Recent content by iphonedylan

Here is the rough draft of my panel idea. The only alibi is that the buzzer/indicator light on the far right would be physically wired into the left half of the panel.

Thanks for the feedback, guys. I keep thinking more and more that the Brewha equipment is the way forward; I'm just debating between the BIAC kit or buying the conical and mash colander separately and building the rest of the components myself. I've been brainstorming the idea of making a panel...

Brewers, I need some assistance on a big decision. I've been mostly dormant the forums and only lurking since my "first brew night" in 2012. Needless to say, the first one turned out less than great trying a full 5 gallon extract boil on builder grade electric range. Never again. A quick...

Awesome. I got impatient now that I'm at the house and it's in the keg so it's going to sit on 30 psi for 24 hrs before I have the first glass. I cooled it first for a few hours. I'm expecting it's going to taste awesome regardless of my less preferred carbonation method since it's my first brew.

Well after much delay and a slight case of food poisoning in Mexico, which makes any trip South of the border complete, the IPA is kegged. The OG and TG were 1.055 and 1.014 respectively. It tastes and smells great and I'm going to put it on CO2 this evening after it cools in the chest freezer...

The IPA has been racked into the secondary over the 3 oz of additional hops. Tasted pretty good so I don't there were too many adverse effects from the user error with the air lock (there definitely are small holes in the lid). I failed and never found time to brew the pumpkin ale which I'm...

I added it all at the beginning of the boil but it must have taken me nearly 10 minutes to get it all stirred in and then another 15 to get it back up to a boil. I definitely need to look into moving to a gas burner.

The center piece that floats over the tube and into the water/vodka blew off. I'm starting to think I'm using the airlock incorrectly as there is a cap that snaps on top and attaches over the entire bit. To me, the cap that snaps on seemed to be too airtight so I left it off and just left the...

Just cruised some threads and I'm not overly concerned. I should say that put the little cap back on last night and just checked it (about 15 hours later) and I saw a bubble after watching for about half a minute. Today is 6 days in the primary going on 7. I'm going to go ahead and finish this...

So I had a mishap. While I was out of town (Friday-Tuesday night) the cap on my airlock popped off. I don't know how long it was off but it's safe to assume at least 2-3 days. I'm currently searching the forums for some info but I'm wondering if I should just dump it and start over or go ahead...

It's definitely great to be back for a bit. Going out the door again May of next year but I'm enjoying this new hobby now. Woke up this morning to a steady, slow bubbling from the airlock. That was about 11 hours after I pitched the yeast so I'm not sure exactly when it started.

Forgot to add that original gravity was 1.055 for the Ferocious IPA

First brew night in the books. I joined this forum about a month ago while I was in Afghanistan doing research. Ordered my beginner brew/kegging kit from Midwest and a 3 x faucet keezer kit from KegConnection. Wound up with great deals and customer service on both. I got back to the states 48...

Ladies and Gentlemen, Soon to be novice brewer here. Returning from Afghanistan in a couple weeks and I should have a Midwest brew/kegging kit waiting for me. Decided to jump straight in to kegging so we'll see how that goes. I'm looking forward to faster feedback on my initial brew(s) with...