Recent content by Rancher

Wait, you're brewing with a woman... no wonder you were distracted, you were probably drinking beer at the same time. I think I've solved your problem, send her over to help me brew. Rancher

OK:mug:

You'all know one of those point and shoot infrared thermometers is only 20+ bucks... Rancher=John

NOW you tell me, I chilled that puppy down in the ice tray of the freezer and drank the whole think, it wasn't bad, but not my best either, we'll see in 2 weeks. Rancher=John

Because any warm, uncarbonated beer tastes bad to me... I took everyone's adice and bottled it today, and drank the test bottle, if I don't reply back in a couple of week, it killed me. Rancher=John

Can anybody identify what kind of bad stuff it is?

The spigot hides bacteria, it's hard to clean it all out most home brew use a secondary glass carboy to settle and age the beer a bit after the primary fermantation.

The type of spigot that is on that bucket appears to be the same as on mine, it rotates, not sure if there is an "O" ring inside, but I've never tried to take my apart. Bottom line bottling buckets are not good for the primary fermentation stage, buy a bucket without a spigot. This is commonly...

OK I did syphon out one bottle which I added 1/2 tps powered sugar to, yesterday, I was going to wait to this weekend to taste test it. Is the concensus to bottle now, or can it wait. Rancher=John

OK, this is about batch 10, still a newbie, I decided to try racking off my secondarys into a tertiary carboy. Primary looked good, Secondary looked good but with a lot of trub, so I racked it off into a Tertiary carboy, after a few days the surface looked like the surface of Mars, about 8...

How about an alternating relay, switches between two outputs. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120674573175

It does have a lot of shoots coming up, but then I did bury some of the bines a couple of years ago to propagate it more. No smell/taste differences? Not that I have any cones to test right now, but the bines are 12-18" now Rancher

OK, I planted a rhizome several years back with expectations that I might brew some beer sometime. I have it in the original spot in my garden and on several high fences, so have about 10 plants. I have long forgotten where I bought it, or even if it was identified as a specific variety...