Recent content by Kcmfg

Awesome build! It looks like we have almost the same chest freezer, similar to my build but I went the easy route with the taps..

I used 2x6 wood on top of freezer with truck bed insulation taped on bottom and then wrapped it with stained 1x8 pine on front and side walls. Then used about 3 layers of reflectix insulation bubble foil on the inside on the wood collar.

After 11-12 days the Fermentation finally slowed and I think it might be fine. I will be racking into keg within the week. I dont think it's infected. Just took a while being real active.

Its day 10 of primary fermentation and its still bubbling every 5 seconds. The krausen is real low now and I dont see much activity in the beer itself. I still think something is up though because the first 3 days were very active. My friend who has been all grain brewing for the last 8 years...

Its fermenting in a glass carboy and I see bubbles and swirling so it looks like yeast are still working. I dont see any signs of infection and the smell out of the airlock smells normal. It did have a higher OG of 1.054 and it was extract so maybe it will just take longer. I have done a few...

I am experiencing the same thing right now. I pitched last sunday and there is still activity in the airlock today. The first couple of days were very active and then it slowed but still seeing a bubble every 5 seconds or so. My brewing buddy thinks it might be a sign of infection since it...

I thought the temp drop was because the primary fermentation was complete because the temp in the basement hasn't changed. I was careful about sanitizing everything but I didnt think much about the filtered water, I didnt boil it and the pitcher I had it in was not sanitized (it was dishwashed a...

Brewing first beer from extract kit. Its a wheat ale. Used Wyeast wheat smack pack. Added a half gallon of filtered water after boil to reach OG target. Put in basement and its temp was 68* F. Anyway it fermented like crazy the first couple days even overflowing out of the airlock. It has now...

Update of batch 4: I saved a few bottles and after a year and a half of aging in a bottle, I just tried one. It tasted really good, way better than it did back when I drank most of it around 3-6 months old. No off flavors, just clean flavors. Almost like a semi dry white wine but lower alcohol...

Fruit press and Batch 4, the day after pitching yeast.

Updates... Batch 1: finished up at 1.000, racked into carboy, put a campden tablet in and then racked again in to bottles and capped and then put in fridge. Hoping they cold crash and stop fermenting. Taste was super dry and sour/tart bitter. Going to add some acid blend and wine tanning...

Hard to tell from the pic, but that looks more like a pear than an apple to me. Either way you can make hard cider with it. I would pick all of the fruit when some fruit starts falling off the trees and then let sit in bags for a week or so until they are fully ripe. I wouldn't recommend using a...

So my 4 pear trees produced a bunch of fruit this year so I decided to make some perry. I'm new to brewing and have never done this before. Read a lot and researched and decided to experiment with different batches. Pear varieties (guessing): Green Anjous Bartlett Seckels Batch 1...