Recent content by Duncan345

I have heard that you should avoid oxi-clean for aluminum kettles. Can anyone confirm that?

It was in the primary for about 9 1/2 days. It has now been a day since I transferred to the secondary. It is pretty obvious now that they are just bubbles.

I do see tiny bubbles. Maybe I was a little too rough with the transfer. I thought I as being pretty gentle. :o

FG was 1.13, which seemed off... or I could just be reading the meniscus wrong. The recipe is the "Smooth Nut Brown" ale that I got from midwest supply. http://www.midwestsupplies.com/products/ProdByID.aspx?ProdID=3372 The recipe used LME and a White Labs liquid yeast. I didn't make a...

Hmm, it had been in the primary for 9 1/2 days and I had 2 days of identical hydrometer readings. Is it possible that all the movement caused fermentation to start back up?

This is worrying me. I transferred to my secondary a few hours ago and this is what it looks like now. It looks kind of like mold to me... wish I could RDWHAHB but I don't have any since this is my first ever batch.

millstone, it looks like he has welded tabs on the edges of the top to keep them from falling in. If you look through the handle on far left keg you can see it.

Good info! Thanks guys.

Bobby, where did you get those thermometers? What are you using on the end of the pickup tube inside the keggle?

I am going to a friend's welding shop this weekend to make my keggle. I have an old stainless keg ready to go. What does everyone suggest I get to finish it out? Which fittings/valves should I get? What type of thermometer do you use and how do you install it? Is the Hop Stopper worth...

Excellent, that is a relief. So I guess when siphoning to the secondary I should just be very careful not to get the sediment from the bottom. I have a history about being OCD with my hobbies... after this 1 batch I am already thinking about cutting the top off of an old keg I have in my...

I just brewed my first batch last night. Everything went pretty well up until I was transferring to my primary carboy. I was using a funnel with a mesh screen, which clogged up after about 1/2 gallon of wort passed through it. So I thought to myself, "This isn't working very well... I am...

Hello everyone, I've been wanting to brew my own beer for a few years now, and I have been lurking the forums for a few months. After much research I finally ordered a homebrew kit with 2 glass carboys from midwest. It should get here Friday. My first batch is going to be an Amber ale...