Recent content by Teesquar

I guess they were overwhelmed? Was looking forward to the Facebook live of the awards ceremony, but after keeping us informed along the way, they decided to go dark right after saying the award ceremony is coming up next. With a lot of folks in other time zones waiting up, a simple “Sorry, some...

Just a follow up. Kegged, crashed and cleared (gelatin). All I can say is WOW. Turned out really good. Not quite an Urquell, but with my college-abused beer taste buds, close enough. Rev locking my recipe.

So, I forgot to add my 85% phos acid until 20 minutes into the mash. Damn old age. The thing is, my preboil and OG readings ended up being right on. Additionally, the mash was some of the clearest I've ever seen on my Grainfather system. I put the acid in and then immediately looked it up to...

Zymurgy

2 weeks at 50, 1 at 65. Using an accelerated lager schedule. Just asking about gelatin amount.

I think it’ll be fine, but I have a Pils that looked extra yeasty during the transfer. I’m currently cold crashing in the keg for 3 days and will then do my normal 1/2 packet gelatin in 2/3 cup 150 water. Pour in and mix. Last time I had a Pilsner that looked similar in cloudiness and the 1/2...

Just want to make sure I don’t overcarb my beer. I currently have a kegged beer sitting in the basement waiting for a spot to open up in the kegerator. Rather than quick force carbing at 30 psi, I’m letting it sit at the ambient temperature of 57 at 19 psi (per the carb chart to get my desired...

Planning on doing a Saison in the near future and the recipe calls for 122/10, 146/60, 152/15 and 168 MO steps. I'll be using my Grainfather with the connect controller so I figure the stepping should go smoothly. I normally just do a single step mash and add my lactic acid to the mash water...

Did a Helles last weekend and a 15 minute mash reading came in almost right on to the MME 1.3 value. Simple grain bill of 90% European Pilsner and 10% Munich I. The more complex or darker the bill, the more variation shows up. As long as it's close, it tells me I didn't screw up somewhere. Not...

Dan, you beat me to it. I received my BYO mag yesterday and read through that article, thinking, "Great, more ranges to consider at mash and room temps". Came back to this thread just as a reassurance and had to laugh at Silver's first line in post #4, "This issue seems to repeat itself...

My last batch had a 4 hour "brew day" including the cleaning. Well, I cheated, a little, by having the water measured and prepped, grains conditioned and milled, and delay timer set for strike temp reached when I got home from work. The cleaning is a no-brainer as there is enough down-time...

I used to have a lot of issues installing the gasketed bottom plate, but have had it go smoothly since changing the way I set it. The biggest help was not installing the overflow tube and the associated nut until after the bottom, gasketed plate is in place. Without the overflow tube...

My neighbor, son and son-in-law obtained Mr Beer kits through gifting and "it was on sale at Target". I did my best to tell them to follow the directions, exactly, and sanitize, sanitize, sanitize. Sure enough, the usual results surfaced ... "it was okay, but tasted a little funky". Or, "It...

Thanks AJ. I'm sure there was a definate operator error in there, somewhere , on my part. As I mentioned in my earlier reply, Bru'nWater does not have a wheat or pilsner choice, that I'm aware of so everything appears to be using a base malt average figure ... maybe? Bottom line is I'm...

I did a comparison using EZ Water and it came in almost exactly to what I got as my reading. As you figured, the higher ph values of the wheat and pilsen appear to be a contributing factor. Bru'nWater only has a grain type of "base malt" without the ability to pick wheat, pilsner, etc. I believe...