Recent content by dokken5

For sure. Had a pack of US-05. Threw it in just to boost it. Will be interesting to see how this turns out. It sure smells good.

Thats what I was thinking. This is a high gravity though. 1.070+ Cant be enough yeast to do the job.

This is at about 48 hours post boil. Six hours ago, it was just starting to foam in the middle.

Enough to create krausen just shy of 48 hours? My stuff is clean. Dont think it would come from my last batch.

I brewed on Sunday, and set aside 5 gallons of wort in a carboy but did not pitch yeast. The yeast is still in the yeast starter. It has been stored at about 65 degrees and it looks like it is fermenting. It has developed what looks like krausen. What is going on? Is this possible?

I have looked all over and I cant find anyone who carries 15 gallon water coolers for a mash tun. only the homebrew stores have them, and they are already put together. I need a bare bones cooler. Any ideas??

How do you sanitize hops for dry hopping? Is it just assumed that the pellets are sanitized? My local homebrew shop bags their own hops and I am not sure I trust those clowns.

We went to a craft brewery and they had a Grapefruit IPA. The grapefruit flavor was crazy with the hops, it was great!! How did they get the grapefruit in the beer? I doubt it went through fermentation with it in there. Any ideas?

What is the point of a HERMS or a RIMS system in your beer? Wont a wort chiller in your hot water pot accomplish the same thing? Forgive me, I have not used any of the above mentioned equipment so I am not sure how it works to start with.

It sucks. After two days I quit. Wasn't that important.

How long do your filters last?

What is the best and most economical to get water for making homebrew. Right now I am buying it from Wal-Mart in gallon jugs because tap water is nasty.

Compressor seems normal. It runs and hums.

My chest freezer that I sued for my keezer wont get cold anymore. It frosts up at one spot on the back but thats all it will do. Any ideas. I dont know much about air conditioners/freezers/ect.

GOodwill is your best bet, or if you can find a DirecTV guy. They have hundreds of them that they throw out that were for old receivers. Any 12v will work. Go to radio shack and get you one. They are like $5