Recent content by Joser14

Im getting tired of cooking on my grill and having to go through propane all the time. Combining that with my brews I'm spending much more than normal. I already have someone coming to route a gas line to my grill from my house. Is this possible to create some sort of hookup for my burner as...

Yeah I wasn't going to strain until pouring into a glass. I don't think I have enough time and unfortunately have to resort to that. I won't have issues at home as I don't shake them around as they were in my suitcase! Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

It also seems as if the sediment is at the top of the bottle now. Normal? Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

That's what I was afraid of! I was also thinking of pouring them through a strainer of some sort if it's not totally settled. Just to filter out the big pieces. Thoughts? Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Hi everyone. So I just brought a bunch of bottles on a plane. Upon arrival they were all intact from good packaging. However, all the yeast sediment which was caked on from bottle conditioning for 4 weeks has all been stirred up. Big chunks, smaller chunks, you name it. I wanted to give a...

so, everything went great yesterday. I was a moron and didnt take a gravity reading before i started fermentation. Its going really well now and its bubbling like crazy. when is the appropriate time to assume that its done and I can start bottling. I know that even if i dont see much its still...

Awesome. Thank you so much!!! Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

add the extract at flame out you say? benefits? I'm obviously up for anything and based on your posts you know your stuff!!!

Ok. Thank you so much for your help! I'm sure it'll go just fine tomorrow. One more question, do you wrap your kettle in blankets while it is mashing? If not what do you recommend to keep my temp at 152? Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Ok. Do you think its ok to mash with only 1 gallon of water? I just worry about all the grains being submerged in the water.

Thats what I was figuring. What should my boil volume be approximately? I have a 5 gallon boil kettle and another 4 gallon to sparge with. Batch size will be 5 gallons. Rhys333, when you say 1.35 quarts per pound of my grains, I shouldnt include my LME and DME correct? I also figure I'll just...

Hi everyone, Im just getting back into brewing this Saturday. After one bad batch a few years ago, i stopped and now i cant wait to jump back into it. I have all the equipment and all my ingredients i need to brew. I'm making a spotted cow clone basically identical to the Speckled...

Awesome thank you so much.any other suggestions are obviously welcome

Hey everyone, I saw on a site that someone put up a recipe for winter bourbon cask ale by michelob.the problem that I have is that it is mini mash and I am not at that stage yet. The recipe calls for 2.5 lbs of pale malt .5 lbs wheat malt 1lb crystal 90 4 lbs light malt extract 1.5 oz...

So much to learn. so much to learn. haha you guys are awesome. thanks a lot. I bought the kit from Austin Home Brew and they suggested 5-7 days in primary, 5-7 in secondary then 2 weeks for bottling at least.