Recent content by studrymon

For a boom like that, I suspect a dead short between the legs of power. Check the plug to make sure the wires on on the correct terminals inside of it. Those 4 wire plugs can be a booger to figure sometimes. The only other thing I see is that the e-switch is designed to create a short and trip...

My house IPA uses these hops. I do a mash of 80% 2 Row, 7% Munich,C20 and C60. 2% sugar. Bitter with Chinook, then 15 min additions of Amarillo, Cascade and Centennial. 5 min or whirlpool addition of Amarillo then dry hop with Simcoe, but maybe you can reserve some Amarillo for that. In my...

I just did a chocolate cherry stout. I used 8oz of cocoa powder instead of nibs 10 min before flame out. Put Cherries in the secondary. It is hard to get any flavor out of the fruit, I used 6# in a 5 gal batch, then added extract at kegging to get the smell I was looking for. I would be...

The condenser coil for the freezer is molded into the sides. Be careful not to screw into the wrong place. Also, you may want to leave some sort of ventilation around the sides, they can put off some heat. These pics got me thinking about an old box of wood floor I have laying around. Looks...

I usually give my cream ale about 10 days. Test it for the next 2-3. Tend to finish in the 1.010-1.012 range. My last batch is resting in a corny now. Started at 1.048, finished at 1.011. 12 days. Used Denny's Favorite WY1450. It's not a good floccer, but it is a very clean...

Talk to the hbs operator. Ask them how they brew this recipe. Maybe they do something on their system that is different. Maybe they pulled it off the internet. Small things can be the difference between good beer and hop water. IMO, you won't get anything out of the steeping if doesn't...

The steeping malts don't have enough diastatic power to convert, so you essentially made some brownish water. You got color, but little to no sugars, hence, brown water instead of roasty goodness. If you throw a pound of British pale in with it, you would have almost enough dp to convert...