Recent content by jamiecady

It was tied rather tight in a muslin bag and not rinsed, which I am beginning to believe was the problem..

hey everyone, So a few days ago I brewed up the zymurgy recipe for Rogue's Chocolate stout. I steeped the following grains in 2.5gal water in a muslin bag at 155 for 30 min: .5lb Crystal (135-165L) .25lb Chocolate (350L) .25lb British Chocolate (450L) .2lb Roasted Barley (450L) .5lb Rolled...

Hey everyone, So i'm starting to collect kegs to build a 3 tier system and I got a good deal for a old Sanke off craigslist today. Somewhat strange, however, as some of the top is cut off (not for brewing purposes) and is really filthy inside. There is some rust around where the previous cut...

yeah I'm doing extract brews, and will be doing a whole leaf brew. I have recently built a setup like this and just wondering what you do about getting all the wort that the whole leaf hops soak up out of them?

so do you sparge the hops in the bag with cold water?

do you add yeast for the bottle condition?

When scaling up to a 5 gal batch, will the yeast be fine to keep the same? A 1L starter of the WhiteLabs and the dry yeast should be good, correct?