Recent content by JDengler

Ye I'm thinking the fridge route for my first version of kegging. I don't think I'll be tapping more than 4 kegs at one time. Should I be cautious of the beer in fridge freezing over the winter months? I'm craigslisting fridges/freezers to find a decent deal. Than I'll just purchase a...

I'm thinking over what keg setup I want to invest in. I would like the possibility of lagering as well as holding 3-4 at corneys at most. I see that a lot of you guys have the keezer setup and I was wondering if anyone has listed the differences pros and cons from experience. ie: efficiency...

I have been brewing beer for a while now, and I would like to do a Soda for the kids. Can anyone suggest an easy first time soda. Flavor doesn't really matter. And what type of bottling do you use? Glass? Plastic? I have no way to carbonate as of yet. (I'm scouring Craigslist for a...

What came of this. I had this thought just last night to do a beer like this... I was thinking the same thing about the orange peel as a dry addition rather than boiled. I would rather the sent of orange than the taste of it. Any recipe help out there?

When I sample and read the cider it has a bit of carbonation to it already straight from the carboy. I added the sorbate to stop the yeast and back-sweeten. Thinking that adding yeast to the individual bottles was the only way to carbonate in the bottle, I sampled 3 bottles with 3 different...

It's been about 4 weeks since I added the last concentrate. Can I use DME for primer?

I did a cider back on april 5th. 3 cups Light dried ME 3 cups table sugar 4.5 gallons apple juice - no preservatives boiled these ingredients and than cooled added yeast Safbrew t-58 after about 20 days fermenting i racked to secondary added one can of concentrated apple juice. 3...

so for future reference what is the best way to clean the AL pot? Is PBW ok as long as you don't let it sit? Or should I use a normal scotch brite pad with dish soap? I scoured the black away and it cleaned up nicely. Thanks for the help

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I wasn't careful enough after my last brew and I used 5 Star PBW to clean it out. I let it set over night and rinsed it out, the bottom was what I belive to be oxidation. Is there anything that I can do to get it back to normal? Is there a re-surfacing process at all?

for real, I am brewing a Dry Hopped pale ale right now, and I would love to capture that smell.

Is there such a thing as Hop perfume? if not, why not?

ye i just got done with it this afternoon. I added the Centennial at 60 min. and Cascades at 15min. I'll plan to DH another once of each in a few days. And DH for 5 days before bottling. I'm stoked! I love DH'd beers. Hazed and Infused by Boulder Beer is one of my all time favorites.

That is great advice. So you would say Centennial at 60min - and save 1 oz of Centennial, and 2 oz of cascade for DH? That puts it at like 38 IBU. @Carbon111 I already have the Crystal purchased and crushed, so I'll just settle for a more pale color.

I just want to throw this out there. I have a recipe I am following (sort of) and I wanted to add the aroma of dry hops to it. Here is the recipe - let me know what you think... 6.5lB Pale Malt Extract 1lb 10L crystal 1oz centennial (60 M) 1oz Cascasde (15 M) 1oz Cascade (0M) Safale...