Recent content by Indiana Red

Yeah, Ive done this a couple times. Fractal freezing a plain straight up cider. I just figure dthe algebra got a bit heavy to calc ABV in the finished product. I suppose ABV before and ABV after and ABV of the frozen slush left and the volume of each of those 3 behind should get you the...

My (accidental) experience in this area was quite favorable. After making a aprox 8% dopplebock it accidentally, slowly froze in my kegerator. DANG ! When I finally noticed what was happening I used CO2 to push out aprox 3G from one corny keg to another, leaving behind light amber "snow"...

Im about to bottle this pear/apple cider that has been in secondary for a couple weeks outside 30-40F aprox 6% and 1.000 I see a little "fallout" in the carboy. Do you think I should introduce more yeast at the same time I put in the corn sugar priming solution ? Or maybe just rely on the...

...don’t know what your talking about...

My LHBS has a deal where you can buy a “virtual” bag 50# for 38$. And it is kept “on account” so to speak. On brew day I can get base malts against that (2-row/pale, w wheat, Vienna and a delicious others. And actually pay only for the more special ones I need that day. Works our pretty well

Just as an update, nearly 4 years since brew day. 3G Batch Jan 2016 Fermentation went form 1.142 to 1.092 after a few weeks and stopped. Got distracted and ignored it, sitting in my basement until a week ago. Airlock had long since dried out. Pulled a quart of it and cut it with a half quart...

Basic 9cf (I think) unit. Collar made from 2x6's and just applied the silicone sealer and it is curing with some weight on top. I wanted to do a nice natural wood finish, but went quick and dirty with a few coasts of gloss white primer/paint. Have 4 holes drilled for the shanks with potential...

Straight up off-the-shelf AJ and fermented with Saf-Cider makes for a very dry and less than lovely tasting cider, in my experience. So this time I'm implementing a strategy i've been thinking about for a while now. A can of FAJC at kegging time I expect should add a few points of gravity and a...

I've had a theory for a long time and am finally doing it. "off-the-shelf" apple juice/cider fermented with (in this case) safcider dry yeast always works fine but would finish very dry, making it a bit less popular to the "civilians" I like to share with. So, this time I am adding a can of...

Downloaded it. Nice and simple. Adding it to my "beer folder" :) I have the same comment as Amadeo38 Ill be watching for the next roll

I should check on mine. Haven't touched it in several months.

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My boil kettle can only hold 8G but I am making a 10G batch. It happens to be a low gravity Berliner Weisse so I dont have capacity issues with the mash tun. But if I run all the hot side process as 8G and then split it into two carboys, I can top off with water at the same time I pitch...

I didnt realize I had not save my latests notes in BeerSmth when my PC restarted. so lost some of my notes/updates 7.25G of aprox 1.06Mash 1 boiled for about 4 hrs got me to 3.25G @1.120 Second mash first runnings only(I didnt take gravity reaings of this separately) up to 7G Boiled the...

DL Clone - Brewday Undershot my mash temp. About 155 but that should still be OK Also I decided to run off 7.5 G and lengthen the boil a bit to compensate as my pre boil grav was (only) 1054 Standard BoilOff rates should get this down to about 1120 Basically I am making LME :)