Recent content by theashman661

What you can do is get bottle water (2-3 gallon) jugs and put in the freezer once you start brewing, by the end of your boil, it should be super cold but not frozen.... This is what I did for my first brew. Poured that in to make up my boil off/trub loss difference and cooled my wort super fast.

+5 porter= 25,519.5 gallons

I agree. It really only seems like NOT racking to secondary is just a shortcut....aka lazy step. I suppose I want to get the best results out of my product, and wouldn't skip any steps, even if it seems worthless. All my beers turn out great and I rack, so since it works for me, I'm not going to...

I'm actually in the same exact situation. I have to bottle this weekend to get it in the hand of a local brew contest as well!! SMALL WORLD. I am making a Porter.. I brewed 2.5 weeks ago, racked last Sunday, and have to bottle this Sunday to ensure proper carbonation for the 22nd judging date. I...

Thank you much!!!!

Its been fermenting for almost 3 weeks. I think I will start cold crashing this weekend, then bottle in a few days and bottle the whole 5 gallons. Thank you for the help. I will take your advise and just bottle condition for another few weeks till I'm ready to serve!! Comp is on the 22nd. So...

Ok so I have a comp that I need to enter. To make things easier I want to bottle (6)12oz. bottles of stout. So basically 1/2gallon of beer. I want to prime these with DME or Table Sugar... The reason I'm not doing all of it is because I want let it sit longer, but im trying to meet this deadline...

penetrate the oyster

I want to start filtering by beer, but I don't have a CO2 tank and kegs. I will be moving in the next few months to a bigger house, where I will then invest in some kegs and CO2 and can push the beer into a keg through a filter. In the mean time I would like a cheaper method. So I was...

Damn CA!!

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I cant really see the picture! Sized too small..

5g Smoked Porter

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I know this is an old old thread. But does anyone have any updated recipes??