Recent content by Mquezada

Yes, it absolutely helps. I will definitely use your advice on the next iteration of my experiment. I did not realize that oats came with so much extra baggage. But now I can take that into account. Thanks! Sent from my MB860 using Home Brew mobile app

That's a good point. I saw that the fg was almost where expected and decided it was time. Next time I will wait longer. I also did some more research and I think that much of that stuff could be starches from the loads of oats I steeped. Next time I am also thinking of adding some amylase to...

I agree, I was joking about a tertiary :). I am doing a secondary to add some vanilla and licorice root for aroma and flavor. I was not expecting this much leftover to cut into my yield so I am trying to figure out what caused it to see if I can control it. Sent from my MB860 using Home Brew...

I did, in fact I am sure some small portion of the silt in the secondary came from that. I checked this morning and the yeast started up again. It is very slow but they are still cleaning up some sugars. I might have to do a tertiary.... :) Sent from my MB860 using Home Brew mobile app

It was in primary for two and a half weeks. You are correct, there is a small layer of yeast this morning in the bottom of the secondary. Like I said, this is an experiment and I am interested in what this is because although it does not seem to affect the flavor it did cut into my yield. In...

I made an Amber Ale recipe from a kit as a base and modified it for an experiment. I added 2 pounds of toasted oats as specialty grains and both lactose and maltodextrine to thicken it up a bit. Anyhow, today I transfered to secondary and there was a lot of gunk left behind. I usually see about...

I wrapped my carboy in a heating pad and then a towel. Once the fermentation gets going it seems to hold its temperature relatively well. I give it a boost with the heating pad here and there. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Home Brew mobile app

I use twist off as much as possible which right now makes up about half my bottle stock. I don't have a bench capper, I only have the standard two-hand capper from the Brewers Best kit. I have not had any incidents with bottles exploding. The glass on twistoffs is thinner so you must be careful...