Recent content by klindeman

Aha, I knew it was something dumb like that. Thanks!

Why is it that when I plug in a month old viability for a 6 gallon 1.067 beer with intermittent shaking, that it tells me to use 2 packs in a 1.28 liter starter? Couldn't I step up a single pack? How do I figure out the amounts to step up?

Also for the mash temp, I preheat my oven to its lowest (170) then put the pot in there with the top on after I put the grains in and get to my mash temp. I turn the oven off before I put it in. It just barely fits on the bottom shelf.

You could split the mash, but then combine before you start boiling. You could also mash as much as possible, then sparse until you get the required pre-boil volume. That's what I do for 2.5 gal batches in my 5 gal pot. I just mash around 3.75 gal with 6.5 pounds grain, then squeeze the heck out...

Any numbers on how much this improved your boil time?

How do you go about purging a carbon with co2? Just shove a hose to the bottom and open up the regulator a bit?

Totally. Think I may have to pick one up. I am having weird off favors in beers I secondary (to dry hop), which I think is oxidation. Dry hopping with this in my keg will let me purge with co2 to try and eliminate this as a problem area. When you fish it out, do you let it drip dry into the...

Are you using that dry hopper to dry hop in a keg? Are you suspending it halfway in somehow? The pics on stainless brewing make it seem like it is suspended somehow, but I was wondering if that is included (or even needed).

I get a stale taste if I carb with high psi. Instead I prime with sugar, just like bottles, then in 2 weeks hook it up to co2 at serving psi.

Which temp controller is that? How did you wire it up?

Inside means there is one less entry point into the inside to allow for the cold air to escape, otherwise having it inside just takes up room for more kegs or bottled beers. It's totally up to you.

I just wired one up. Works great.

I like doing a secondary, as others have said, because it helps clear up the beer. My first batch after only primary had an almost grainy taste to it, but all my other brews doing a secondary we're fine. This also makes it so I can free up my primary and ferment another batch while I'm still...