Recent content by Wyobrew22

A pump on my brew stand, it’s in a commercial kitchen I have access to for the off season.

The anvil fermenter I have now has this big plastic piece to level the bottom that holds water, makes getting the fermenter out of the water bath a pain when it spills. Also, this setup takes up more space in a small bathroom in my apartment, I have to do it there because the temp varies and you...

When I priced it I added the leg extensions and bracing shelf and their heat/cool setup, pretty much every available accessory except the CIP ball and the sight glass (aware I have to keep a cooler of ice water nearby to chill). I have a pump on my brew stand which is a 18x30” stainless...

I keg almost exclusively but I use drop in spear sanke kegs. Most of my beers I primary ferment for 2-3 weeks, crash with gelatin and send to keg. I did get 2 additional kegs yesterday for a total of 4 now.

Last year a buddy and I split the cost of building an all electric BIAbasket system. Worked very well but I ended up contaminating my old plastic fermenters when I tried to do 6 batches in a rush at the end of my brewing season. I need at least two and still have my cheap anvil stainless...

Morebeer and Yakima valley hops. I live in an isolated area and both companies often ship within an hour or two of my order being placed. It’s easier to calculate when I will receive the order than with other companies.

Good tips. Thanks. I need to re-supply so I’ll get some T-58 and try that.

I made a really nice bourbon aged(cubes and willet) imperial stout in the spring that I had planned on giving out in 750ml bottles for Christmas gifts. Just opened one to test and it is un-carbonated. Totally flat. I have made the recipe before and did not have this issue. Each bottle was primed...

Sorry it took a few days to reply, really busy with work. Here are some pictures of my two couplers. They are definitely different. The first two pics are the older coupler that I like and the third pic is the new kegco that doesn’t thread properly. The kegco appears to be a “d” type and the...

The issue seems to be with one keg as I have tried every combination of line/keg/coupler/faucet. I have a new kegco coupler that I hate and thought it might be the issue, it doesn’t twist down onto the spear nearly as far as the other coupler I have and the up/down portion of the handle won’t...

I have been running sanke kegs for about a year now on my 2 tap kegerator and have been unable to work out the kinks myself after much trial and error. 100% foam pours and flat beers have me pulling my hair out and I would appreciate any advice. This is a standard cheap kegerator meant to hold 1...

My best results with this style are to really load the hops after the boil. I would bitter with some centennial, an ounce or 2 at flameout and whirlpool the rest. I like a 170ish whirlpool for a half hour or so. Dry hopping toward the end of primary really helps that "juicy" perception too.

Ok, waited a bit longer and dropped from 1.035 to 1.032 going to transfer to secondary and age with some whiskey/oak cubes. Could someone explain a number discrepancy for me? I’m using the northern brewer refractometer calculator and something isn’t lining up. Per my notes and measuring with my...

I do have a pack of s-05 I could use. Next week will be week somewhere between 3-4 I will look the brew day up later. I’m mostly worried about it blowing up after I bottle it if it doesn’t get low enough initially.

I will check it again next week and see if it changes any. The grain bill was not a ton of caramel at all....had pale malt, marris otter, chocolate malt, roasted malt, flaked barley, some light dme to boost gravity and all the way down there 4oz. Of crystal. Mashed at 154. I aerated for a while...