Recent content by RedMonte

It most likely will be. Starting gravity on mine was a little higher than the recipe called for but I ferment these beers at pretty cool temperatures so I think this will be as low as it goes. Maybe I will warm it up for a day or two and see if it does anything but I am actually pretty satisfied...

Just took a sample of this beer today to test it. The gravity is at 1.018 and the beer tastes good. I will be bottling this in the next few days!

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What I did for bottling was very similar to some of the previous posts. You can make it as easy or as difficult as you want. After letting them soak in water with dish soap for a night, the labels were removed. They were then tossed in a plastic tote with some bleach and water (very diluted...

I have not had a problem spilling any but I also do it outside so I don't mind if I spill a little

I have a basket that goes inside my turkey fryer that I used for sparging. I just set a metal grill plate from a weber charcoal grill over the kettle while it was still on the propane burner and pushed on it like that. If you're worried about your current systems weight capacity, just use a...

I don't have enough experience yet to design my own recipes so I can't comment on yours but what I can say is that there is absolutely no reason to be intimidated by using all grain vs extract. If you end up having too much water preboil because you over sparged or overestimated your needs, just...

When is the candi syrup added to this? During the mash or boil? Towards the end of the boil right?

I use an 8 gallon aluminum bayou classic fryer that works great. If you want a heavier duty, more expensive pot, buy steel. The beer will be the same out of both, regardless.

Thanks, It was really easy to do. Basically took 70 minutes longer than an extract brew would. The only differences I can see now is that it takes a little longer and it was about 10 bucks cheaper than the brown ale extract I did. 5 gallon paint strainer worked flawlessly, they even have elastic...

A few weeks ago I started brewing with my first extract brew. It was a brown ale that is currently conditioning in bottles and it turned out great. So I figured I would take a stab at the BIAB technique. I followed a recipe for a weihenstephaner dunkel clone I found here on this site...

Just thought I would give an update in case anyone is interested. I tested the gravity again today and it is at 1.16. I got a hold of about 75 bottles from a friend and am in the process of cleaning them out and taking the labels off. I think I am going to bottle this beer tomorrow and let it...

Thanks for all the help. I think I will wait a couple days and check the gravity again, if it hasn't changed, time to bottle. One of you mentioned that the abv is near 4.5% but honestly it tastes closer to 5% for sure, maybe that's because of lack of carbonation or what not but the alcohol is...

Does cold crashing just involve sticking it in a refrigerator or chest freezer? If so, yes I can do that. Also, my hydrometer is calibrated for 60 degrees, the beer i tested today was at about 62 compared to the ~70 degrees the beer was at when i tested the original gravity before pitching the...

Well, today i couldnt help myself. I cracked open the carboy, making sure to sanitize everything including my hands, took a sample with a wine thief, tested the gravity and tasted the product. The gravity tested at about 1.016-1.018. I think the beer is nearly done fermenting, the yeast is just...