Recent content by Logan1891

Jaybird, Any thoughts on building this on a smaller scale? Maybe a 16oz mason jar design with a NPT fitting instead of TC? I was thinking about adapting this for use with my stainless steel bucket fermenter. My plan was to use it for dry hopping rather than yeast harvesting.

you can fit 2 of the 7.5 gallon fermenters in a 5CF floor freezer?

Kitchen Sink Beer, made with left over ingredients. German Pilsner, a little Munich and about 3 pounds of quick oats that were left over from Hurricane Irma. Because honestly, when am I gonna eat 3lbs of oatmeal?

I know this thread has been dormant for a while but I just wanted to add an update in reference to using amylase enzyme to restart a stuck fermentation. I have used this technique twice now and I have had success both times. My last use was in a sweet stout that stalled and I managed to get it...

Cascade SMaSH

You can actually farm donkeys??!!

Yeah, so I cold crashed, racked to the keg and let it sit cold for about 24 hours, hit it with gelatin and here it is. It tastes true to style. I think if you pay attention to the enzyme it can be a real benefit. But you cannot simply pitch it and forget it.

Its sitting at 35 degrees, Im hoping the yeasts have gone dormant.

Ok so I previously wrote this frustrated post about how my follow-up gravity check showed that the beer is still sitting at 1.018 after enzyme, raising temp and rousing yeast daily for a week. So I figured I would just crash the beer and hope for the best. Then, right before I taste the...

Noted. I will keep a sharp eye on this beer. I roused the yeast again a couple hours ago just for good measure. With any luck I will be at 1.015 by Saturday afternoon. If so, I will crash and put the little 820 underachievers to sleep, then hit them with gelatin just to make sure they lay...

Im not overly concerned about that for 2 reasons. First, its WLP820 we are talking about. Ive yet to read any posts about that yeast over performing. Second, I am checking the gravity every three to four days. If it hits target FG, then I will cold crash and keg which will shut down...

Oktoberfest!

yeah that looks like the best of both worlds. You have a side pickup and a false bottom so you can take advantage of whirpooling.

where is your pick up tube and how is it positioned?