Recent content by tjwheels

I just received my GF yesterday and ran it through its cleaning cycle today. I plan to brew Saturday and have a question that may have already been discussed (I did read the first 50 pages of post but decided I'd just ask). I like to take gravity readings during the sparge and stop when the wort...

I'm guessing you are heating strike water in your HLT and pumping it up to your MLT then adding your grain. Then pumping sparge water up to HLT and gravity feeding the boil kettle. How are you going to recirculate the mash, by hand or pump? I like the small footprint in the system and look...

I would rethink using a typical 1/2 barrel kegerator. You will be limited on how many beers you could serve. Most only have a single tap tower and room for one 1/2 barrel or two cornies. I would recomend putting a chest freezer (the bigger the better) behind the bar wall and running the lines...

1st beer was a 5 gallon partial grain non lagered pilsner and I kegged it (never have used bottles). My second batch was all grain and 10 gallons. I ordered all the pots and equipment I needed in one shot. I was ready in less then a week. I used to tell my friends it cost me about $20.00 a mug...

I have a three tap system in my garage and several neighbors do help them selves to the brew (with my approval). Once in a while I would notice half empty glasses lying around and did not like it. My fix was to purchase a pony keg of Bud and put it on one of the taps. I don't seem to see any...

If your mash is retaining lots of water it sounds like it's your braid system may be plugging. I'm not very knowledgable in this field, so maybe someone could focus on clearing a stuck braid.

When you clean the grain from your mash tun is the grain fairly dry or do you have lot's of water in it? Maybe your mash is getting stuck during the sparge and you're assuming it is done. Good luck, and keep us posted.

How about the jeep doing some rock climbing and call the brewery - Rock Hop'n Brewery

I've been brewing for a few years now, all grain and all keg. I live in the Grand Ledge area which has a brew supply store (The Red Salamander). I've enjoyed viewing this site for sometime now and finally joined. Cheers - Tom