Recent content by SanPancho

definitely not the issue im having, but i'm with you on the temp variations. i dont use the rapt, just the bottom probe. and its always boiling at the same temp, so at least that makes sense. but i think i should probably up the recirc, for the reasons noted about equalizing the temps...

kind of already did that stuff. i've checked the mills, they're tight and dont change after running grain through so not a variation issue. temp sensor shows about 212-213F for boil which is good. base malt is always the same, dont really use alot of specialty malt so dont really think thats...

brewzilla brewhouse, brew'n'water, and software is brewers friend- 55% ending kettle efficiency. ouch. has happened multiple times recently. thought i wasnt crushing my wheat or rye, which are in alot of my beers. but after getting a separate mill for .020 milling of those, no change...

i would be surprised if you got any predominant thiol flavors. its well-discussed that dumping alot of hops seems to bind them up or pull them out. and one thing i was told by Omega is that you dont want to let them blow off either, and kveik at 90F seems like a volcano in my experience...

im right about 7.5 as well. and i squeeze like a 14 year old on his first date. just not getting enough sugars. even when i lower my efficiency estimate, i'm still off. theres something going on with conversion. either bad/no recirc. pH is off a ton. or crush is off by a mile.

been out of brewing regularly for a while. over past year been trying to get back at it, but the few and far between brews leave me constantly forgetting things about my system or just being out of practice. sucks. having issues with low efficiency on my OGs. i use brewers friend and...

no tractor supply or farm store close to me. citric was cheapest option, and i happened to have some around. next time i head out to the ranch to visit inlaws i'll try and remember to buy some. but i've only seen it in gallons, which is way more than i'd need. citric might be best option in...

10% citric worked fine. Mixed it at 130f and let it sit overnight. Very minor remnants found the next day, easily scraped off with fingernail in maybe 2-3 minutes.

Was making a quick batch today and went to go get some dry yeast out of the freezer. Noticed that I had some packets of Philly sour in there. Got me thinking of what a sour cider would be like. Then I recalled that there was also something about peach notes from the yeast. Trying to think...

wife gave me an old tupperware pitcher out of the basement. just a little over 2liters.

welp, i totally forgot that i did have citric acid on hand. cant remember what it was for but i'll do 10%ish soak. now i just need to find a tall and relatively thin/narrow container so i dont have to make 5gallons of the stuff to fill a kettle or bucket.

there's more than one RV option. some use one of the glycols with alcohol, and some dont use any at all, just alcohol. there is another one out there that is propylene and i think ethyl alcohol, so technically is 100% non toxic. i just buy the cheap $2 gallon at walmart of the pink kind...

we have soft water so cant see this being anything else but beer stone. especially as it only hits the coil where its submerged. in any case, do we have any DIY/from the kitchen/garage/etc type remedies? brewed last weekend, must not have noticed it before it dried. today i was going to...

love the nectaron and drinking the last beer i made with it i thought it could actually be good with golden promise based grist. at least, that's what i wrote down. but now that i've got a slot for that beer coming up i can't recall anything else about the idea. so for lack of any clear...

ahhh. not sure why the google machine didnt pick this up. i assumed it would have noted the keywords in my search. you appear to have solved my problem. i thank you sir.