Recent content by easttex

A Hellfire burner is designed to work with kettles up to 30 gallons. It is no problem to fit a 15-20 gallon kettle on it.

Lutra was my house strain during COVID when I had time to drink and brew all the time. Its pretty forgiving. It will subdue hops more than other strains and some brewers report a "grapey" ester but I never has a problem with it. Just add more hops or dry hop before kegging. It will not be...

I upgraded from a 10 gallon Polarware kettle to a 20 gallon MegaPot and have not looked back. I appreciate the extra headspace for small batches and having a 20 gallon kettle allows me to make up to three 6 gallon batches of beer at once. My advice, particularly since you are direct-fire: is...

Hello, I am interested in making some homemade soda to give away at a family reunion/camping event in October, so I have plenty of time to make it. As a brewer, I have a surfeit of brown glass bottles available and would like mix up whatever the ingredients are to make soda and let it carbonate...

I've brewed a few Coopers kits. Mixed results with their yeast and no much head retention but it was easy to brew "drinkin' beer" that wasn't too expensive.

I honestly don't know because I've never brewed with 6-row. Try it and add some roast barely, too. You'll probably make a good beer.

Smooth mouthfeel. Fair bitterness without astringency plays well with grainy sweetness from all the wheat. As it lacks roast barley, it drinks more like a dark lager than a stout. It finished slightly underattenuated at 1.018 and wound up at 4% ABV which makes for a very drinkable beer. It's...

If nothing else, I wanted to close the loop so this wasn't yet another thread with no ending.

Here is the finished beer. 2.7kg White wheat 1.6kg 2-row barley 0.57kg Midnight wheat 0.32kg Caramel 60 0.20kg Flake wheat 0.58kg Rice hulls 17g Nugget Hops (16% AA) at 60 minutes Mash 50°C for 30mins, then 67°C for 30mins, then mash out at 75°C for ten minutes. Sparge. 60 min boil...

Or, plug the hole, get a carbonation lid, and use the remaining side for a liquid post.

Thread repair files. I own a couple and they're made for situations like this where you can't get a die to chase the threads. Still and all, you can probably buy a used keg for this would cost to remedy if you look around a bit.

I have nothing substantive to add to the thread other than to welcome you and wish you the best of luck. ...And don't get caught.

That's quite a value for someone looking to get serious about brewing. Good luck with your sale.

You can brew a wheat beer with T58 but I don't think it will have the same flavor profile as a Hefeweizen. It may turn out as more of a witbier. But you can definitely ferment a wheat beer with T58. Be forewarned that T58 is a pretty violent fermenter and liable to make a mess of a wheat...

I'm in for a couple packs. Will pull the trigger this evening.