Recent content by RJ1

My 2 cents worth on this... I just kegged (last week) 2 5 gallon kegs from my conical. Since it's a big beer well over 6.5% ABV I added fresh yeast to both as the residual yeast is pretty well spent. Keg 1: dry hopped immediately without priming sugar (the fresh yeast will help finish...

My 2 cents worth... I've been using PBW in my brewpot and kegs for about a year now (but home brewing for 20 years +); it's great! I've learned a lot more about brewing in the last year since I retired from employment, mostly from you guys on this forum. Thanks! Here's my recent conclusion: I...

I will be making some root beer and force carbonating it for a get together this Summer. I don't want or need an expensive counter-pressure filler for its limited amount of use to make "Party Bottles", as I keg and bottle condition my beer. This is perfect. Thank you!

Thanks... I'm gonna do 1/2 Lb Amber DME to 1 quart water on day one. Then on day two I'll add another 1/2 Lb DME to 1 quart water to step up. I'll cold crash on day three, remove most of the wort/beer and pitch on day four to the first 6 gallon batch. I figure the yeast then will multiply some...

Thanks for the input! My instincts were to re-oxygenate second batch,too. Let me know how your new brew progresses.

Any thoughts/advice on this... I will soon be upgrading to a 14.5 gallon conical fermenter. I will brew a 6 gallon 1.106 OG batch one day, pitch to the fermenter with a healthy starter, then brew another 6 gallon 1.106 OG batch the next day and add it on top of the first batch. Thanks. P.S. I...

Thank you for the info!

I brew in 2.5 gallon batches. How many watts electric burner (not element) do I need to boil 3 gallons of water/wort? I don't mind waiting 1 hour to start boil, but just need a definite boil.