Recent content by stephan132

why not just let gravity do its thing. just raise your mash tun a little higher and use your pump to bring sparge water up and gravity will drain in into the kettle

anyone one brew a could of been champion colt mccoy ale

sorry if i missed something . but im not sure if i read all the replies or if im missing something but whats the difference between the lm34 sensor and the thermistors? or is the point of this to show the difference between the two

not to be hijacking but i use the corona mil with a drill attached to a bolt from he auger. last week i milled 12 lbs through it in a couple minutes. u get the setting on the mill right and let a 18v dewalt rip. it milled it all in maybe 5 minutes. i attached a larger plastic container made from...

so after a long time wrestling with this thing and contemplating using the dynamite suggestion, I gave it one more go in a bath of very hot water. after wiggling for about 10 minutes and prying the sides with wooden spatulas it finally came loose! a last hard yank it out it came (no pun...

nice work so far. definitely making a keezer soon. all for the project posts and work process. good job

hahaha thats awesome. well after a good couple hours trying to get this sucker out. i think im close to giving up. you win some you lose some. (also talking about the canadian juniors if anyones watches iihf)

So i had the "great" idea of dropping my carboy inside a 6 gallon plastic bucket. I didn't have a handle for the carboy so I decided putting in a bucket with a handle was brilliant. Well now i siphoned my finished beer out of it and now i have a carboy stuck in the bucket. It sitting about...

beep! wrong! its on the great white north listening to it now. one of the best christmas songs

28 025 plus 6 of oatmeal stout = 28 031

so i had just over 5 gallons of brew in my 6 gallon carboy with an airlock on it. Today it erupted. The airlock broke when hitting the ceiling. A huge fountain erupted out the top of the carboy. It was absolutely crazy. Kind of a weird beer dream. Imagine a three foot beer fountain for about 3-4...

my preboil was just over 6 gallon. im not sure if it will fit in the oven but next time i wont stir it and it will probably hold the temp better

i stirred a couple times during the mash. the temp dropped a bit bit i had it cover up in a blanket to hold the heat. i mashed out at just under 170. i drained the bag in a bucket and pour it into the wort as it was boiling up. could the drop in mash temp make a big difference? it might of...

55 pounder for 45$CDN in toronto from a grain processor

so i attempted my first all grain brew today. i use the brew in a bag method. made an oatmeal stout. 12 lb of grain. got about a 62% efficiency. that's not really good but i didnt expect much from my first attempt at all grain. i milled with the corona mill. I wasnt too sure about the size of...