Recent content by rudyr

Thanks, I have 3 different 1 gal. meads bubbleing away now.

I was given 2 gal. jugs of this dark honey. It says on the label it is a capping malter honey.Would this be good for making mead?

My brew kettle is 19 inches wide and fits over all four burners. Heats up fairly fast. My maximum is 28# grain and 11.75 gals. water for my big stout. Less than a half inch from top and careful stirring.

Thanks giraffe thats what i wanted.

I made a barleywine thats in primary now. Its 12% abv. I have 4 lbs. of raisins soaking in about 650ml.of a 47% rum. Any idea what my abv. would be after 3 months in the secondary? Im quessing about 1% on the rum and know idea on the raisins. Just looking for an aprox. for labeling bottles.

Im going to make a barley wine with all RO water Wed. for the first time. I brew allgrain biab.mashing with 9.5 gal. for a 5 gal. batch. 18lb. Maris otter base, 1 lb. honey malt,.5lb. C-120 and.25lb. C-60. I have calcium cloride, gypsum and acid malt. Ill be using real honey at flame out and...

Those numbers for my water are correct. I think i'll use all ro water for now. Need to play around with those water calculators now for my next beer.

Im calling the water department back tomorrow and verify those numbers. Any other questions I should ask him? Not bragging but at my brew club they cant believe how good my beers are. They are in another water department but alot use ro water. My tap tastes fine to drink and make dark and high...

I dumped it. Ill rebrew friday. Only lost 10 # grain. What a bonehead. I thought it seemed like alot. While im here im wondering how bad my tap water is. This is what the water plant guy gave me over the phone. calcium 145 magnesium38.2 hardness as caco3 346 sodium 24.6 cloride 22 sulfate...

First time using all ro water and adding chemicals back.I just started the mash for a sessional ipa. I added 4 grams of calcium cloride rather than .4 grams per gal. I did the same thing for the .6 grams of gypsum. I did a baib with 8.5 gal. start water. 34 grams calcium and 51 grams gypsum. Is...

I have been brewing beer for about two years now. I do all grain biab. I have learned a lot here over the last couple years about homebrewing. thanks everyone on that. :mug: