Recent content by Gopher40

Just brewed a Pliny clone and I have a question regarding the starting gravity. There are over 7 oz. of hops in this sucker and the wort was so thick with hop goobers how in the heck are you supposed to take this reading? It just seems like it will be screwed by all the hop crud floating around...

4 oz corn sugar....5 gallon batch.....brought a six pack upstairs from my basement immediately after bottling because it is warmer up here (I live in Michigan), so the ones I have tried have been at 68-70.

I have a porter that has been bottle for over 2 weeks and is flat as can be. I know they can take longer, I have as stout that took a month and a half to get there. Basic question is that this beer sat in the primary for over 4 months. I rarely use a secondary, and the main reason is we just...

I have a 4 oz. bag of corn sugar. For 5 gallon batch I typically use the norm of 1 oz. per gallon. Can I mix 1 oz. of table sugar with the corn sugar to give me the 5 oz I need? Will it really effect anything in a negative way?

Started with 6 gallons.

I wound up with a touch over 5 gallons

Did my first all grain yesterday. Yooper Pale was chosen. The pre-boil gravity wasn't even in the neighborhood. According to Beersmith it should have been 1.056...well I got 1.036. This was straight out of the boil pot after I stopped the sparge. Not sure if I needed to cool it first, not sure...

Oops my bad...154. Actually climbed a couple degrees during wait

Am in process right NOW with my first all grain batch. Desired mash temp was 254 (beersmith). I hit 153. Is that close enough?? If you lose a degree or 2 in the 60 minutes is that okay?? If it is dropping can you add a little hot water to bring it up?? Sorry for all the questions. All grain...

Found Yoopers Pale recipe. That sounds like a good one also. I will go with that.

Okay, this recipe sonds good. I notice it is 6 gallons. I believe 5 is what I am after. Okay brewing wizzards...what do I do??

Yooper I believe I have fit as much as 6 gallons in the pot I have. No more than that though.

rjsnau....hop additions wouldn't be any different than for an extract batch really..would they?

Equipment info is 10 gallon rubber maid cooler mash tun with false bottom. I just use an aluminum turkey fryer pot. It has worked great for my extract batches. Not sure about the burner. It is an OLD turkey fryer burner. Seems to throw out a crap-load of heat.I will get back with you real soon...

Probably will just do an IPA.