Recent content by jspatrick

Hey Rich, Thanks a bunch for the offer. I'd love to join in on a brew day. I'll send you a PM to get connected. You got it, MoreBeer it is. Are you using their mill for BIAB? If not, are you more finely crushing with your mill at home?

I don't have a ladder unfortunately or I would hang it. Obviously holding the bag sucks, so I'm not gonna do that anymore. But I think all I'll need to do to clean up after this is rinse the grate and basket - not too bad IMO.

I agree, and I am just keeping my fingers crossed for something drinkable. But I don't have a lot of hope to be honest - this aftertaste is almost a burning sensation. It is that bad :mad:

My kettle has a little rubber stopper to keep the lid on when chilling (there is a 2x2 inch notch cut of out the side of the lid). I keep the lid on and stick my paddle in there and agitate it. My goal here is simply to move the water around to keep the temperature even throughout the kettle...

I'm going to go this route on the next brew. Do you buy that water at the grocery store? Sorry to be pedantic, I had never heard the term "RO water" until now :). I found the Menlo Park water profile here. My uninformed impression is that the alkalinity, pH, and hardness ranges seem pretty...

I understand the cost issue, but my main concern is storage space (which is why I elect for BIAB). I live in a small apartment that I share with my lovely-but-not-that-into-my-beer-hobby fiancee, and neither of us really want beer stuff littering the kitchen. I try to keep a setup that I can...

Thanks for the replies everybody! In my first attempt, my OG was super low and I just dumped the batch. On the second attempt, I added a few extra pounds of pale malt to compensate. In this second batch, my OG is not *that* far off at 1.060, but I still get that super bitter after-taste. I...

Howdy All, First, since this is my first post, I'll quickly introduce myself! My name is J.P., I'm currently a graduate student living in Menlo Park just south of San Fran, and after brewing about 12 successful extract batches I've moved to BIAB AG. Well...sort of. I've tried two BIAB...