Recent content by jefft

Hah. I'm cheap in that I hate paying ten bucks for a six pack of good beer. I've actually only made two major purchases of equipment, a mill and a ten gallon Igloo. Everything else I've 'acquired' on the cheap, mostly garage sales and craigslist. My first kit was two buckets, a carboy, capper...

I'll probably see what I can do with it. At least I know I won't ruin a batch. I hate to buy something new. I'm pretty cheap, which is why I started brewing in the first place.

I FINALLY bottled this batch today, and yeah, no worries. It's a little sweeter than I would expect for such a low FG (1.004), so maybe utilization of bittering hops isn't quite there, but flavor and aroma are perfect. I still haven't messed with the burner. I found a new regulator for $20...

Regulator for a grill won't work. Need a high pressure, adjustable regulator. I'll find something cheap. I probably won't brew for a month or so.

I really don't want to comment on that and jinx my perfect record. The burner was all clear and everything seems to be in order. My gas man/buddy, who is wise in all things propane, says I need a new regulator. I suppose I'll just watch craigslist and pick up the next $20 turkey fryer that...

The burner is in pretty bad shape. It might have been left out in the rain once or twice :drunk:. It was 60 here yesterday, and I don't think the tank was frosted up. I'll take the burner apart and see if I can salvage it. I didn't panic. I got past that stage a long time ago. I was just...

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, I'm new to this forum. But anyway, things were going well today until boil time. Took forever to reach a boil, but it was rolling nicely when I tossed in the 60 min addition. I checked back about ten minutes later, and it was just below boiling...

I never worried about efficiencies before. I just knew after my first brew with the new mill, that something had changed. I didn't have anything written down from that IPA, but I came up with some rough numbers from my foggy memory and adjusted the grain bill accordingly for today's brew. I was...

I've been looking at this forum for a few weeks now, and I'm impressed with the information available and the helpfulness of the members and mods. Proud to be signed up. Anyway, I've been brewing for about eight years, and finally bought my own mill recently. I've never bothered to calculate...