Recent content by delucr

My plan for moisture protection is to put bath sheet over the insulation and caulk the seams. Do you think this will be sufficient? Are there better hardwoods that are more moisture resistant? -Rich

After seeing all the great fermentation chambers that folks on here have made, I decided to take a crack at it myself. In a few weeks I should have a week to myself (kids in daycare and wife at work) to put it together but in the meantime I've been doing a layout of my design in CAD. I'd like...

Buy 2. I think that freezer normally lists for over $200. Home Depot just had it on sale for $158 + free shipping but that price is too good to pass up.

I was supposed to get that one delivered today, I even took the day off only to find out it's been backordered and won't deliver until January 3. You might want to call and confirm that they have stock. Did you get yours from Home Depot on cyber Monday?

If I get the chance to run to my LHBS it's usually a rushed affair. In classic tradition I went to buy ingredients for an upcoming brew day and I can't remember if I missed an ingredient for my grain bill. I'm planning on brewing "Hoppiness is an IPA" out of "Brewing Classics Styles" by Jamil...

Sorry, forgot to mention the freezer has been backordered and won't be here until Jan 3.

I've got a 5 gallon batch of Porter that has been in primary for 3 weeks and secondary for 3 days with the expectation that my GE 7.0 cf freezer would be here tomorrow. I've cold crashed the beer for clarity. Is it too late to bottle condition or should I just keg it and let garage temps...

BrewerBear, Not sure what details you are looking for but I'll fill in a few of the gaps. I let fermentation go for 14 days in the primary. Sanitized bottles an then dropped 3 or 4 tabs in each bottle (hard-candy-esq) and racked straight from my fermentation bucket on top of the tabs and...

I made a 5 gallon batch of IPA and I wanted to split it and dry hop half to see how different the beer would taste. I thought bottle conditioning tabs would be an easy way to do this and allow me to experiment with carbonation levels as well. The packaging on the tabs I got recommends 3, 4, or...

I've brewed four batches and my stainless steel pot is already showing some wear and tear. Does anyone know what the spots are from? They have been there since my first batch cooked on my stove. I've done two batches on a propane burner and you can see the burner support outline in the bottom...

Tall_Yoti, you're right about 70% being the efficiency required to hit 1.060, I wasn't clear enough in my original post. You might have something about the amount of water for sparging. Because I added more than planned for mash in I didn't have much volume left for sparging.

Northern Brewer crushed my grain for me. Is it safe to assume they did a good job? I got a gift certificate to MonsterBrew and I was thinking about this grain mill: https://www.security-shopping-cart.com/MB/Prod_CoronaGrainMill.cfm. Does anyone have experience with the Corona Grain Mill?

Volume for the 1.046 was a smidge over 5 gallons. Just for clarity, I did not come anywhere close to 70% efficiency, more like mid 50's. From what i've read i'd have been able to hit that with a $10 double bucket MLT's instead of my false bottom cooler setup. So, for my next batch, what...

RJS, the stir every 15 minutes was from "How to Brew". Do a lot of folks just leave it for the 60 minutes? Helibrew, the 70% is what I needed to get to 1.060, instead I landed at 1.046, much lower than 70% efficiency. Weizenwerks, I was curious about the dilution theory. A lot of people...

Darn, I bought pH strips to check mash pH and i totally forgot to check. I used Ice Mountain Spring Water so i hoped i was starting with a decent water but the composition is not published precisely enough. At least i made beer.