Recent content by jsloan00

Hi everyone, I recently inherited a kegging system which I decided to use on my last batch of blonde ale. I don't have a freezer (or fridge that fits the keg) to cool down the keg so I initially filled the keg with 12 PSI of C02 2 weeks ago at room temp and have been shaking periodically...

When bottling a Apple Blueberry Graff this weekend I didn't realize that I was short on bottles and had to keep about a gallon on graff in my refrigerator. I was thinking that I could make some kind of mixed drink out of what I have left (ie sangria), but I wasn't sure if adding wine/fruit...

So should I plan to increase the amount of hops to compensate? So for example if a recipe calls for 2 oz of hops I increase this to 2.5 oz?

I could try 20-22 lbs of grain, but I figured it would be best to start with a lower grain bill and work my way up since I haven't done it before. That is a good idea to try a 2nd pot, I have another 4 gallon pot that I could use for the sparge and I could pre-boil some extra water to make sure...

Is there a way to do a 10 gallon all grain BIAB batch in a 10.5 gallon kettle? I was thinking that i could use 8 gallons of water/18 lbs of grain to start and add water after the boil to top off like you would with an extract batch? Ideas?