Recent content by norwegianBrewer

I have used a bazooka filter in the bottom of the kettle, with great success :) The bag just sits on top of the filter. Vorlaufing is no problem at all :) I did a blog post using this method (but without the bag)...

Looks very interesting. You will definitely get a malty backbone with 100% vienna, but I can't see why that wouldn't work. If I was to brew this though, I would up the grain bill a bit. I think 4.7% is a bit low for an IPA, but i see that you're aiming for small smash'es, so for that...

102 gallons for me :)

Welcome to the madness! It will escalate....quickly :P

I force carbed it at 30 psi, and my serving pressure is 10 psi.

Could be both suggestions i guess. But a can of beer stored on a store shelf, won't have half a can worth of headspace. I'm thinking if the can was half-full, that beer would also be pretty flat. I'm going to do some soap-water tests on the kegs just to make sure they're not leaking, but I...

So, I have a kegerator with 4 perlick taps. I have 3 kegs in there atm. One is almost empty, with no co2 line connected. The two other ones are half-full kegs (all 5 gal. cornelius kegs), with co2 connected at serving pressure (They were all fully carbonated before I turned them down to...

That method looks interesting. I would need a bigger second kettle though, as the one i have is not close to being 5 gallons :P I'm getting around 70% efficiency as well.

I appreciate the warning. So far I have not had any infections, and I've done 14 brews this way. None of them have had any lactic acid taste to them either. I've had that in some earlier extract brews though. I accept criticism. Anything that can make me better at what I do, is great! As you...

Sure, but sanitizing will get rid of most of it. Enough for it not to take control. In my home environment, keeping everything sterile is impossible. Bacteria will be in the thousands just in the air-particles that will land in the wort while i transfer it. But of course, keeping a seperate...

That is of course also an option. But I have to say - I can't really see the problems with bacteria, as long as they're gone when I put the wort in for fermentation. After all that's what sanitizing is all about!

I sanitize the bucket before i put the wort back in, so I don't think that should be any problem. Never had any infections doing it this way...

It's not bad at all. I use some kitchen towels to lift the kettle, and then just tip the contents into an empty 25 kg / 55 lbs malt sack or similar. It takes no more than 30 seconds. No burns, no spill, no worries :) The bazooka filter doesn't filter the fine grain on it's own. I have to...

1. I agree the mash temp is a bit low, but this is what the recipe says (and it comes straight from the brewery that makes this beer commercially). It says 147.2 to be precise! 2. I do a 2-stage batch-sparge. The sparge water has a temperature of 172 F (It drops a little when mixed with the...

I have done that, yes....once! It clogs up pretty bad, and took me forever to get the wort out. I had to stir the wort constantly, and even then it barely came out... Without the filter, it's way better. The first pint or so that comes out, will have hops and trub in it, but after that it runs...