Recent content by dfouty

Just did some research on post fermentation readings with refractometers. That is the problem! Thank you guys so much! Seriously have made my night!

Hey guys, thanks for all the quick replies. I'll have to get back to you on the exact grain bill but the yeast was Wyeast American Ale both times and the fermentation temp was around 64-70. Mash temperatures started at about 155 and dropped to 152 by the end of the mash. I measured all the...

Hey guys, I hope you guys can help me out because I'm being driven crazy here. I have been extract brewing for about a year and recently switched to all grain brewing. I had a bad thermometer the first brew and didn't hit mash temps so I got a new one. Second and third batch seemed to go...

Hey guys, About to do an all grain brew and I'm wondering if the filtered water from the fridge is okay to use for the mash? -Dave

Thank you! Answered all my questions. I appreciate it.

Hey guys, I just brewed an all grain beer that I added .25 lbs of honey malt to. I have .75 lbs of gambrinus honey malt left over that I'm not planning on using anytime soon. I wanted to make it into bread. That'd be cool. All the websites I find are using spent grain from the mash. I'm...

Hey guys, I recently bought a nitro kegging system and everything was working wonderfully. I had the beer gas connected to my keg connected to my tap inside my kegerator. I went out of town this weekend and when I returned, there was beer sitting in the gas in line. Turns out that my beer gas...

Thanks for all the advise everyone! Turns out it just needed a little more time because I put the bung back on and it started bubbling like crazy. Why it wasn't before I'm not sure but I'll give it a little while longer

I just brewed a chocolate milk stout and it has fermented over the last week. Very few bubbles are coming out and I checked the gravity and it is 1.028 down from 1.053. That seems very high. Is it because it needs more time or because I didn't put enough air in it? Or maybe something else...

Hey everyone, I tried a Lambic the other day and loved it. So I'd like to try some more sours to see if I'd like to brew one but I have no idea what they look like. I went to a Spec's liquor store and looked for a while but had no idea what a sour looked like because I didn't see any that said...

Well I was originally looking for one that fit the exact amount of kegs I want. But I guess I'm just surprised that they don't make more than two black freezers. Oh well. I guess I'll just get one of them

I'm looking for a black chest freezer to make a kegerator because I don't like the look of painted. I searched black chest freezers and all I found was the 7.2 igloo and the 8.8 Kenmore. Are these really the only two black chest freezers!? Thanks, Dave

Sounds like a good plan. Thank you very much for your help. I really appreciate it

Well then maybe it corrected itself overnight. Because when it "locked up" it would shoot to about 1800 psi and then lock. By lock I mean no more co2 will go to the keg or regulator. The regulator won't let anything in or out and I have to disconnect the regulator a couple turns from the tank to...

Thank you for your response. I have raised the pressure slowly on the regulator and the actual knobs that control keg pressure seem to work fine. But I can't leave the gas on at all it seems. Even just a hair or else the regulator locks up. I have to turn it on for a second or two and then shut...