Recent content by Ltkenbo

I've only got a couple of brews under my belt, but my second beer (first all grain) was a Saison with 3724 and it turned out awesome. I fermented it for a month in my garage during the summer (so like 86 degrees). I get major compliments about the beer when people have it so yeah it's worth the...

OK thanks guys. Yes fermentation should be complete. Actually it's been about 2 weeks since that happened (which was 2 weeks after beginning fermentation) and I've had it back up at temp with no change in gravity readings. I plan on bottling tomorrow.

So a few weeks ago I brewed an IPA with some buddies. I have a chest freezer setup as a fermentation chamber to maintain the temperature. After fermentation was complete, I was planning on cold crashing the beer before dry hopping. I just used standard US-05 dry ale yeast. Well, sometime before...

Just thought I would give some feedback as I have been using these. They work great, though they are quite thin walled so you have to be careful of the lip when removing the lid (pull it a little at a time all around). Also, it can be a little tricky to get the lid on because of the gasket, but...

Yes, temperature controlled fermentation.

I picked up some food grade 2 gallon buckets with gasketed lids and am planning on using them as fermenters for smaller batches. I was wondering what the minimum headspace is that I could probably get away with and not have overflow out of my airlock. If I can get away with 2 inches that would...

Yeah you were right on, it was about 1.004! Bottled it this last weekend, now to wait for another 2 weeks. Yeah I actually had it in the chest freezer because when I started the daily temp was dropping down below the 80s so figure it would help insulate it some and minimize any rapid change and...

Oh ok I didn't realize that. Yes I do have a hydrometer it is just hard to read - but if it is finished I will just plan to bottle this weekend and will use the hydrometer to take a final reading. Thanks!

Hey everybody, Fairly new to brewing, only my second brew (and my first all grain). Have some questions about fermentation. I followed the saison recipe from this homebrewtalk post: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/6-beginner-friendly-recipes-and-styles.html According to the recipe: Wyeast...

Just thought I would share that Lowes has 2 gallon food grade buckets and lids that they stock in the store for really cheap. Found them near the paint aisle at my local store. I paid about $5 for a bucket and lid and the lid also has a gasket in it. As usual, the bucket actually holds a little...

Pics of the previous combo from Amazon that I linked, works great, just had to open up the hole a little more in the cooler and exclude the washer because of the wall thickness. This is a 1/2" setup and barb too:

Step #1: Go onto Amazon, report a problem with your order as "item not as described." Amazon should allow you to return the item for free and get your money back. Step #2: Order one that is actually 1/2 in like this one I just ordered the other day and it's only $5...

Yeah buying individual brass fittings from the hardware store is expensive, plus there's the surface lead thing (which I know can be removed). I also got one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0064OFCHW/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 So $30 total. Looking at the hardware store I...

I use an Inkbird ITC-1000 ($16 on Amazon). It has been working just fine so far. Note that this controller does need to be wired up and it meant to be mounted in a panel or enclosure but it's super cheap and works: Most of the cheaper controllers out there are all the same, just Chinese...

Looks awesome, great job!