Recent content by Rentachik

I have had this happen before. Turns out I didn't have the lid on my fermenter on all the way and the CO2 was leaking out. Snapped the lid back on all the way and the air lock started bubbling. Prost!

I agree with above... I used 1.5 tsp of pumpkin pie spice.

Me. 5'09" 145lbs. Was 205.... Then made a bet for lent that I could not give up soda. 60lbs later and I'm in much better shape.

That is actually how I got this one... Upon starting and stopping it made a thunk sound.

I just leave the HLT on the stove and use a 1 gallon pitcher to ladel the hot water on top of a tupperware lid floating about 1 inch above the top of the grain bed. I average about 75% eff. with this method. Don't have to the HLT tank anywhere.

I rock a 5 gal igloo. I've packed 14# in there. Real thick. About 1.080 is the highest OG I can get. If I need to brew higher than that I just make it up with extract. 1.080 to 1.012 is about 9.3 abv. that covers most beers.

Finally got around to making one of my own tap handles. Steering linkage from a GM truck. Drilled and tapped the end. Easy as pie,

I have done wood in beer before. Didn't have any issues. I wouldn't worry about it. If there are any issues... Just brew again.

I've had a fementation chamber grow mold. Little bleach and some scrubbing cleared it up. Also I've had a floatie or two. I scooped them out and drank the beer. No problems. It tasted great. We called it the moldy brew.

We had the LHBS crush one of the batches so we had a "reference" point so to speak. Then we just dialed the mill in untill we visually started crushing a little finer. We ran everything throught the mill, 2 row, oatmeal, wheat... You name it. We were able to get a 1.082 batch out of a 5...

I know it has been hammered out on here before, but... I just scored a corona type mill from the web. Crushed my grain my self. I saw a 15% increase in efficiency without any other changes. Just changeing the way my grain was crushed got me to almost 80%. I brewed 4 batches yesterday and...

I agree to that. I remember knocking out 4 brews in one saturday afternoon. Using mine and a buddy's equipment. Without a WC there is no way we'd have been able to do that.

Yes 1lb of Crystal 90L and .5lb Crystal 60L are fermentable, steeping them for 30 min @151 should do the trick. Don't worry about the .003 gravity points. Differences in process equipment.... can cause this. If there was a 20 point different, then I'd worry. Irish moss is used to clarify...

I have brewed this recipe several times. I has turned out really well. I use all pellet. If the hops you are using have a higher/lower percentage than the alpha acid percentage in the recipe you'll have to adjust the amount you use. Magnum -- .5oz x 14% alpha acid = 7AAU If you Magnum...

Lighter... It should be. Risk of infection, I have not had. I hate watching star wars and surfing on the internet.