Recent content by Mark3885

I never got into home brewing to save money. My thrill is the many compliments that I get from friends and family. Home brewing is a hobby of mine just like building my own custom log home , making my own biodiesel for truck and tractors, reloading my own rifle ammunition, doing my own repairs...

Verbose is an understatement, sorry I got lost in your first post , but you are more than welcome to the forum. Sorry for being honest.

I always brew 10 gallons, my reasoning is that, you have to clean everything for 5 gallons so I have the capacity for 10 gallons, still cleaning the same amount. Don’t know if headspace would be a problem. All my equipment is geared towards 10 gallon brews , 8 keg kegerator, 20 gallon boil pot...

I have used a ss 15.5 gallon beer keg for my fermenter. Center tap removed removed and used a rubber plumbing cap to seal with a hole for a blow off tube. Works great but a little difficult to clean, then moved up to a 14 gallon cone bottom ss fermenter. Easy to clean and fits into my fermenting...

Just finished up my 14th batch of my favorite Amber Ale yesterday morning . I think I like it…….

This is the grain bill for a malty , sweet brown ale, more like a sweet porter. I used these ingredients to use up what grains I had left over. It turned out great, very malty and a little sweet with a little bitter finish. I would certainly make this again. It may be too malty or sweet for most...

I like your blow off tube hold down device, I don’t use glass carboys often, only for small batch experiments.👍

Buckeye hydro 100 gpd, I’m getting 2 gallons per hour at 42 psi average, TDS of 2 , I’ll draw about 25 gallons per month on average .

I need to descale my hotrod heating elements, what strength Starsan did you use?

D2 please , thanks

I have 5 gallons that I used Nottingham ale yeast ,only yeast I had on hand . It took 48 hours before any activity and is still a slow bubbling at 21/2 weeks later. Going to leave it on the yeast for a total of 6 weeks.

5 gallons in my fermenter, first time trial and error from western New York

This is my first attempt at making cider, been home brewing for close to 10 years now . Tasted the cider and it has a sweet but a little tart flavor to it, almost wanted to drink it like it was , but not my intended purpose. I put 5 gallons of cider in a glass carboy with 2 crushed campden...

Always brew a 10 gallon finished batch, starting with 16 gallons of water and ending with 10 gallons into 2 corny kegs

I can text my LHBS about 2 weeks or so before I need my supplies. If they are out , they can get what I need and have it ready when I get there. About 1.5 hrs total round trip, but the wealth of knowledge I get from a face to face is priceless. Oh , and did I mention that his prices are 40%...