Recent content by theWilly

+1 on tapered bag. If you can custom build your bag it's very worth it to suit your particular set up.

Any thoughts/notes/propsed revisions from this season's batch? I've been looking around for a good recipe and think estricklin here is on the right track. I plan to brew something up this weekend to hopefully have some ready for those long and hot late august in texas days. I plan to go AG...

I'm currently using my kegerator to lager/cold condition/serve from. I have a window unit in my bedroom that I'm keeping in the 60's with a stout in ambient and a hefe in a trash can filled with water that I add ice packs to. It won't be long before that window unit can't keep up so I'm brewing...

anybody have any reports on harvesting / washing the yeast mix for re-use with this recipe or use with another recipe?

is there anything crucial about when the orangeade and second yeast get mixed in? i made a big starter with a stir plate and pitched at high krausen so it didn't take long to get things moving. I pitched 48 hours ago. Yesterday the yeast were rockin an rollin, thanks for the heads up on the...

Do you suppose upping the amount of orange zest would add more of that fresh orange citrus kick?

How strong is the orange flavor in the original recipe? I'm planning to brew a batch this weekend. For reference: If I get a Blue Moon at that bar I'll squeeze as much orange as I can get into it. I think the orange flavor is more pronounce with Shock Top but i still add plenty to it. I'm...

Sorry to bring back a dead post, but apparently this got a reply not too long ago. That beer was actually great. I really couldn't tell you exactly what I did with it but IIRC I pretty much added some of each of the grains. I believe I went lighter on the honey malt as was suggested. I was...

I've got a lager going now. I rehydrated Saflager W-34/70 yeast at about 50F then pitched into 55F wort. I know the directions say to rehydrate in the 70's but I figured since it ferments at 50F and you can get away with pitching straight that it wouldn't hurt too much. After 30 minutes the...

How much did you pitch? I started my first lager 7 days ago. OG was 1.067. I pitched (3) 11.5g dry packs, rehydrated and pitched at ferm temp. Just took a reading and gravity is at 1.016. I don't expect it to go any lower. 3 packs sounds like a lot but according to the calculators I was...

I'm working on a "Texas Bock" styled brew. The aim was for something similar to Shiner but with a little more ABV Ingredients: ~4lbs Munton's Bock LME 2.0 lb Light DME 2.5 lb Dextrose 0.75 lb Crystal 120L steeped @ 165 ~60 min Topped carboy off with water to a little over 5.0 gal mark Pitched...

nah, its a swamp cooler if you blow a fan over it for evaporative cooling...but i'm not...evaporative cooling would just add more latent load to my poor little apartment air handler, which is already undersized half a ton...so, no thanks...besides, the commercial grade kegerator is already...

yeah....derrrr....i got to thinking about that after i posted....not a real wise choice in thread header.....

FYI - the 20 gallon Rubbermaid "Roughneck" trashcan makes a great little chamber for holding a carboy. It holds my 6 gallon glass and the airlock still fits with the lid on. I think there is probably less than an inch of clearance between the airlock and the top of the lid....so it fits...

I did a Cooper's Wheat for my first beer. It's more and American Style light wheat, it doesn't have the body and hoppy/flowery flavor that Blue Moon tends to have. I added too much water to it (newb mistake...took the OG reading from the bottom, wasn't mixed well, came out high, added water...