Recent content by Warbirdbrewer

First go to this link and fill in the requested data. http://www.captainbrew.com/yeast-pitch-rate-and-starter-calculator It does a very good job of calculating the needed yeast cells. I have done dozens of brews using this calculator and have never had a slow or stuck fermentation. I...

Sorry to hear this. It's never easy to lose a fur baby

Been diving since 1985 (15 years old) I also have worked in a dive shop since then too. Still do equipment repairs there. Ironically there is a home brew shop right next door lol.

So I just made the jump to from extract to BIAB and have been playing with the EZ water spread sheet. Take a look at my numbers and let me know if i'm on the right track. Starting Water (ppm): Ca: 44 Mg: 5 Na: 17 Cl: 29 SO4: 60 HCO3: 86 Mash / Sparge Vol...

Thanks for the suggestions. I am actually going to try a proven recipe the first few times. I was just looking ahead and trying to fine tune my recipes

I've been brewing for about nine months and it's time to take the leap to BIAB. I've been playing with beersmith and came up with this IPA recipe. Any comments/suggestions? Type: All Grain Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Size: 8.38 gal Boil Time: 90 min End of Boil Vol: 6.25 gal Final...

My chest freezer is also in the garage. I purchased this a few weeks ago and it works great. http://www.txbrewing.com/fermwrap-fermentation-heater.html You can wrap it around your bucket or carboy, but you can also just tape it to the inside of the freezer and it will keep the whole...

Unfortunately not knowing him I can't guess how he would take criticism. Have you asked what HE thinks of the beer? A tactful way might be something like " not too bad for a new brewer, I bet if you brewed this again and kept the temperature down lower it would be even better." When I got...

Production Manager for a Fireworks company. And pilot/flight instructor -fly several WWII vintage warbirds.

The beer was all the same color just a line of demarcation about a third of the way down the carboy between crystal clear and cloudy I realize I violated one of the cardinal rules of brewing........patience!! But when you have the bottles and equipment sanitized, the priming sugar mixed, and...

I still consider myself a noob brewer ( 30 gallons so far all extract.) I just finished fermenting an Oktoberfest ale and an IPA. I've been reading about using gelatin to clear up beer so I decided to give it a try. I ferment in a 7cu/ft chest freezer with a Johnson digital temp controller...

I really want to try making this beer but I am not quite to the AG level yet. I did see early in the thread a conversion for extract. However I don't have the equipment to do a full 5.5 gallon boil. At best I could probably get away with 3-4 gallons. My question is what adjustments do I...

Here is a commercial kit from Jaspers. While I haven't done this kit yet, I have done many other kits from this company and all of them have been top notch. http://www.boomchugalug.com/product/st-huhlousinayshun-s-quadruppel/