Recent content by hoey222

OK, so found a small pump setup for $20 on amazon....if it does the job I can invest in something more substantial. I am east coast, so altitude isn't an issue for me. Manual for boil is definitely on my list. Thanks!

I'm not recirculating. I'm stirring every 10-15 minutes. Here's where I think I need to make adjustments. I got a hop spider for the excessive hops I was using in this batch. I'm also going to start recirculating by draining off a couple quarts every 10-15 and pour back in to my bag. I'm...

I have an eBIAB setup with a 5500 watt ULWD element from eBrewsupply. I have a Love Control 16c PID. I set my boil to 212. I tried to make an imperial IPA - but i ended up scorching the batch. I was careful during the mash. I'm pretty sure i didn't scorch there. I stirred often. I was...

This is exactly what I'm trying to understand.

My question is more on timing. I've read and experienced that with BIAB, conversion happens very quickly. By the time i get my corrected mash pH readings conversion has pretty much finished. I can hit my 5.2 by making the correct additions, but is it already too late? Does pH still matter...

I'm asking for my wine making friend. He forgot to add the potassium metabisulfite when he went to bottle. Is there anything he can do to rescue the wine? Or do we need to drink it quickly before it spoils. thanks!

The original recipe came from a partial mash clone of a spotted cow recipe. the Spotted cow is a Naturally Cloudy Farmhouse Ale. I think the 6 row was to help convert the corn. the corn was to make it a cream ale and the flaked barley was to give it a little more mouth feel and cloudiness...

I was hoping to make a cherry cream ale for the summer. Just looking for advice - it's a modified spotted cow clone with the added cherries based on the cherries in the snow recipe. I'm not sure how the hops and corn will go with the cherries. Is that too much cherries to add? Recipe...

I'm in the Wilmington, DE area. If you want to part it out, I'm interested in the kegs, and maybe some of the carboys/bottles.

Ya. The more I stew over it, the more I think I need to revisit my sparge process. I'm trying to see if I can make no sparge work. But I'm not adjusting my recipe for the loss in efficiency. I think I just need to practice sparging. Time to brew again. :D

I guess I was hoping that beer smith would help me estimate my efficiency. I think I need to work on calculating and estimating my efficiency. The only thing I did different was stir the mash with the larger grain bill. I was hoping to keep my mash temp even.

Different recipes. But same profile and efficiency. I have beer smith and was trying to follow that.

I tried to do a modified no sparge (which is really a sparge). Instead of mashing with the total boil volume, I hold a gallon or 2 back. Then I take most of my first runnings then sparge with the remaining gallon at 170 and take the remaining runnings. I did it yesterday with a 12 pound...

How did this beer turn out? I tried to add the cereal to just the secondary and I got a metallic taste from something. Just trying to figure out when and where to add the cereal for the pb flavors to come through.

huh - good to know on the yeast - the original recipe called for 2 packets of Safale US-05 Dry Ale Yeast - i only used one vial of pitchable dry english ale yeast. so i guess if i don't get much of a ferment this first week i may have to get more yeast to pitch. thanks all for the tips!! :)