Recent content by heyjaffy

Sorry for delay in responding to PM's for this. I have a local sale pending for a lot of my gear. I'm not sure what I'll have left, will update once clarified, and reiterate that I'm not interested in shipping.

Haven't brewed in a long while.... I have everything needed for all-grain brewing, fermenting and serving. I'm listing some specific stuff here, technically I have a lot more bits - everything for bottling, kegging, serving etc... Been a while since I bought or sold this type of thing, so I...

Thanks, I think I'll try it out on it's own and see what happens.

I've been working my way through several APA and IPA batches with my favorite hops: Amarillo, Citra, Cascade, Warrior and Magnum, and need to look at tackling some of the other hops I have hanging out amongst the beer supplies. I'm looking to make an APA or IPA with some of the Nugget hops I...

Good idea

I've been using the standard scented stuff for over a year without any perceptable issues. Anything I use it on gets followed up with a good rinse and sanitizing bath (star san)

I'm ready to step up from 5 to 10 gallon batches, but i'll be splitting the 10 gallons between 2 fermenters. For my first brew i want to make an IPA or pale ale. What are some of your ideas for using different yeast and/or dry hops to make the two a little different?

Got mine yesterday w/2 horizontal fittings. Installed sightglass from brewhardware.com and ball valve. Looks great, can't wait to brew on it. Set it up next to my old 8.5 gallon kettle for comparison:

I have a request to make a grapefruity IPA, and my knowledge of hops and general recipe building is limited so I'm not sure which hops can make that happen, but I think I might have the right ingredients to make this happen. Can you help build a 5-gallon all-grain recipe for an IPA out of the...

I started with 2 kegs, went to 3, and then 4 (after moving the co2 out of the keezer and building a bigger collar) - see my build here

My comment about starting warm then dropping temp a bit I believe was based on the advice to start warm to ensure that fermentation takes off quickly. At this point I've just started and held temp at 68 degrees. The yeast is WLP013 which has a fermentation temp range of 66 - 71 degress, so 68...

I just started fermenting a batch o' brew (AHS Milk Chocolate Stout) in my old keezer with dual-stage temp controller. This is my first time fermenting with temp control - in the past the only temp control I've had is via swamp cooler and in moving the fermenter around to different spots in my...

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I have a 4 tap keezer with 4 secondary regs because I like to have a hefe, stout, IPA/APA, and a mild on tap at the same time and I like to carb to style. There is no such thing as carbing pressure vs. serving pressure. Eventually serving pressure will become your carbing pressure as it...

Adhesive, I think it was called goop I used a speed bore drill bit in my drill to cut the initial round openings, then I taped an outlet cover on top as a template to cut out the detailed shape of the outlets. I did that final cut with a dremel bit, but could have done it just as well with an...