Recent content by wildtower

Are you still in South Korea? I'm also brewing in Korea, I'm Canadian but I can speak some Chinese. What city are you in?

Is anyone here growing on brewer's spent grain? I heard it was possible and would like to have more ways to use the grain aside from composting it.

I put it in the intake hole and then panicked and removed it in case I was wrong and it got stuck. I'll put it back in there, thanks!

First time setting up my regulator(that didn't come with instructions) and this was in the box with it. Anyone know what this is and where I need to put it? this regulator part

What app are you using for your recipe, that looks cool. I looked at the sorachi Ace, but the flavor profile scared me away from it. Thanks for the tips!

That's a lot of tips, thank you for writing that all out. That's a good tip for the 34/70, I'm used to my wheat beer priming readily, but the stout I just brewed is not priming as quickly and I don't want that to happen to my lager. I agree that the best option is to start low and go up with...

I'll check it out, and it'll probably take a few times to tweak the recipe into what im looking for. Thanks!

I started with all grain kits because in the future I hope to grow and malt our own barley. So if your heart says all grain it's possible to start with that. I've been brewing about half a year, I brew almost weekly in a plastic pail, I have to split my batch between two pots for my mash and...

Short grain rice is the standard here in Korea, so I was going to just steal a couple pounds from the rice bin, but I'll start checking for lower grade rice if I start brewing this regularly. That's a good idea. Unfortunately Jasmin is an import and not the cheapest option, short grain rice is...

Yes, and I'm excited to try that for the first time and watch the enzymes work their magic.

The American wheat beer kit that I brew nearly weekly has 20g willamete pellets @60 and 28g cascade pellets @15, and the hop flavor is mild and not bitter at all. But the cream ale kit had only 14g cluster hop pellets @60 and everyone found that bitter. I bottled my first stout yesterday with...

I think I'm going to just try brewing the 34/70 at higher temps first, that's a great idea. I ran my hops through the calculator you mentioned, and the ibus were estimated to be quite high, around 50. It seems like I could easily halve the amounts I listed. Thanks for that tip!

I'm tempted to abandon/ postpone lagering.The fermentation schedule for lagers is making me nervous, I now see why there were no lager kits available. And I'd have have to buy another fermenter to both lager and keep up with my weekly brewing schedule, and buy double yeast... So a rice ale is...

Fall is here and it seems like the perfect time to brew a lager with the cooler temps. I tried to make a simple recipe that I could brew in a bucket based on local supplies and I'd appreciate some critique/advice. Rice lager 1: 20L Est OG-1.048 FG 1.008 Weyerman pilsner 4kg 6.6lb Raw rice 1kg...

I looked at the mini cartridges, but I agree that for the long run a standard tank and regulator is better. Thanks for answering my stupid questions and setting me right, much appreciated.