Recent content by RVAgaffer

Yeah the 220 isn't really an option for me in my current situation... but if I buy my condo like I plan I could get one put in if I remodel the kitchen (the layout is the dumbest layout you could have put in the space and I could triple my usable counter space and cabinets with a small change)...

I will have to look into wilserbrewer's stuff (i could make them but that pricing isn't bad and I won't be visiting the parents for a few months so no access to a sewing machine until then). I will have to get a nicer kettle before the year is out. I really would like one that has heating...

Ah interesting, yeah my Coleman is the 5 gal drink dispenser. I was expecting to use a mash tun with the false bottom and the bag, I've been having good luck as long as I keep pulling the bag up off the bottom of the cooler to allow space for it to drain into. I suspect a false bottom and ball...

Yeah thats exactly what I did and I think that is exactly what happened with the wort. The bottom of the pot was so overheated that the 5 gallon pot was rocking on a bulging bottom... I will have to look at making some bags. I guess it's a good excuse to take a trip home to visit the parents...

I am not using BIAB. I heat my mash in a pot and do my 125* rest then get it up to temp before pouring off into a cooler lined with a bag. The bag I am using is pretty fine. I also usually take a very long time for the batch to heat up on the stove so I am not sure what happened here. I did...

So I was making a batch today and managed to burn the crap out of the wort when i started the boil. I think I milled my grains a touch to fine so I got a lot of sediment when i mashed out. Not positive though if it was my milling or that I used a paint mixer on my drill to dough in and during...

Well first pour. Figured it is only right to drink beer i made out of a glass i made. Head was pretty good, fast rising large bubbles but dropped very fast. Taste: hmmmmm I think between the cascade hops and all the citrus peels i used it may not be what i was expecting. I got much more of a...

Pictures of my brewing and finished beers

So I am questioning if I want to continue using sorghum extract in all my brews or not... I was able to get away with getting gravity I was looking for yesterday in my attempt at a blonde ale (well, it came out kinda dark so it might be more of a dirty blonde ale haha) but on the flip side my...

Thanks! glutardedchris gave me the advise to keep at least 50% pale malts so as I've been planing I have been trying to follow that, usually keeping the buckwheat lower and pretty much ended up at that range you suggest (granted i am using the malted versions but i expect it should translate...

thanks! So even the millet you are using unmalted? I am starting to wonder if I have been putting too much of my recipe design into malt choices to make variations and not really paying enough attention to yeast and hops. I finally ordered different yeasts from what I have been using and will...

Do you have your saison recipe posted? I want to make one soon and am trying to figure out my recipe.

Legume, that actually answers another question I have been having about why my citrus ale was super hazy, i had 2 lbs of buckwheat and 3 lbs of rice, wasnt sure which one was the culprit but I think i was leaning to buckwheat being it. Seemed to be less haze when i only used 1 lb of buckwheat...

Simple questions but probably a not so simple answer: What gf malt(s) should be used to substitute for Pilsner Malt? Should I use Pale Millet malt with a little caramillet, munich, and/or vienna millet malt or is there a good suggestion anyone has discovered yet? What works for a wheat...