Recent content by Roscoe

Lol, my in-law enjoyed a lot of my HBs with me, then on his own bought me ingredients to brew a batch he thought I would like. He will definately be invited back! AND, I do not need a lock on my brews! It really makes a difference, choose your friends wisely, and as far as those inlaws, just...

I had the same problem, but my mistake was using too much water. 1st allgrain, new equipment, and did not enter the right equipment into trial version of BeerSmith or something. Started to rain during my boil, ran out of propane with 7 mins left, let's just say I learned a lot. I was going...

Was shooting for an OG of 1.057, it came in at 1.041 @ 80F. This is a porter, I realize my mistakes, too much starting water, chose wrong setup on software or something. Ran out of propane with 7mins left on 60 min boil and ended up with 6.5gals of wort, rather than the 5gals I was supposed to...

Never use ice from the freezer, it is not worth the risk of contamination. I would freeze a few blocks of ice in tuperware containers and use them in an ice bath in the sink. First, I use straight cold water, drain and refill when it heats up, then start an ice bath. Works good for partial...

I find that I like the APA's better for that same reason, not quite so bitter, but still has a big hop flavor/aroma. I also find that the flavor/aroma does not last, reason why the ones at the store really have so much flavor other than bitterness. Nothing like a just born APA that has a huge...

I have found it's good to clear everything out, including doing all the dishes (I have been bad with putting them away, which ends up getting in the way.) I had made a center island in my last apt., which was basically a free standing kitchen base cabinet that I finished off with luan on the...

It will be interesting to see if Revvy is right, definately repost. Is your temp right since your first pitch? Funny, mine stopped bubbling today and I was worried, maybe I should relax. I'll wait till tonight for the Home brew though, still coffee time... It smells like a brewery in here...!

@honeybadger So good it's ok to add more water, I have a 4 gallon pot, but I will step it up shortly! Thanks and I'll check into beersmith... @mfraier I have checked out his threads many times, he was definately an inspiration for me to go towards all grain with a mini-mash technique. I...

I just did my second mini-mash. Used a converted cooler as mash/lauter tun. I have a small brew pot and no wort chiller so I am stuck with smaller brews, but can learn all grain techniques and still get my 5 gallon batches with the addition of some extract. I brewed a Funky Armadillo APA with...

Sometimes my airlock gets stuck or I have put too much water in it for it to move. I am assuming though that you are past that, seeing that you are using yeast cake, you must be very knowledgeable. I just did my first yeast cake pitch last night. I added some new wort to it to get it going...

I've just done my first mini-mash. I converted a cooler to a mash tun, but don't have a pot big enough for a full boil, plus would need a wort chiller at that point. I want to mash/lauter in the cooler, then xfer to the pot for a regular boil with extract. Made a bunch of mistakes and was...