Recent content by TheYoshi

Man, just moved to NJ (Kinnelon) from Austin, TX. I've lived all over the country but I've never experienced anything like this place when it comes to the simple act of getting a filled CO2 tank. I'm still in the process of setting up my brewery in the new place (basement, going full...

Thanks for the tips all, I definitely think I'll look into a small pump to recirc ice water through the immersion, that seems like it would be much more effective and less of an ice eater than trying to use a pre-chiller. I went through 40lbs yesterday with the pre-chiller method. I usually...

yeah it took 40lbs of ice to use my pre-chiller, also as I get moved into pumps I think recirculatinging the pre-chiller water would make a big difference. I chilled down to 100 using the tap water, then "activated" the pre-chiller (aka dumped ice in the bucket it was in) to get it the rest of...

I just moved to Austin from central PA. First allow me to point out a few differences for my personal set up 1. In PA I was on a well, damn near perfect water. Here city water, chloromine city and very very hard. 2. Temp wise the well ran around 58 year round. Here, my hose runs at 80. 3...

I am tempted to assume mineral content is fine for brewing and maybe throw in some gypsum since I'm making an IIPA

Right but it also says "with minerals added for flavor" this makes me nervous about adding much to it without knowing specifics.

Anyone use this? I picked some up the other day but won't be brewing for another day or two. I can't find any data about actual mineral content.

What thing exactly did you buy from HD? Also "sillcock" hehehe. Yes I am a child.

Union jack is good but double is just so insanely good.

This is an ancient thread but I thought I'd dig it up as I'm also a huge fan of this beer... I've found two AG recipes for the beer: 1. http://hopville.com/recipe/809383/home-brew/firestone-walker-double-jack-all-grain-clone 2. http://www.beerformulator.com/RecipeView.php?RecipeID=71 They are...

I've been using Beersmith for a bit now and trying to get used to it, I think I'm going to go back to BeerAlchemy. I am admittedly a mac guy and was excited when BS 2.0 came out with Mac support, bought it immediately. That said, the UI is just horrific, it's beyond being not user friendly, it's...

I've used BA for a while now and found it to be accurate, that said I've only used it for all grain never for extract so I can't comment there. That said I would definitely weigh the grains out yourself as has been mentioned here. If you want to post your recipe file here I'll take a look at it...

did you special order the insulation? I seem to have a hard time finding thicker than 1" here in TX

I've never had it happen to me before, never even had a bad batch, not great recipes sure, but always at least drinkable. This is wretched, oh well, live and learn.. still pisses you off.

I just hosed a Pliny clone as well.. I've brewed it multiple times with no issue but I decided to get cute and swirl the secondary a bit to try to keep the dry hops roused... tastes terrible. I never felt I was aerating it, just gently swirling but I've brewed this beer a few times and it's...