Recent content by Prime

Nice build!! From the first picture I had guessed where you were located because it looked a lot like my neighborhood. From your further descriptions I know we are farther apart, but you sure would be a nice neighbor to have! I just completed an electric brewery. I still need to get an...

I would go with CoolArmada

I think at some point you need to embrace this hobby!!

I am also looking forward to how you approach the arm for the panel. I have been trying to come up with a solution that I am comfortable supporting that much $$ worth of electronics.

If I have time I am hoping to brew a honey amber ale recipe that I have been working on. I also need to move my barleywine to secondary on oak.

Welcome! Don't hesitate to ask anything on here.

I'm going to be brewing this tomorrow. It will be my first barleywine and my first partigyle brew. I have to make some adjustments though because I can't fit 28 lbs of grain in my mash tun. Still working on those. Hopefully I will remember to report back in a few month with how it is going!

We can't, but we always go to brewpubs or places with a good tap list for group lunches and such. It's torture!

Not brewing on Labor Day (SWMBO's Bday), but I have tomorrow off so I will be brewing BierMuncher's Black Pearl Porter and kegging an IPA.

So is the speed at which you sparge only a consideration for fly sparging?

I mash in a 10 gallon drink cooler with a copper manifold. I mash at around 154 degrees and batch sparge.

I am picking up an astringency to the beer. My wife thinks it is fine (and is generally pretty honest about my beer) so maybe I am just very sensitive to it. Thanks for the suggestions. -My manifold is alright. I did check that already. -I did try Vorloufing more, but maybe I still didn't...

I did my first all grain a couple months ago and everything went perfectly. It was a great beer and I was so proud of it. Since then my beers have been murky/cloudy. On my last brew I even tried mashing longer in case I wasn't getting a full conversion, but it is still cloudy. The only...

Glad to hear people are having success with these bottles. I've been saving them because I love the shape. Haven't tried putting anything in them yet.

I'll be brewing this weekend. Finally have all 3 taps flowing so its time to develop the pipeline! Haven't decided exactly what to make though. I am leaning towards an IPA.