Recent content by RDC4687

When I put the hops in the secondary to dry hop, do I need to sanitize them in some way? Flash boil or something? Or should I just trust they are clean? Thanks!

Thanks for the help. I think i will just go with 15 to start.. Yay Beer brewing Sunday! Anything better? Football and beer.

One I started kegging my brew i have all these extra priming sugar packs. Can i use them to add alcohol? I know "alcohol boosters" packs are basically just corn sugar so I am assuming I can. So I have 25 oz's of priming. Can I add that much? Add it to the end of the boil? Will it...

I too continuously was searching the web for answers and this forum always seemed to pop up. It has helped tremendously! I am on my 6th batch and have already built a keezer with pretty much only instruction from this site.

As usual, I think impatience is my problem. I am only one day 3 of carbing (30psi for 24 hours, 2 days at 10-12psi). I didn't know that different beers absorb at different rates, thanks for the info. I still want to know how to chill your wort in 6 mins!

6 mins?!? I have a high flow wort chiller AND I pack ice around it and it still takes me 20 mins. How did you cool it this quick? Also any thoughts on how LME vs DME effects chill haze? Irish Moss vs Wirlflock? I have been looking because my most recent IPA was crystal clear in my...