Recent content by dierythmus

Hi All! I'll be heading to Burlington VT this weekend, and I'll be bringing some local beers to share with others (Tired Hands/Neshaminy Creek/Other Half/Magnify). Anyone going to be around to share/trade?

I’ve been AG brewing for quite some time now, and I’ve been dialing my system for a while. I consistency get ~60% brew house efficiency. After many attempts to increase my efficiency (trying different crushes, sparge methods, etc.), I just recently decided to let it ride. I did my first brew...

Fellow twin Dad here! My twins are 6 now, and I've been brewing for about 5 of those years. Do what works for you, but my AG brew days typically start around 5:30-6am on a Sunday, and I finish around 10-10:30am. It DOES get easier. We're very restrictive on TV/screen time during the week...

My friend gave me some rhizomes a while ago. I planted them a few weeks ago and have been watering. I haven't mowed in that section of the backyard and it's starting to get overgrown. My thumb isn't green at all, and it's hard for me to tell what makes overgrown grass, weeds, etc. Are these...

My father is currently 1/4 of the top Senior's Barbershop Quartet in the world (International Champions).

Zero! I would recommend it to anyone who has had trouble with clogging dip tubes. I'm the least handy person in the world, and it took me two minutes.

Another option: I brew a lot of super hoppy IPAs, and was having constant dip tube clogging. I used the methods people mentioned above, and it worked fine. Although a more permanent solution was actually cutting about 1/4" off of the bottom of the dip tube with a pipe cutter. Took 2...

Hi All, After brewing for 5 years, I pitched liquid yeast that was propagated from another beer (Heady Topper). I essentially made a few starters to keep building it up (to save some). I brewed an IPA this weekend, and saw signs of fermentation (bubbles in airlock) 2-3 hours after...

That's what I do!

So I hope I’ve been doing this properly. I made a 2000 ml starter with the yeast (5 oz DME & 1500 ml water), cold crashed, decanted, and then made ANOTHER starter after that. It’s cold crashing right now, but I think I’ll have a decent amount of yeast to play with. I plan on storing the...

Hi all, I was given this jar of harvested yeast from Heady Topper. I'm planning on making a 5 gallon batch of an IPA with an OG around 1.060. I've made yeast starters before, and I have the equipment to do so, but I have no idea how much yeast is in here. Can someone tell me how much DME...

I'm nowhere near your area and I wouldn't be able to afford that, but I just wanted to say that it's gorgeous!

Great question, and I'm interested to hear people's responses. I'm in a similar situation (with a counterflow chiller). I usually end up chilling most of the wort as it goes into the fermenter, and in an effort to not clog my chiller, I literally dump in the remaining warm trub into the...

I love SN Celebration, and look forward to it every year. One of the best IPAs for your buck (~$7/sixer in NJ area). That being said, I was at a friend's house last week and grabbed a beer from their fridge. It was a Celebration. Popped it open and at the first taste, I knew it was...

Doh. You're right. I didn't even notice the batch size.