Recent content by sail681

Made 10g last season and want to do more this year... My juice yield per bushel was all over the board and typically lower than it should be (don’t recall my exact numbers). Tell me if this is a bad idea or something that may not affect the results too much: chop /smash apples and put them in...

What part of the bill doesn’t make sense? Not getting enough of the right enzymes? Wrong yeast? i’m now looking at a 1.07 OG target, as other info I’ve read says the taste gets pretty harsh if you go much higher. going for 150 mash temp, then a light sparge with no subsequent boil. Seeing...

Can't seem to find a good resource for whiskey grain bills relative to gravity targets, mash temps and use of sugar. Going with a base grain bill of: 63% flaked corn, 27% rye malt, 10% 2-Row. (Basil Hayden) Collection of random items I have seen: 2lbs grain / gallon of water (11gallon...

Did a first batch today. Pretty amazing machine! Going to take some tuning. Did a 1.084 cascadian dark ale. It was 33.75 lbs of grain which simply didn’t fit. Should have started with a smaller beer. 8oz of leaf hops in a stainless hop sleeve was an over load too! Oops... stuck sparge...

Great ideas. How do you run your sparge? Feel like after mashing in for an hour, I would lift the pipe then cycle the existing wort back through to pump for a while clear up those initial 4-6 gallons. then just pour remaining 5-7 gallons of 168 water over the top of the raised pipe for...

After brewing about 50 batches of 5g on traditional cooler/turkey fryer system, I just got the 65L system set up in my new brew room. Hoping to get a first batch going this weekend. Likely have some questions for you guys next week! Appreciate any words of wisdom from tips and tricks to...

Final results on this cider. Oct 18 OG of 1.060 Nov 25 FG of .994 Used 2.75oz of sugar for 4 gallons. It came out super clear, lightly carbonated. As you all probably knew, but I didn't, its very dry. I have a second batch of another 3 gallons fermenting. Knowing I want to bottle the...

Final results on this cider. Oct 18 OG of 1.060 Nov 25 FG of .994 Used 2.75oz of sugar for 4 gallons. It came out super clear, lightly carbonated. As you all probably knew, but I didn't, its very dry. I have a second batch of another 3 gallons fermenting. Knowing I want to bottle the...

2-3/4oz for the 4 g batch. My goal is lightly carbonated. Any recommendation of ounces is appreciated! On beer the generic recommendation is an ounce per gallon. I have dialed myself in at about 3/4 oz based on my taste preference.

speavler - I'm currently validating my ability to add 220v to my brew room. If I find that I can do the power, based on videos I have seen, I am 90% in on the 65L brewzilla. Thoughts/feelings/recommendation about the product?

Thanks again for the prior words of wisdom. After just over a month the cider is super clear. Color looks normal as well. It's still in the primary, and given that I have 4 gallons of liquid, no access to CO2, I don't really want to transfer it, knowing it is fermented out and I don't want...

Thanks everyone! I'll follow up early in 2020 when I've moved past primary/secondary/bottling.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm used to beer where the top shows some sign of clearing after a week. Based on the article, seems too late to have pectin enzyme be known as effective. I'm totally fine waiting several months. It was on a whim that I bought bushels of apples at an orchard and...

I pressed 4 gallons of fresh juice, hit it with Camden to kill natural yeast, then pitched proper cider yeast 36 hours later. Did not heat pasteurize the juice. Holding at 68 degrees f for 10 days. It continues to ferment fine. been brewing beer for years, but this is my first cider...

Thanks for the ideas on my problematic 4 gallon... I'm going to do an cold steep 1/3c coffee grounds in 12oz of boiled (then cooled) water. After it sits overnight, I will add it to the secondary for 4 days before bottling. At the same time as adding the coffee, add in 1 vanilla bean...