Recent content by JayInAmes

The Sous Vide quote is here: I too use sous vide for cooking. I'm curious as to how big of a container is needed for this. I sometimes do batches of 2 cases (5 gallon). Have to figure out how to rig the anova into a big cooler. Leaving it for a couple hours (minimum) would be my suggestion...

My dewalt cordless drill grinds like a champ, no overheating.

I did pitch this on the yeast cake from a 1 gallon batch. Seems to be bubbling away happily. Thanks for the responses! Also did a cranberry at the same time. I didn't save the cake from the 1 gallon batch, so I pitched a new package of Lalvin EC1118. Bubbles are the same rate as the apple, but...

Just racked and bottled a 1 gallon batch of hard cider. The yeast cake from this is much much smaller than the one from a batch of beer. I know you can pitch onto a yeast cake from beer, but what about from cider? Also, I'm looking at making a 5 gallon batch this time. Can I pitch the yeast...

Got a build video for that? Pretty cool!

This is what I just tried. Seemed to work! I guess we'll see!

I cut a milk jug to do this. a clean dustpan would also work, if you dont want to get creative with a knife.

Third at the Iowa State Fair. Brewed it according to instructions, but should have fermented higher. Highly recommended!

The spigot on mine takes a standard 90 degree pvc elbow, just screws on. I only have about 4 oz left at the bottom of the bucket after bottling.

No one needs to know this method works, but it's very easy. Using a big pressure canner, left the gasket out, fill the water to the neck of 10 bottles, and go to town. Long time to get to 180-190, but 10 bottles for 10 mins brings the temp down to the mid 160s. 10 mins to recharge back to...

Isn't the one I see on Amazon the same refractometer for $21.99? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LW2ZU6R/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I would think part of the decision would be how much deadspace is there? Might not be worth a 1.5 gallon batch in the big one if the waste is .75 gals or more.

Just curious, did the mold from the shower curtain give you any off flavors? Or did the sawdust and poison ivy counteract that?

heck yes, I love this! Gonna brew it the second time, when I get an opening. Just finished the last of mine. Thanks for the work you put into this!

I've wondered if a second sparge would increase efficiency, and that graph seems to lend credence to that. Think you can just split the sparge, or do you need to divide the 3 (primary, sparge and sparge2)?