Recent content by javajo91

ok - hopefully this post will help out the next person that goes through this. Yooper - you were basically in a way correct by saying that I may have had some hop debris in my out tube.. Back a couple weeks ago when I was carrying my carboy full of my delicious Pale Ale upstairs from the...

cool Yooper - I'll give that a shot tonight.

Yooper - No and good idea!! could that be causing the poor "spitty" flow? All I'm getting is inconsistently dispensed foam..

Hey again - OK..now its getting a bit annoying. I had thought the issue had been over-carbonating due to my lame attempt at burst-carbonating. A couple of de-carbonationslater and still getting "spitty" foam from out line. i thought that perhaps i had mixed the in and out lines but no. i...

Hey guys - Yep..I force carbonated and now i've had foam in my keg for a week now. I shook for a few minutes total while set at 20psi. Then released some of the CO2 and set at 10 psi or so. Now I cant get a nice pour from my tap. Spits out foam..ALOT. I read elsewhere to try...

Thanks Pol - What i would do if was to recirculate would be to not use the ice bath for the initial temp drop - say from 212 to 80. After hitting 80 i would switch to the pump/ice water and recirculate. Would use allot less ice..

Want to switch to 10 gallon batches....there must be leaks in all my cornys because I seem to be going through them very quick.. ;) so of course i need to buy some new stuff.. (Word to all that are thinking of doing AG.. buy for 10 gallon batches I have a 25' I.C. I'm thinking of...

i tried using Amstel bottles once but didn't because the labels are virtually impossible to get off. Bass bottles are very easy to use....

I was breaking bottles as well while using a "Black Beauty capper" I use Bass ale bottles and some SA. If you look at the SA bottles compared to the Bass (European) you'll notice that the space between the ring on the neck and the top of the bottle is wider and required more pressure cap...

Thanks Bob - that's what i figured. I guess for my delicate ales i should not use this technique due to the lack of ester production. With the Porter it's probably not as noticeable... Thanks Again!! I love this hobby and the people who are so helpful!

Good morning Racked a Chocolate Porter on top of a fresh yeast cake from a cream ale. (Racked Cream Ale to a secondary and within a few minutes racked the cooled Porter from boiler right on top of the Cream ale Yeast Cake) Within a few hours i had visible fermentation with a layer of...

i'm thinking a PVC Pipe reducing coupling?

Hey Guys - ok - i just realized that i have an old Intex pool pump in my garage that i can use for my icebath/pump immersion chiller setup. Any suggestions of how i can convert it to fit the perhaps 1/2 diameter tubes on my chiller...

Hey guys - was thinking of building the ice bath pump system. Take a look at this pump.. Look slike a great deal for 20 bucks. any issue with using a bilge pump? http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=66095 Also - any advantages by going with a submersible over a...

Thanks everyone! Great bunch here. Well - might as well go out and buy the more porous braid and a 3/4 in dia. I honestly think my issues are a perhaps a combination of the very fine braid and the fact that i rarely ever hit 170 when i mash out (lack of experience) I may use the new braid then...