Recent content by davidisser

Has anyone ever tried adding oak chips (toasted or new) to this brew? I have about 2oz laying around from another beer and I'm tempted to try it on this one.

Hey all, doing my first yeast starter for this beer and I've been doing some reading about them on the site. One outstanding question though, what temp do you keep your starter at before you pitch it? Seemed like some people were saying they were keeping it in the fridge? I'm using Wyeast...

what's the shelf life of this beer once you've got it in the bottle? blood oranges are in season now, but I was planning on keeping most of this for a relaxing summer beer, like July.

I was going to make this next weekend. Curious about the peels as well. Also, it looks like you used a grain bag for your rinds and pulp. How long did you leave it in the primary?

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Hi I'm working on making my first set of labels. I see a lot of people on here use a thick stock paper with milk, but I was hoping to make some on a pre-formatted labels with self-adhesive. Is it possible to do this and still have them be waterproof? I found these labels...

An immersion circulator is basically an electric heating device with coils that you hang into a liquid. You can program a temperature in and it's able to maintain that temperature within a tenth of a degree. They're originally used for science, but now are more often being used for cooking, but...

Has anyone tried using an immersion circulator to get a rolling boil going when you brew? Seems like it might be a great way to sustain a boil.

How long do you usually leave the blowoff tube on there for? A couple days?

I'm thinking I want to get a wine thief for sampling my brews; I've had a really horrible time with messes and overpouring when I've tried it with the auto-siphon. Does anyone know where I can get a wine thief in Los Angeles? Alternatively, where's the best spot to get one online? Thanks, Dave

Hi, I just had the same issue. Having a pretty vigorous ferment in there and it went straight into my airlock. It seems to have settled down for now, do I need to clean this out right away, or can I do it when I switch fermentors? The beer shouldn't be affected by this right?