Recent content by Donutz

Thanks for all of the great replies!!! Just for S#its and giggles, I think I'm gonna brew my stone ruination clone again and use the Saison 3711 yeast to see how it does! Even if it does come out slightly fruity, I think it will be alright. Heck, the last batch of this I did I used Safale 05...

I have brewed 3 IPA's and 2 pale ales thus far. The last IPA I brewed was a bit tricky due to the warm temps and having to keep the fermenter chilled all the time... Very Difficult when you work 12 - 14 hours a day! That being said, What is a good style of beer to brew that would ferment in...

I was on a mission today to buy 12' of line... but both shops that I went to today were closed. Kinda weird. The last and third shop, I knew they didn't open until 5pm and I had to be at work by 2pm... so it will have to wait for the weeekend :(

You have 12 foot lines??? Good lord that is a lot of line... but if you state that it works, then it must work!!!

Excellent!!! Thank you for those posts!!! I think I'll be setting my regulator at approx 13-14 psi and letting it chill for a couple of weeks. My only question is, how do you know what the carbonation level is after a week, two weeks, and three weeks? Is there some way to test it?

Sounds great! How long and at what temps should the cold crashing be?

Would it be ok to cold crash in the primary and then keg the beer and then put back into the kegerator? Would I still be cold crashing it if I put CO2 on it?

I am getting ready to keg my brew for the first time. I have ALWAYS bottled before. So, once I put it in the keg, do I just put the top on it, hook it up to the kegerator and apply the CO2 to it and hold the tap handle until the beer starts to come out and then let it sit that way for a couple...

I brewed as Stone Ruination Clone Extract with some grains a few weeks ago and I dry hopped it on Monday. This weekend I wanted to try cold crashing it and then keg it... OR... keg it and then cold crash it. I asked a similar question a few weeks ago but I am still fairly confused. When do...

Thank everyone for the excellent posts!!! I think I fully understand now!!! Or at least I understand enough to screw some stuff up!!! LOL

I decided to buy a kegerator and just now ordered a keg kit from Northern Brewer. I have also never cold crashed a beer due to space... So, my questions are: After I finish dry hopping the beer, do I put the beer into the bottling bucket and then the keg? Or just straight from the primary...

I am ready to bottle my fourth batch of beer today!!! But this brings up a question! This was the third clone that I have done. One was two hearted ale, one was Stone Ruination, and this one is fat tire clone. My very first beer was from a kit and I really didn't know anything about anything...

I did something similar to what you are doing. I just dumped the first set of hops in and the second set 3 days later... some people said I would lose the potency of the first set... but it all seemed to turn out good. I didn't even strain, I was just very careful and when I started to get to...

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After brewing two batches of beer without a wort chiller, I think it might be time to step up the system a bit and go for one. I'm tired of it taking forever for my wort to cool. I am looking at an immersion chiller and also at plate chiller. Which one seems to be easier to use? Which one...