Recent content by mattdnyc

Damn good tip. The wand was brand new out of the box, so I'm not sure if that helps or hurts me lol. I did clean it up and sanitize before putting it back away, but for the future i'm definitely going to color/mark the StarSan bottle much clearer.

Here's a few all from the last 24 hours: 1. Went to make a starter yesterday for an ESB I'd be brewing today. My 2L flask was broken so I figured screw it, and decided to use my 1L. For a .93 liter starter. Boil water in it, then decide to pour DME in. While on the heat. While boiling. 2...

Others more experience than I may comment, but it sounds like your pouring/pumping the beer from the fermentation vessel directly into your bottles? Are you attempting to carbonate in bottle at all? You shouldn't need an electric pump. Take the money you were going to spend on that and put it...

I bought one during the original Kickstarter and it came just as I hit a layoff in brewing. Finally used it on a batch on Labor Day, and I have to say overall it's a solid product. Better than having a dedicated fermentation chamber? Almost certainly not. But as an apartment dweller that's...

Two 2.5 kegs, faucet to hose adapter, co2 injector, and replacement tubing. Going to be a busy weekend!

I'm adding them straight into the primary. I don't own a carboy (using an Ale Pail), so I was just going to sprinkle the hop pellets right on top.

I have an extract batch of a Dogfish 60 clone in primary. I've reached (and maintained) my final gravity. However there is still a thick layer of yeasty krausen laying on top of the wort. If I want to dry hop this in primary, should I wait for this krausen to fall? I know, RDWHAHB, not...

I just purchased the Dogfish 60 clone kit from AHS, along with the Brewvint 1% alcohol boost option. Since I'm really looking forward to as much hop utilization and flavor as possible, do I need to adjust the hop additions at all based on adding the alcohol boost? I'm a fairly new...

Hi all. As I'm sitting here waiting patiently for the FedEx truck to deliver my Tap a Draft, I have a question about force carbonating the bottles. I have a 5g batch of saison that is waiting to be bottled. I'm going to bulk prime as usual (~3/4 cup corn sugar), and then transfer into two...

So my first home brew ever (1 gallon AG IPA via a kit) is going into the bottles, and I'm getting set to brew a 5 gallon batch of Saison from another ingredient kit. However this will leave my 1 gallon carboy empty and lonely. Can't have that happen now can I? I want to try putting together...

Greetings all. Name is Matt, and I'm a first time brewer in NYC. I've been lurking the forums a bit before I did my first batch to soak up as much info as I could, and so far it's been a big help.