Recent content by xenocide

That site is a goldmine of knowledge and eye candy. Well, I know what I'll be doing for the next couple weeks :mug: Awesome, thanks!

Just searching those two terms shows me that I have much more research to do :o Thanks! At least I was noodling along a similar path :) It looks like an indirect RIMS setup is just a pump in line with a chamber with a heating element in it? And the HERMS is a similar setup, except that it...

I've been using a 52 quart cooler with a bazooka tube for awhile, which has done pretty well, but I've never been one to leave a good thing alone :p The plan is to add a heating element and a control unit. I'll probably use a water heater element, most likely one which has a high surface area...

My cider was really funky for the first several weeks as well. After a month or three of bottle aging it was much less noticeable.

Dibs!

I love my cheapo $40 walmart propane fryer, boils 15 gallons pretty quickly :)

That's what I was thinking... I couldn't think of a good reason beersmith wanted me to sparge with 1 gallon first. I figured it was smarter than I was though, so I went with it. I'm not sure if it'll end up making a difference, but I think I'm going to start sparging with equal volumes. It...

Hehe, I like it Thanks for the reassurance. I had a feeling I would just have to wait till after bottling and aging, but I've seen magic here before :) Thanks!

I've been through about 4 all grain brew sessions, all of which turned out well. I've been hitting about 70~75% efficiency which I thought was okay for batch sparging with my 48 qt cooler SS braid MLT conversion. I just brewed this Mojave red on new years eve. I plugged it into beersmith and...

There's really no way of knowing without knowing exactly what the hydrometer reading is (and really your recipe). Different beers finish at vastly different gravities. The important thing is to check several times over a couple days to be sure that it's not still going down. When it remains...

Thanks for the welcome and I have to say this site has been a FANTASTIC resource ever since I found it while researching all grain brewing. I have plans for a keezer coming up soon and an electric boil kettle/HLT later down the road. Eventually I'd love to do an automated setup, as that would...

From my understanding, you must correct for the alcohol once fermentation begins.

I've been brewing beer with my father for about a year now, and loved every batch I've made! I recently took the plunge into all grain with a chocolate oatmeal stout, which turned out great. I've got another an all grain wit (from beersmith's standard recipe list) carbing in bottles right now...

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