Recent content by portski7

I brewed up the 08/08/08 RIS back in December and have been toying around with names and logos for a while. Figured I ought to because I enjoyed the thing enough to make it again. Anyways, here it is. Design is based around the orthodox cross and uses a font I picked up from a web...

A little too much stout runoff... Also happens to be the last picture I could take. Before anything else eventful happened, my partners had to leave (was about midnight or 1 am), so pictures took a backseat to good brewing practices. Was a fun experience overall... a little more stressing...

Mashed in second batch, AHS Chocolate Raspberry Stout, when the first batch's sparge was finished. Propane tank hit the bucket while heating the sparge water for the second batch. Really was a good point for it to happen. Just covered the Kolsch up and went to the gas station. 30 minutes or...

Just pulled off a double header last Thursday. The week before finals and I figured I needed a beak from studying. No pictures of me, but my "assistant brewer" and my buddy are in the shots. First up, "Grosh Frumen" Kolsch. So named because my assistant brewer (who happens to be from...

Yeah, basically letting grandma know we were still alive. Still managed to make the wedding. Yuppers. Northwest New Mexico.

Heres one of me a while back. Went home to attend a cousin's wedding, and decided to go out four-wheelin' before hand. Ended up getting my '67 scout stuck and having to dig it out. My other cousin and I felt like a beer was in order to properly asses the situation before we un-stuck the scout.

Using the flowing water to create the vacuume. Venturi effect and all.

Try hydrogen peroxide as well... hear tell it can get rid of skunk. Dont think pickles are stronger than skunk

Higher water flow will carry away more heat, regardless of contact time. Remember, heat transfer is based on temperature differential. Higher delta-T means more heat transfer, means cooler beer faster. If you slow the water through teh chiller, it gets hotter, as it gets hotter, the heat...

The vast majority of car heatercores are constructed of multiple thin copper tubes soldered to resivoirs at either end. They are pretty easy to identify: However, a different style of heatercore that is generally not used (less efficient) consists of a single, long copper tube such as...

the hop bill on things like this kills me... looks like this is gonna have to wait till hops cost less than drugs again...

I just saw that right before I read your post, and I like it. Alot. However, I think I will cough up the money to buy a nipple and ball valve whilst I'm at it for some flow control. The major premise of that seems to be that you use the bulkhead that comes with the cooler, saving money and...

Was looking at walmart for a cooler to convert into a mash tun. Was lookin at the Ice Cubes because I had heard people had good luck with them. I look down and see some 48 quart models and think, "hey, thats about the right size there." Then I look at the price... they were on sale for...

I'm assuming you are using a 2 gallon cooler... If you use a nice big grain bag, you dont have to modify the cooler at all!

Just did my first partial mash last night, and, although it was an interesting experience, I don't think I'll do it again. Simple Kolsch 3lbs German Pils malt 1lb German Wheat 3lbs Briess Pils Extract (15 min) 1.5 oz Spalt (4%) 60 min 0.25 oz Spalt (4%) 5 min Wyeast Kolsch Just...