Recent content by SkiNuke

Thanks for the info everyone. My range is just one of those standard electric ones with 4 main burners and a warmer burner. I’m liking the idea of sticking with that and using reflectix and a heat stick to supplement as needed. My fear is that I’ll start a brew day and get stuck with unboiled...

I just moved out of an apartment with a nice gas range to an apartment that has a glass electric range. Given my previous experience with electric stoves (I had to split boil to even get things to boil), I was thinking of going induction since it is supposed to be more efficient than standard...

The Northdown is purely for bittering. I shouldn't get any flavor out of that. But it sounds like this type of schedule is pretty typical of an APA, so I'm going to see if reducing the ibus and keeping the late additions similar in quantity helps the flavor. Next step might be looking at my...

I'm leaning more towards subbing out the topaz than the Cascade. Maybe: Northdown 1 oz 60min Cascade/glacier .5/.5 10min Cascade/glacier .5/.5 0min Cascade/glacier .5/.5 5day dry hop This would drop the ibus to 35. Should I bump up the amounts at all? Or try adding more of one type at a given...

My preference would be to use the hops listed since that's what I have in stock. But I've been toying with the idea of getting some more American style hops (hopefully SWMBO doesn't notice my stock pile increasing). Does anyone have experience mixing brittish hops and Cascade for an American...

I'd like to make a good hoppy APA. I brewed one (see below), but I didn't like how it came out. Too bitter and not quite the flavor profile I was shooting for. I have avout 4 lbs of hops and would like some help with hop combos to try. I was thinking maybe Goldings/Cascade or Cascade/Northdown...

A couple queations: If you have a whirlpool arm, isn't the piping and inside of the pump hidden from view? Do you attach and run the pump towards the end of the boil to ensure it's sanitized? Does the IC get in the way of the trub cone, and does the whirlpool arm and pump get clogged at first...

I force carb all of my beer in kegs, then bottle from kegs. As such, I already cold crash after fermentation is complete (for lager and ale). I haven't ever used finings, would this clear up the chill haze I have right now? I might do it for this brew, but I feel that's a band aid solution and...

I recently brewed a helles and got some nasty chill haze. Cloudy as all get out when cold and crystal clear at room temperature. I have since looked at my brewery and decided I want to make a few upgrades. I have a pretty disparate system: 1) I mash on a table with a 5 gallon round cooler...

I've been reading up on WLP007 and it sounds like it produces a very dry beer. Should i bump up the mash temp since I want a nice malty (not sweet though) backbone to this beer? I'd really hate for it to come out too thin, but maybe I just use this as a data point and fix it in the next brew.

Thanks for the suggestions! I'm looking forward to brewing this.

Is there any reason to stagger the hops additions and say add the cascade at 15 and 5 and the topaz at 10 and 0. Or does that needlessly complicate things? For dry hopping, is it standard to hop with only a single hop? Sounds like it's not a bad idea to use both, but what's the general rule...

I'm planning my first dry-hopped pale ale. Unfortunately, I haven't done really any hoppy ales (I've been enjoying German and British styles) so I'm a little out of my depth and was hoping to get some critiques on my recipe. I want it to have a strong hop flavor/aroma with a good malty backbone...

To be honest, when I was saying "spigot" I forgot they aren't ball valves. So yeah they might be a bit cheaper than I was thinking. But I've heard good things from people who have done this with a good quality spigot. What about installing a ball valve instead? It'll be way more reliable.

I guess that's my question. How low is too low? I am willing to tilt a bit, if needed towards the end, but I'm tired of using the autosiphon. I was thinking of starting to use a conical, but that seems overkill. Ideally, I'd do everything with the one spigot (less cleaning). How high does a...