Recent content by kmat123

I noticed when I follow the link below that it no longer leads to the BIAB calculator. http://beerreviewdude.com/biab-calculator/ Does anyone have the excel version that they can email me? Thanks in advance! [email protected]

I ferment all of my beer in corny kegs, cold crash for 3-4 days and then use a jumper to transfer to serving keg. I then carb for 36 hours at 30 PSI and then turn it down to serving pressure for 7 days. My question is can I get my 36 hour "boost" carb out of the way when cold crashing? Will this...

Oops that should read draining not retaining

Hey all, I brew on a 5 gallon two vessel no sparse rig. When I transfer my wort from my mash ton to the boil kettle does it matter how quickly I drain the MLT or can I just let my march pump run full blast? I have always transferred slowly at about 1 qt. per min thinking that slowly retaining...

I brewed a holiday spice ale about a month ago and realized that I missed my final hop addition, 1 oz. of tettanger at 10 min boil. Below is the recipe. As is with the 0.50 oz. of Columbus my IBUs are at 20. I want the spices to shine in this beer and don't want it to be too hoppy. Would I be...

Update: I woke up this morning and the fermenter was happily bubbling away. We will see how it goes...

Well I decided to pitch it an hope for the best. If it doesn't start fermenting in a few days I'll build up a new yeast starter and repitch.

So I brewed an Oktoberfest today (I know better late than never right?) and tossed my fermenter in my fermentation chamber set to 50 degrees. I was only able to cool the wort to 75 degrees with my IC because it was hot in Bend today and figured I'd let the freezer do the rest of the work. Well...

Where did you get those coolers from?

I also ferment in cornies and usually fill them up with wort to just below the gas in dip tube. I then pull off the gas IN poppet and fit a 5/8" length of nylon tubing over as a blow off tube. I end up with about 1 quart of blow-off using this system with most beers.

Does anyone know which bayou classic burner that is?

Looks a little expensive at $515.21 ;)

http://www.hydroflask.com/products/64-oz-wide-mouth-vacuum-insulated-stainless-steel-growler.html Little spendy but pretty cool!

What burner is that?

I agree with jkarp. I usually just lower the efficiency to 70% when planning my brews in Beersmith and it does the math for me.