Recent content by withanx

I don't usually take gravity readings during fermentation, only when racking off. I actually leave the beer in primary for 3-5 weeks before racking to keg, so I think the yeast should have plenty of time to clean up if that is something they are going to do in primary. I guess I was wondering...

My pump has some old silicon tubing that has turned a yellow color. It was left with water in it after the house fire for months. That being said, I've taken apart the pump, cleaned everything, circulated PBW through the hoses for 30+ minutes, and the only time it comes in contact with the...

I am an all grain brewer, and lately my beers have had a strong tart flavor in the finish. I had never had a problem with this, but I took about a year off of brewing (had a house fire), and everything I have brewed since coming back has had this flavor. There are a couple of factors that I...

Thank you. I may have poorly worded my question, but this was the answer I was looking for.

Thanks for the advice. So it does take a lot more water to fly sparge than to batch sparge, correct? I.E: batch sparge: 4 gal in, drain, add 4 more gallons, drain = 7 gallons in the kettle Fly sparge: 4 gal in, if I want 7 gallons in the kettle I need 7 gallons in the HLT for sparging...

I've been doing mostly BIAB and batch sparging, but I've been thinking about getting started in fly sparging. I have a 3 vessel gravity system available to do it. When I load my beer into beersmith and select a fly sparging method on beers with larger grain bills (16lb for 5 gal batch), it...

So I had a recipe that called for 1lb smoked malt (16lb grain bill, 5 gallon batch). When I asked for it at my LHBS the guy pulled down 5 buckets of different "smoked" malt and asked which one I wanted. I gave them a wiff and went with the peated. When pouring my grain I realized that I...

Well, I just did some testing, and I'm pretty happy with the results. I transferred 2 carboys to kegs yesterday. Both had pretty high hardened krausen around the top inside of the carboy. After rinsing out both with a quick fill and dump to get out the yeast, I filled one with PBW and one...

It mounts onto the wall and has an in and out hose connector. It hooks up to the cold water, not the hot, although I wonder if there is any issue with connecting it to the hot. I'm working on a test to see how good it performs compared to my gold standard PBW. If it works well, I will get a...

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GWYNCGW/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 I have one of these Ecowasher units that I use with my laundry. It takes in cold water and electronically modifies it into a cleaning chemical, mostly peroxide. Here is a quote from their website: It works great for my...

I've been brewing for a while and am getting to the point where I'm wanting to look seriously at my water situation and how to improve my beer. First some background. I have well water in my house that has about 3000-4000 PPM of salt in it. I have a water softener and a reverse osmosis...