Recent content by homebrewdon

Hey there, just moved to the Atlanta area from Austin tx and wanting to see if there was interest in a home brew club here in Marietta Ga.

I just moved from Austin tx to Marietta ga, and I really miss the Austin zealots. Can't seem to find a well organized club in West Cobb. Anyone interested? Don

HSA is a non issue. You would boil the beer anyway, and if you are pitching the appropriate amount of yeast its not a problem.

Consult Mr. Malty, if you used a stir plate you could get away with a much smaller starter for a 1058 lager assuming you used at least 2 packs/vials of yeast. I agree with Denny, always need more yeast for the lager. the last one I did I used a 5L starter on a stir plate with 2 smack packs...

What was your mash temp? I usually go for 150-152 to end up with some sweetness and residual body, this could be what your tasting in your beer. A true diacetyl test involves heating up a sample to 150 then cooling it down, if you smell the buttery/popcorn flavor you've got it. As far as the...

I have 3 cut keggles, no ball valve but with a 7/8" opening and the lid removed for $60, and 1 full outfitted keggle with ball valve, bulkhead, dip tube and 1/2" barb for $125. Dont have time for a full 3 tier system, come and get it.

That is what I shall do, going to let it get cool again and hopefully wont have to mess with the carb levels.

So I attempted to poor a beer tonight for my dad, went into the kegerator and the freezer was 73.6deg F! All the beer is still under pressure but room temp. Turns out the power connection inside the ranco was loose, tightened it down and she fired right up. My question, is my beer ruined? I...

Austin Home brew supply, best way to go.

I just did the same thing, if someone will pay shipping its yours.

Any tanks left? If so Im interested, how much to ship to 78748? Don

So I just finished making a Winter Ale using some oak chips. I searched through some extra parts I had laying around and found what I thought to be a stainless steel reducer. I used this to weight down the oak bag and went about my business, 7 days later I took out the bag and threw away the...

It might have some mold on top, but just scrape it off. The boil will kill anything you cant scrape off. I did the same thing, but left it in the pantry for 2mos. My oktoberfest turned out great.

So I left some ball lock disconnects in some star san for awhile, 1-2months and the the threads became pink and corroded. Ruined? Easy to clean and safe to use? Or just scrap them and buy new ones for 1 few bucks?

After creating a recipe with brewtarget and performing a 2 step mash setup, the mash wiz tells me that my initial infusion is a little over a cup, and the second infusion is 1.5 cups, while my mash out is 5 gallons. How do I get mash wiz to fix this?