Recent content by morrillt

We fermented a very basic blonde recipe with s04 as low as our fermentation "room" can go ~61 degrees. Fermented 5 days I ended up with a very nice beer that tastes a bit like green apples, which frankly is tasty, but not what I am going for with this beer style. We are essentially trying...

Greetings I have an Amarillo IPA, basically its just amarillo for dry hops and magnum for bittering. I want to make it a bit more floral and complex. In the direction of lagunitas. We are restricted in terms of local yeast (I live in south america), and need to use s-04 as the base. I...

Some questions i have: Is this adequate? Insulation on BK and HLT are High Temperature cotton,insulation width=50mm. Should I go direct fire or electric on HLT? electric costs more here so i am a little scared. But I dont know anyone who has a directfire 20bbl setup, and they have never sold...

Anyone here have any experience making this jump? I am specifically looking for help on my firebox design, and wondering if I should go electric or direct fire for my 15bbl HLT? I am getting tanks from sungood, pumps from cpe systems, glycol from pro refridgeration, and heat exchanger from...

I found the thermometer. I was able to drop it 5 degrees celsius by adding salt, thats like 10f.... fyi. I have a foaming issue when i bottle at serving temps (38f)

Ok so I am trying to get my beer as cold as possible for bottling. I have googled this immensely. I understand that salt lowers the boiling point of water..... But if I just add salt water to my ice bath around my keg will the ambient water get below 0? I broke my thermometer that...

Day tripper, I am curious how you avoid over carbing, what temp are your beers stored at? I find that dissolving 2litres of c02 seems to completely make my nitro tap a gassy mess.... no cascade just foam....

So, why do i need 10 90 and everyone else 25, is it just everyone else serves at 55 or something ? Or people are cool with higher carbonation? Over carbonation has plagued me in the past with the stout faucet going berserk, so I am tryhing a more sensitive approach this time.....

If i insist on serving my stout at 43 (because I have other beers in the kegerator) And I want to have 1.5 c02 dissolved. According to temp charts i need between 4-5 psi c-2 to get to 1.5 dissolved c02 When i switch over to beergas.... If i do the classic 75 25 split at 30psi thats...

Hey guys, any tips regarding propagating yeast for a 40 gallon ferment? I have a wyeast packet from kolch manufactured in january. Is it just a matter of stepping it up 20x? Any tips special considerations? Mr Malty says i need 1347 billion and my yeast pack probably has 1/2 alive, at 100...

The taste... its an off taste that I have never tasted before, it tastes like chemicals or vinager.... I did do an overnight mash and there was a visible mold that was starting to grow, i just figured that i would kill all bacteria in hte boil? is this the origin of hte bad taste...

I also have access to BrewMaster's Wheat Beer Yeast - http://www.erbsloeh.com/product_datasheets/en/PMB_BrewMastersWheatBeerYeast_GB_002.pdf

I want to make a wheat beer with coriander and orange peel thats between 6.5-8% ABV. I Live in south america and have limited access to ingredients, but I do have a nice Electric Herms! I am brewing tomorrow afternoon, and need help on ingredient selection I already have the malted wheat...

I am doing the 5500W setup and got the heaters from Kal. I got a mypin ta-rnr http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007MMOEWY/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 And i got this ssr - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IIDXZR6/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Is this going to work?

So i dont know what its called, but I want to get this Design, etched onto champagne bottles: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s345/sh/4afb918b-862c-45ac-87c0-eef3c596b959/765373cce08fa4a6533aeb518d8bb818 Technology name? DIY possibilities, ie if i am onlyh doing say 24, can i use m some...