Recent content by TGFB

Hey reading the thread, I have to say thank you! I have had a single Hallertau MF plant for about 8 years, and its been in a pot growing along. and I was looking to get a second. Cant find rhizomes but took a look at your recomendation, a bit more pricey but worth it. I assume the...

So here is my system set up, getting down a 5+ gallon batch with just the neoprene jacket to 32˚, and all the heat sinks exposed (in the summer I wrapped an old synthetic sleeping bag around the tank). I tried to follow the chart and wanted to see how ridiculously carbonated i could make this...

It has been a while, but going through the old posts, figured I would put this pic. up. Its worked out. I usually only go to about 38* but wanted to try going lower. This is today and 12 psi. After doing this a couple times, found this video.

Thanks for all the input, this has been very helpful. The idea of surface area got me thinking. Thought about filling the entire 3 cuft. freezer with copper coil leading to a glycol bath (but that still has the air exchange inefficiency) Get the initial temperature of the fermentor down to the...

So the returning warm glycol is the overpowering variable that will stress the cooling ability of a standard freezer or freezer fridge combo. The fermentor heat sinks, beer temp. and ambient air will elevate temps beyond the ability of air cooling in the fridge or freezer. Makes sense. the...

Thank you for the reply. Are you saying that it needs to be a closed system to use glycol and cool the beer to bottling temps? i.e. penguin chiller? Nothing to motivate imagination and inspiration then being told it cant be done.

Thanks for the responses. Spikes makes a chart with a correlation of temp, pressure and carb level. A brief look says the 40 range should be good for most beers at a pressure of 15psi, for 24 hours. maybe an old refrigerator, keep the tank in the fridge, and when ready, turn it on, and run a...

AH! I just posted a question about this exact subject! How cold can you get your wort? for me, I am trying to cool my beer in a ss unitank (7gal) with the same concept. Was going to run copper tubing into the freezer with a small pump in a glycol mix through the immersion chiller, back to the...

Steeping (my awesome pun..) up my game to carbonate in a unitank. The question is if anyone has done this without using a $1K glycol chilling system. My plan to reach carb temp. was to use a (good) cooler with ice and pump through while carb. (hopefully hitting the target temp of upper 30's)...

Man, I wish I read this 10 minutes ago! used an outside stove top to make a simple quick beer, with a 15 minute hop schedule between warrior and cascade. Then cooled the wart to 150 in a sun room with the doors open, dropped in another Oz. of warrior then added water from a filtration system...

HA! Thanks for the stories, I am not alone! The starter that I had got a couple extra days to really grow before I got to the store and get more wheat. The good news I had taken out the grain before it sat, so it was all vomit liquid, so now she just got a bath, and the grass hopefully grows...

Ah, the alkaloids from the ergot! Right? All I need is a still and off to the rye. Anyhoo, boiled it, it seemed to get worse. So I ate the $12, and dumped it in the yard. Now the dog is rolling in it.... It was just a bad day. Good news is there are still some wheats in the basement. Thanks...

So, 6lbs of cracked white wheat, at a constan148F temp. for a couple hours. I left it to cool, had to go and do a 24 shift. Covered it with wrap and left it in the pot... come home, take of the top, and my better half said it smells like vomit. (I thought it was a sour mash smell, ready for the...

Thanks I guess it be experimenting with different yeasts till I find something close