Recent content by mhdfj2

I just got back into brewing after a few years off and decided to do my first all grain batch. I found a recipe for a saison and decided to do an 11 gallon batch so I could split it up and try some different things. I put the info into beersmith and it told me to mash in at 150 with roughly...

Thanks for the help everyone.

I'm looking at buying a new brew kettle and I had a quick question. I currently am brewing five gallon batches but plan on doing ten gallons in the future. Would a fifteen gallon kettle be too big to brew five gallon batches on? I would like to buy a 15 gallon kettle now so I don't have to...

Thanks for the help Yooper. I didn't want to ruin a whole batch.

I recently kegged a batch of beer and I just found out that I will be moving in two weeks. I have co2 on the beer now and it will stay on til we move, will this travel alright or is there something else I should do?

I have an analog Johnson Temperature Control that I have used with my chest freezer since December 2009. The unit works great and I have the original paperwork that came in the box. I am having troubles attaching a picture so if you would like one, send me a private message and I will email...

Thanks for the help Yooper.

This is probably a dumb question but I am going to brew a variation of Apfelwein and I picked up a few bottles of Cranberry/Raspberry juice and it says 100% juice. But in the ingredients citric acid is listed, will this still work? I've only made a few batches of wine so I wanted to make sure...

I just kegged a batch of beer the other day and realized that I didn't attach my beer line to the keg. My question is do I need to take the line off and sanitize it again or should it be alright to just hook it up and start pouring? Everything was completely sanitized when I kegged the beer...

I'm brewing a Belgian Wit tonight and I'm not really sure what temperature I should set my temperature control on my chest freezer. I know fermentation will cause the wort to be warmer than the air temperature, so any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks for the ideas. The freakin frog and gordon bierch look good. Has anyone been to the billy bob's steak house and saloon? I noticed them on the dogfish head web page and thought about trying that out, since I have to drive four hours to buy dogfish head beer.

I went to the hofbrauhaus last time I was there and loved it, plan to go back. I was just looking for some local breweries, or places that offer a good selection of beer. I live in Oklahoma so our beer selection is horrible. I just found out that there is a restaurant/saloon inside Sam's Town...

Heading to Vegas next week and I'm looking for some good places to drink? I've been to the Sin City brewing and the 777 brewery inside Main St. Station. Thanks

I'm pretty new to the kegging and I just went to pour myself a nice IPA and realized my C02 is empty. Will the beer be fine for a day or two til I can get the co2 refilled? Just kegged the batch less than a month ago. Thanks for all the help.

I just got my stuff in to add a second tap to my kegerator and had a quick question. Do I need to clean my lines with oxyclean before I use them or just sanitize everything? I cleaned the keg with oxyclean, just wondering if I should clean the lines as well. Thanks.