Recent content by Stirs

My first BIAB came out at 1.035 instead of 1.046. I use two brew bags now. It's much easier to handle, gets better circulation and drains much quicker when sparging.

If the fermentation is over and I've coldcrashed, can you rack on fresh strawberries? I can add pectic enzyme. Do I need to do something to sterilize the strawberries?

Maybe, I may know a few guys down here at the beach who might be interested. How far out are you looking at doing it?

My wife's nephew recently moved to India to start brewing beer. Why the hell he thought that was "the place" to start, I have no idea. Anyway, I'll try and touch base with him and see where he orders his supplies from. What part of India are you in?

Is it inappropriate to call 66 a drunk on a homebrew site?:)

We brew because we like it. We work because we have to. If you brew because you have to, I'll be by tomorrow. Just leave your address.....

Look at it this way. We live in an age that most people can't do anything on their own. Most men can't even change their oil or rotate their tires. Most women can't bake a cake unless it comes out of a box. You can do something most can't do. You can make beer! And if you can make good beer and...

Hay, you can water it down to 3.5% and it's dirt cheap and taste like it.....

That was the same experience I had. I dropped a hand full of raisins in and stirred it real good.

I have a batch of Skeeter Pee going now too, but it's taking it's sweet time. Still bubblin away.... I think I'll start another on the Riesling slurry when it finishes. Thanks.

I have a Riesling that should be ready in a week and I had an idea. My wife and her friends sometimes drink mimosa's around the pool in the summer. I have an unoccupied tap on the kegerator, and that's a sad thing to have. Has anyone tried blending, kegging and force carbonating wine? Thought of...

I did one 10 months ago and it's still ageing. It took forever to ferment all those sugars and had to repitch three times. I'm planning on transferring off the chips sometime soon.

lol, most all liquids have a certain amount of dissolved oxygen in it that can separate and get trapped in the discharge tube. Your tube turns up and then back down. I may be wrong, but if you vent it at the top or shorten the tube between the 45 and the outlet, it may keep it from sticking...

I deal with filtration systems in my line of work. The manifold system you've built is very similar to ones I have in some large sand filters. Your discharge tube is higher than your manifold and I'm betting it's higher than your outlet hose. It's possible that it's getting airbound. Once a...

I added the hops at five minutes before flameout. Just for the flavor. Thought the cascade would complement the apples.