Recent content by Dloucks

While I'm not in a rush to do a stepped mash, it is definitely on my list for the future. My "system" that I've mentally constructed over the last 24 hours involves 3 keggles (I've already have these in my possession, however two of them are being used a giant primaries), a pair of PID's, SSR's...

Just dug up a nearly 2 year old post from Kal that answered all my questions. Sorry for the wasted post. It's funny I searched all day today while building my system in my head, and couldn't find the answer I was looking for. It wasn't until I actually typed out the question to post that i...

Ok, I know I'm overlooking this, and I've used the search function tirelessly and could probably find my answer in video format if I wasn't stuck on slow internet. When using an electric HERMs, after your mash is over, and you want to mash out and begin the sparge, what is the process? I...

I had the same problems with the universal and sold bungs. Both would work their way out too often. So i bought the carboy caps on someones recommendation. The problem I had with those is that they didn't form an air tight seal. While primary fermentation was going on there was no air...

Yeah. I've used the gelatin before and it is an amazing product. I did heat to 180 and allow to cool to 80 before mixing. Tonight the beer still appears clear for the first 1/3 to 1/2 of the carboy, but not all the way through, and it doesn't appear to be getting any better. The only...

Got home from work again tonight, and again it looks like the top 1/3 is clear, and cloudy the rest of the way down. Strange how there is a very clear delineation between the clear and cloudy. If it's still sitting as it this weekend, I'll rack to secondary on top of another 3/4 teaspn of...

I've never had this happen before, thought I'd throw it out here for the group. Three weeks ago I brewed an amarillo APA. i don't normally cold crash my beers, though I occassionally use gelatin finings to clear them a little before I keg. Also my beers are typically pretty cloudy for the...

Either will work. Just the difference between mashing thin or mashing wet. I prefer a little "wetter" mash as it means less water I have to get up to temp before it's time to sparge.

I also bag my hop additions. I used to just toss in but since i often have leaf on hand I've gotten use to the bags. Now that i use the bags I use them for everything and love them. I leave all the bags in the kettle while chilling and when I'm about 15 minutes from my desired cooling temp i...

Relax. I just brewed my 100th gallon of the year, (hefe) and it only "bubbled" for about 8 hours........it will be fine.

Yeah, thats the one. But the liquid line didn't have have a nylon spacer like the other side, did, though it didn't seal up the way I thought it should either so it might have been missing from the start.

So, if i'm looking at this correctly, there is no "o-ring" anywhere in this contraption on the gas post side? The nylon spacer is it? If so that makes a lot more sense. For what it is worth the gas tub is plastic. Thanks, I'll try the tape method and see if I can put humpty back together again.

About six months ago I bought a 4 keg pack from one of our great members here. I used three of the kegs many times but had not had 20g going at once and had not had a need to use the third until this week. When taking off the gas post to replace the gas tube o-ring, a small piece of white...

So, I'm 5415 posts late to the party. But I sloshed up my first batch of this yesterday afternoon. happily churning away this morning. This is the first since I started brewing (~2 years) that I've had all of my fermenters going at once (well, I will have them all going this afternoon when...

I'm right there with you. My 1st year cents started like gang busters compared to the Willamette. Then about a month later the Will caught up, now almost every will plant is growing like crazy and the cents have not grown an inch since. Oddly they look very healthy, dark green leaves, no...