Recent content by MDbeerfan

This may have already been covered but... This show blows! The locations are cool but the rest just sucks a fat one!

thanks for the input guys. I am going to let it ride a bit longer then secondary it for a bit.

Seems a little early in terms of FG doesn't it? I'd like to end at 1.010 or so.

So I made the NB Triple Karmelite clone http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/PM-CarmeliteTripel.pdf I nailed the OG but here it is 12 days later and I am only at 1.020. It took off on the first day and I am still seeing bubbling in the airlock. It's been hanging out about...

I live in olympia wa so I will use water from the artesian well. That being the case said well is in a parking lot that the homeless hang out in and conduct business. So homeless crotch may be the hidden addition that makes the funk

Thanks all. Essentially it was a question about full volume mash. Having recently read some about the 1-1.5 qts per pound of grain mash volume I thought I was doing it wrong by going full volume. All my recipes have been from northern brewer and I followed the instructions.

So I've done a few all grains and a few BIAB. I have also had to dump these as well. The commonality among all of them was the act that I was using the full wort volume to mash my grains in. I'd keep the temp up with my burner as the mash was essentially soup. I'd drain out the wort to a boil...

I have a valve in mine. I'd like to rig something up so I can drain the trub from the bottom through the valve. In any case the thing is BOSS and I'm loving putting brews through it knowing I won't drop it, it's less likely to be contaminated, easy access, etc. if you have some extra cash by all...

Just picked up a 5 gallon stainless steel fermentor from these guys. My first impression was "awesome!" It is well built and looks like it'll last forever. So far I've put two batches through it and I like it way more then a glass carboy. Easier to move, change temps, clean, drain, agitate...