybody tried one of the Austin Homebrew Supply Barleywine kits, either English or American? I'm leaning towards the partial mash.

I want to start doing some partial mashes in the oven. I plan to pour the mash through a colander that's resting on top of my turkey pot, which is around 12" diameter. The question is what size colander do I need if I'm going to be mashing up to 5 lbs. of grain. Is an 8 quart size large enough?

I plan on making an extract version of a Barleywine, possibly the Bigfoot Clone from the Beer Captured book. I would like to substitute a dry yeast in place of Wyeast 1056 American or 1028 London. No particular reason; I just prefer working with dry yeasts. Any suggestions? I've seen a few...