Recent content by vineer

I bought the 52 quart coleman at Walmart for the$21, and then later in the week in a different city saw it for $16. Almost got another on just for grins. Did my first all grain batch in it about a week and a half ago. Did the batch sparge method with a 20" braid in the bottom of the cooler...

I bought the 5 gallon also, but when figuring for a 5 gallon recipe, it looked as if I needed 4.99 gallon capacity....the 5 gallons is the figure with the lid off, so there is not really 5 gallans available. Wallymart just had the 52 quart coleman 5 day coolers on sale for $15.oo. Got one of...

Looking good OG=1.062

Hadn't planned on brewing today. Today is my Birthday and the wife asked me what I'd like to do today...Thought about it for a very short time....now I'm brewing. Brewing a B3 Stout Extract Kit. Steeped grains in cooler for 45 min, was about 64C when done, a little low..Used some iodine to...

I have the ability to split the brew to two secondaries......I'll dry hop the one and boil some hops in the priming sugar for the second and see what happens.

I'm brewing an IPA and my boy has recommended dry hopping. I read somewhere that some people boil a hop bag along with the priming sugar just before bottling instead. Has anyone else done this. What do you all think? Not quite a week yet in the primary so I still have time to decide. Thanks.

Hi all from Upstate NY. I only began brewing in June and am building up a supply so that I can let my brews condition longer. Currently fermenting an American IPA. Both Son and Son-in-law have been brewing for a while so I thought I'd give it a try. THe brewing is almost as much fun as the...