Recent content by mwohlenhaus

former construction worker (framing, siding, roofing, concrete). Then a sheetrocker, now a deputy sheriff in a small county. I miss construction some days.

well I took a hydrometer reading and I am at 1.005 FG. The thought had crossed my mind that this refractometer is almost too good to be true. So I am sitting at around 6.5% ABV including the limeaide addition adjustment and it is delicious. will be bottling this week probably on Thursday to...

I have an all-grain Lemon Lime Hefeweizen version from SD-Slim that I used Wyeast 3333 on (WL Hefe IV unavailable at time of ingredient purchase). I followed the grain bill. Mashed for 45 Min 154. Boiled for one hour. OG 1.051. transfered wort by siphoning after chilling to 68 Deg. First...

I have done 4 crushes with mine thus far and am happy with it. Got it as a gift for Christmas so no initial investment. Have used a Barley Crusher as well for my first all grain batch ever. I power it with my 18v Dewalt drill and it chews right through the grain. No complaints here.

I had my two girls help me this last time bottling. My 6 yr old filled the bottles and my 3 1/2 yr old grabbed bottle caps out of the sanitizer and "loaded" the capper. I did have a quick chat with my oldest about not advertising at school that she helped me make beer. I can see the school...

The recipe I'm following calls for dry hopping for 5 days along with flame out hops. Do I need to sanitize the hops, they are pellet. I will be just dumping them in the wort. I suspect that the 5 day hops would have enough alcohol in it to kill bacteria, but not sure about flameout

My second all-grain batch and I was going to be all technological about it. So I had multiple digital devices open at once trying to make everything go well and I got bit in the rear! I had one open to the 5 gal recipe and the other to the ten mistakenly. I have a super hopped version of...