Recent content by toniogarces

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I will in San Diego, just east of Mission Bay, a little north of USD. I know temps range from 70-85 in SD, but I'm not sure how it is indoors w/o AC.

Hello, Are there any San Diego homebrewers out there who could tell me whether summer temperatures in the area are apt for brewing ales at room temperature? I have been there during the summer before, but I'm not certain that the temperature is below 75 degrees inside. Debating whether to...

Ok, now I'm confused. Why do you empty the bag into the carboy? What's the bag for then?

Do you soak the hop bag in the vodka as well? Also, what do you use as a weight for the "weighted" hop bag?

So it would be best to add it towards the end of the boil?

Could anyone tell me what the regular amount of ginger root for a 5 gal batch is? I'm trying to brew a partial mash rye pale ale with perle hops and ginger root, but I'm not sure what quantity of ginger root I should use. Please and thank you!

Do you perhaps have the recipe you used? I'm wondering about the batch size and proportions of your grist. Great help. Thanks!

I bottled my first batch of beer the other night. My nut brown had an OG of 1.050 and an FG of 1.018. Is that ball-park-normal?

I bottled my first batch of beer the other night. My nut brown had an OG of 1.050 and an FG of 1.018. Is that ball-park-normal?

I had an Anchor Steam and it was superb.

My mother is making lasagna for New Year's eve, and I've been trying to figure out what to pair it with. Vienna lager, kolsch, witbier and weissbier all popped up in my mind...any suggestions?

I've read that FG could be as low as 1.005 so I wouldn't worry. Let it sit for longer.

I'm brewing 5 gal, and it's a 5-gal pail... It's also my bottling pail, though...

I already have a plastic pail. It has a lid, but how do I attach the second airlock to it?