Recent content by Devinbrew

So I had a an accident during bottling when I was adjusting the tap on the bottling bucket and basically a huge amount of oxygen rushed right through the beer. The whole batch was bubbling before I could fix the seal on the tap again. The beer is a low IBU light hefeweizen. Would anyone know...

I decided to go ahead and try to brew an all grain ipa using biab and this 2000w heatstick to see what happens. I am watching a vigorous rolling boil right now! You were right it's more than enough, I think I didn't have the patience to wait it out because of the low temperature readings. Cant...

So I have bought some heat insulation material similar to reflectix and wrapped the kettle plus placed it underneath so that I dont lose heat there either. I didn't talk to the vendor yet but decided to test it again with 20 liters of water. I'm using a thermometer and I saw that it got up to...

Thanks a lot for the advice. I will check with the vendor whether the heat stick is cutting off but I believe it was heating continuously. I checked my circuit and I'm on 25A 230V. I suspect I might be losing too much heat due to the fact that my kettle is pretty wide (36cm diameter) and...

The limited capacity of my electrical circuit might be the reason. I'm around 340 feet elevation I believe. Would wrapping my kettle in insulation material help me reach a better boil and get a few extra degrees? I was also thinking of putting the kettle on top insulated material during the...

Hi, I'm attempting to brew in my apartment using a 26l kettle biab setup heated only by heat sticks. My electric stovetop is really small and couldn't even fit the kettle so I voted for trying to rely solely on heat sticks. I did a test run using water with a 2kw element and I have gotten...

Hello everyone, I'm new to brewing and did only a pale ale using a brewkit so far. Turned out better than I expected. I'm about to finish my biab setup and jump straight into using grains for my next batch in a week. I've been reading through this forum for quite a while, lots of useful...