Recent content by Tomtanner

Hello all I recently attempted my first kettle soured Berliner. It's currently in the fermenter on sac. I used 5335 for the kettle sour and after 3 days could not get the PH level below 4. Any thoughts on getting the PH level where it needs to be and what a Berliner with a PH of 4 will...

How long would you guys leave the beer on the pears?

All, I have farmhouse ale sitting in a secondary that I would like to add pears too. Has anyone tried this before? I was thinking of washing and slicing the pears and grilling about a pound of them on a frying pan (to Carmelize) and just dropping whole slices into my secondary. Crazy or...

Hey guys, I have a temp controlled fridge that I use for fermentation. Problem is that it can only hold one vessel at a time. I am about to get into a brewing frenzy over the next month and will need to move a few ales into a secondary for awhile. So my question is if I move one beer into a...

Anyone have a good recipe for a white IPA?

This is actually VERY helpful! I didn't take into account water evaporating and sugars bit evaporating. Thus far I have only measured from the brew kettle once everything is gathered. So I take it about 6 gallons for prevail then at the very end after my 60 minute boil.

Good question. I believe my water supply is unchanged and I do use a mill at my brew store that could be inadvertently adjusted by someone else.... My method is basically heat my strike water to about 167-8 and mix water and grains at same time. My temp usually drops immediately to...

Hello gents, I've put together a low tech Brutus system and have about 60 gallons brewed on it. At first I noticed my gravity readings coming In very close to what my beer ap states they should come in at. Lately it's been a bit varied however. I have using my refractometer and taking an...

I my og was 1.046 and fg was 1.034. I had some pretty serious issues with my mash on this one so I wasn't expecting much but was hoping for better than this!

Hello gents, I've noticed in my last two batches that when I move beer from my primary to my secondary or my serving keg that there is already some light carbonation. I always leave beer in the primary for 14 days. One of these beers certainly didn't come out right as my abv was only 1.8%...

Ps I hate that when I type in my iPhone app I can't see the last few lines!

Hey guys, I'm trying to create an old English IPA and I would love to barrel age my batch but since I'm a small timer I can only use oak chips for the flavor and aroma. My abv in this batch will be about 6.85 %. Any ideas on how many ounces of oak chips I should add to my secondary to get an...

I still have one I was planning to use as a fermenter. Would consider parting with it If it led to a temp controlled fermentation chamber. I would be up for a trade of some kind. Thoughts?

Can someone explain the concept of efficiency and how you determine your efficiency? At this point I use a direct fire rims, my last batch I wash shooting for an og of 1.075 and it actually came out at 1.080 so I'm curious about the efficiency math works.

Just to update. My rotating sparge arm was a total fail. It never worked well from the get go. I have replaced it with thus much more simple and more efficient design. I literally just cut the cross arm off and stuck this two dollar attachment to the bottom. Worked 100% better and was a lot...