Recent content by ffemt1974

Excellent info here ...my friend just brought me 2 kegs and doesn't know what they are so now I can figure it out and refurbish them. Thanks for the info!

Yes I had a tube running to my kettle. I'm pretty sure that was the problem. I will know for sure on my next batch. This was my first all grain attempt and it was a nightmare scrambling to get the grain into a bag out of the cooler. Luckily I had my sidekick son to help me.

Now that I think about it that could be the problem. The tubing may have been colapsed. I will try using stainless tubing next time and see how that works. I was using vinyl tubing to connect the two.

I recently purchased the false bottom screen for a 5 gallon cooler. I connected it to my valve in the bottom with a piece of tubing. I recently did a brew and after my mash time was up I went to drain the wort off and only a few ounces came out. What went wrong here? Do I need to place a grain...

I found that kit at AHS...how close is it to SA?

So how exactly does this work. If you take the 1/6 out with yeast and refrigerate it...wont it stil ferment in the refrigerator? I am assuming you take the other 1/6 and place in freezer without yeast added to it.

This is what I found on Sam Adams site. Color: Deep golden Original Gravity: 12.7° Plato Alcohol by Vol/Wt: 4.9%ABV - 3.8%ABW Calories/12oz.: 169 Malt Varieties: Two-row Harrington, Metcalfe, and Copeland pale malts, and Czech pilsner malt Hop Varieties: Hallertau Mittelfrueh, Tettnang...

Actually it all depends on how much that wine has been sulfited before being bottled. Too much sulfite will kill yeast. Not sure if it will be enough to actually kill the beer yeast. They make sulfite tests to check to see how much sulfite is actually in the wine.