Recent content by rdbeer

Ok, thanks. So about how much whole hops can you fit into the 5x7 bag?

I'm planning to get a vacuum sealer for my the dried whole hops I'm hoping to have soon. This one: http://www.sorbentsystems.com/sinbosealer.html What mylar bag size and thickness do you recommend? I figure I want 2oz packages, and I've seen quart and gallon bags, from 3 to 7 mil.

Mine reads 1.006 in distilled water at the calibration temperature. I've had only one hydrometer out of 4 that has worked correctly and been accurate. The others were leaked, were cracked, or were way off. Of course I broke the one that worked like it was supposed to :( Dirk

5gal, although not done yet. it fermenting at 60degF. thread total = 126 gal

Good idea! I don't have any extract left, but I'll call my LHBS and ask about it. Maybe I'll see if I can get a warm bottle of the stuff to ferment down to a lower gravity. There should be enough yeast in the bottle, right?

thanks for all the replies, guys. I didn't realize that lager yeast is so different from ale yeast. I assumed all fermentations would take 10 days, max.:o Now that I read Palmer more carefully, I see it's a whole different animal. I guess my temps did fluctuate too much. Does anyone know...

I bottled my California Common yesterday. After I finished bottling, I drank some, thought "hey, that's awesome for a flat beer". Then I measured the FG: 1.026. Way too high! (right?) Does anyone know what might have gone wrong? Here is the recipe: 6 lbs light dry extract 1 lb crystal 90L .5...

one nice thing about old units is that you can divide things up and come up with even numbers. If you have a solution of 1 lb of sugar with 1 gallon of water, and you want to scale that down by 1/8, you get 2oz in 1pint. By 1/4, you get 4oz in 1 quart, etc. 1/16 and 1/2 give you nice quantities...

which naturally leads to the question: How many barrels of beer do _you_ consume per year: 1pint/day*365 days in barrels Hey, not bad!:cross: Dirk

Has anyone tried this out? Very cool: - Do I have enough bottles for my 5 gallon batch? Google: 18*12 fl oz+6*22 fl oz+12*500ml in gal Dammit, need more bottles. - What is the capacity of my "30 qt" Bayou Classic pot? Google: 39cm*(29cm/2)^2*pi in quarts Hmm... 27 quarts. Dirk

I found two beers, Schwelmer Alt and Schwelmer Pils, at the Beverages & More in La Jolla, CA. It comes in very nice 500ml brown flip-top bottles. I liked the Alt, but drank lots of the Pils just for the bottles. They said they get it from a distributor in L.A., so if you live there, you may be...

well, i am wondering if i'm just loosing my mind ... but the pot is a perfect cylinder, as far as I can tell, and has a mark at 3 gallons. Twice the height to 3 gallons is at the very most a half gallon shy of the top edge. I guess their markings could be off, I'll double check again before I...

It appears my "30 qt" bayou classic aluminum turkey fryer pot is only 26 qt (6.5 gal), tops. Has anyone else noticed this? dirk

I just bought this scale on ebay: item#200059710501 It's a 55lb scale with 0.5 oz precision. If the weighing method works, it should give better than 2% accuracy for the Kaiser's example above. Not nearly as cool as a giant balance, but at $23 shipped, worth a try. mmh... on second...

brewpastor, I'm new to this... I'm just wondering, with an OG of 1.053 and maximum attenuation of 71% (according to wyeast), how can you end up within the style guidelines (BJCP max FG 1.014)? The way I figure it, the maximum OG you could practically use is about 1.047, since both the wyeast...