Recent content by TheMarquis

I used to brew IPAs exclusively until I came up with this. I like it just as much as my 7% IPAs and it's cheaper, faster to brew and has less alcohol and calories. 6 lbs. extra light pilsen extract .75 lbs. Crystal 40 Boil time: 15 minutes Hop schedule: .75 oz Galaxy (12.8% AA) @15 1...

I definitely didn't tighten the spigot enough; I'm always cautious not to overtighten it. I think I leaned the bucket on the spigot and that's what started it. Oh well. I figured a little extra oxygen at such an early stage wouldn't hurt anything. I just didn't know if the turbulence would...

So I brewed a batch of pale ale last night and I used a bucket with a spigot on it for the fermenter (yeah I know). Pitched the dry yeast as I normally do. This morning I woke up to the spigot leaking, so I gave it a turn and it started leaking even more. I quickly sanitized another bucket...

I have a blonde ale extract recipe that calls for 1 lb carapils for steeping grains and I happen to have 1 lb of carahell on hand. Will substituting make a big difference in the beer?

What are the brown threads on my hop cones? Should they be pulled off when I harvest?

I've brewed 7 or 8 IPAs in my short brewing career. My base recipe uses 8 lbs extra light DME and 1 lb crystal 40L for steeping. I started out with all amarillo as the hops and have tried to change just one ingredient with each brew, introducing Simcoe and Centennial into the mix in different...

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Literally like cheese? They definitely smell like hops, maybe cheese and hops, I can't tell.

I left some hops out on the counter in my 70-75 degree basement for about a week. They were in the foil package they came in which was folded over tightly at the opening but not completely air-tight. Are they still good?

I don't really "use" a gallon. I keep some Starsan mixed in a gallon milk jug. I dump that in, shake it and siphon it back to the gallon jug to sanitize the siphon. I pitched the wort mid-transfer once and it seemed to take a lot longer to start fermenting than it did after I started using...

I do aerate it by splashing it in when I siphon it. The shake after 30 minutes was also get the yeast off the foam and into the wort. Maybe it's time I started hydrating before I pitch, but that was one more step and a chance for contamination that I've avoided so far.

I sprinkle the yeast, let it sit on top for 30 minutes, then shake it. I can't image I'm the only one doing it that way because the only way I would've gotten that idea is from someone here :)

I made my chiller with 20' of 5/8" OD tubing and it chills 5 gallons in 10-15 minutes depending on the temperature of the water. It was a bear to bend, but it chills very quickly. I also used vinyl tubing and hose clamps. The same size vinyl fits over the 5/8" OD and the hose fittings.

It's a problem if your process of pitching yeast includes shaking the bucket.