Recent content by Stripeman

i will add as well.. if all is affected is lag time in fermentation starting.. who cares!

Good thread. I will do the 20 min hydrate today and see how it goes.

Attached are a couple photos. my Mead, the dark beer, my bottles, and my kettle with the new Blichmann burner

HI guys. I wanted to give an update about the beer. Oddly, it turned out just fine. In fact it turned out better than fine. It turned out absolutely delicious. I had gotten my fermentation container and brought into the kitchen where i thought i would be dumping it. However, i thought i best...

yea.. i bought it :") https://www.morebeer.com/products/blichmann-hellfire-floor-standing-burner.html and https://www.morebeer.com/products/blichmann-floor-standing-burner-leg-extensions-24in.html

oh so it did post ! See link above for a picture of the fermentor i was refering to.

I am so taken by the support here and extremely timely replies !! Thank you so much. OP Related: update: yea.. no activity. in reply to the botching.. how long should i let is set? If it didnt ferment properly.. is there not a risk for spoiling? How long should i wait before...

Thank you so much for the replies... ok.. yea.. i did get a piece of metel(heat shield) with my pot. Thank you. I did write a reseller for Blichman but they said they can not get the HellFire burners because it is not CE certified. That sucks. They recommended this...

I will check out that resource. Thank you. There is a lot of different opinions about how to do stuff.. so its confusing sometimes. I will look at that site you linked. Thank you. I think this batch is botched. :(

It was this forum. this thread. was weird.. i did paste a link to my stuff i referred to above. maybe thats why ?

weird.. I just got a message on these forums that a moderator has to approve my reply ?!

Thank you so much and thank you for the warm welcome! I brewed this on this past Saturday evening. so really the only real activity I saw was for one eve. Also the fermenters I bought are very good quality and I doubt they leak due to the rubber seal as well as a lid that tightens down on...

I want to get the Bilchmann Burner, esp since I have a Bilchmann kettle. Looking for one now in Europe. However, I am worried about the thermometer that is attached to the kettle. Are these burners safe for the kettle's thermometer? Can I use any burner?

when I said a long time.. llke it took more than 4 hrs to heat the wort. I allowed it to boil for about 45 min though, since the heating process took so long. (I'm gonna get a burner)

HI there! I'm new here and new to the home brewing circle. I am hoping for an easy answer but I was hoping for some insight regarding my first batch of beer. I am using Fermentis Safbrew S-33 - 11.5 g (two packets) that I sprinkled into my 17L of wort that was at 81F vs the 77F max. and...