Recent content by Rothman

I meant cloud as in get in the way of a clean hop profile not in terms of clarity. Sorry if this was ambiguous. I agree that it is a mainstay of commercial APAs but I personally prefer the style to be a showcase of hop flavor and aroma without intense bitterness. I would maybe head towards...

You should have fine carbonation with that much sugar. My guess would be the temperature. The yeast is going to struggle a bit at the end of fermentation, there is alcohol present and they have been dormant for at least a couple weeks. Higher temperatures are needed for bottles to carbonate...

Wort chillers work great and are in my opinion worth every cent. A simple immersion chiller isn't too expensive and will cut your chilling time in half easily or even more if you are doing a partial boil. It is also even more important if you move on to brewing full boil batches. It is...

I'm a huge fan of Columbus for beers that I want to be hop forward and lighter. It's a great bittering hop. I think it goes well with amarillo especially if you can use some columbus in 30 minute or less additions. If your not a fan of most APAs out there you might stay away or just use a bit...

I think it is a closer match to the Fullers yeast, which is Whitelabs 002. There is chart online http://www.mrmalty.com/yeast.htm, that says 002 is the same as Wyeast 1968. I don't have any experience with the whitbread yeast but the white labs yeast is good for getting some English character.

I bought a ranco about two months ago from a retailer on ebay. A few days ago the unit stopped working. The wiring is good, the unit is getting power. It worked well for about six weeks before shutting down. I'm not getting an error message, it simply shows no sign of being on. Has...

One advantage of adding hops to primary is the yeast's ability to use the oxygen that will be added with the hops. This will promote a longer lasting beer. Sierra Nevada released a paper recently that found that unique flavor compounds can be created if yeast is actively fermenting while dry...

It doesn't matter. Temperature changes in the mash allow you to adjust the rate of the alpha and beta amylases. This wouldn't be affected by the pressure difference due to your elevation. That said you may find that your process may require tweaking mash temps to produce exactly what you...

I think that if you are set on doing this it would be a good idea to do a satellite fermentation rather than relying on the gravity of a previous batch. One of the homebrew heroes on this forum runs this site which would be my go to resource...

I'm looking to increase the number of beers I can have on tap, but I don't want to buy another gas splitter. I also don't want to go without a check valve. I was thinking about cutting a gas line on the keg side of the gas splitter and adding a tee. I was thinking about something like this...

I wish I could tell you. I think it is pouring with some carbonation but is all coming out of solution during the pour. I'm not sure what is the problem, I was hoping some one here has some advice. Adam

I have had my keg setup running for about 2 weeks now. I set my kegs at 12 psi at about 43 degrees F. My kegs were cold when I started them on the gas but I'm still not getting any carbonation. I do however get a nice head on my beers. I'm using cobra taps on the end of 5 feet of 3/16 tubing...

I second BeerAlchemy, it was one of the best investments I have made into brewing. It's well worth it!

I'm designing my new brewing system and I have access to both full sankey kegs and 7.75 gallon pony kegs. I really like Chosenwon's Rig and want to design something similar. I want to replace the HLT with a pony keg that would simply be a holding vessel for sparge water. I would use the...

Yep, I never put a valve in it so I lift it with my strike water and dump into my mash tun. I also dump the cooled wort into my fermenter when I am all done.