Search results

I'm building a mash tun from a 10 gallon igloo round cooler and accidentally (long story) ordered a 10 inch false bottom instead of what seems to be the recommended 12 inch. I'm wondering if I might have issues with grain getting through as the false bottom wouldn't have a flush fit. The FB is...

RIGHT ON!!!! I'm most def try to drag the family down to key west for brewfest. I'll only be an hour away, thanks for the heads up

Literally, just run away and never come back! Kidding, congrats man. I say get a keg of PBR for your guest and keep a hidden stash of your favorite brew for yourself.

I remember being a kid and helping my uncles reinforce the front door with broom sticks because the storm was about to blow it off it's hinges, scary ****. What key are you located in? I hope Isaac didn't do too much damage down there. I'm going to spend labor day weekend at my inlaw's house...

I've only been living in Tampa for a few years and just starting to notice the big storms always seem to miss us. I stopped worrying since I posted this thread as Isaac moved further off coast than I thought. Living in Miami my whole life up to the last few years I've been hit pretty bad by...

Run as fast as you can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Homebrewer from Tampa FL here. As some may know there is a tropical storm possibly to become a hurricane heading too close for comfort. With the Florida heat I have no choice but to ferment in a fridge with temp controller. If this storm hits i may be without power for a up to a few days and...

I started out the same way, had a few good batches then the next 8-10 had similar off flavors. In my experience I found it was all due to high fermentation temps. I haven't had any issues with funky flavors since I added a fridge with temp controller to my setup.

Are there benefits to late extract additions... YES Will adding all the extract in the beginning still yield great beer... YES Just do whatever your heart desires and play around with it from there, just my 2 cents

I just brewed a full boil extract Pliny clone 4 days ago. My recipe came from Bewing Classic Styles by Jamil Zainasheff. He says he worked with Vinny from Russian River to scale down the real pliny recipe to homebrew size. The recipe i have is much different from the one posted in this thread...

I think it looked cool enough to order myself one. I've used it twice since it arrived last night, put some fruit salad with redhook ESB and espresso beans with Guinness. I must say that the thing infuses the flavor into the beer really well. Yes it's very basic, yes it's not perfect, but it's a...

Sounds like your beer is ruined. Bottle and send over to me so i can dispose it properly.

Thanks everyone, I don't want this IPA to be too much on the dry side so it'll have to wait.

I'm thinking this might not be a good idea for the recipe I plan to brew as it's a DIPA with 100+ IBU. Maybe I could double the amount of crystal 40 which the recipe calls for? This would equal 1lb

I just had some friends over for a party after kegging a saison which was fermented with Wyeast 3711 french saison. The keg was empty in no more than 2 hours between 8 people. I guess that's about 6 beers per person so not too big of a surprise. This beer was GOOOOD. It was an extract kit from...

Comon conical!!!!

I whirlpool the wort while it chills in an ice bath then pour through a funnel into the carboy. I pour all the liquid in and leave the the muddy stuff behind. cold crashing is a beautiful thing, if you leave your brew in the cold for long enough it'll clear out.

So i had some leftover hops and some leftover DME. I decided to boil the DME and hops in 1 gallon of tap water for about 15-20 minutes and after it cooled poured all contents (with break and hops) into a not sanitized 1 plastic water jug. I pitched the decanted wort from a lager yeast starter...

Good point, i guess i could work a deal with wifey. I'll go with the Saison and see how it goes, never brewed one before so should be fun.

I can't ferment in the house. I moved all the junk that was cluttering my garage into the spare closet where i could keep the fermenter. I would keep it covered somewhere else around the house but that would create political issues with the Mrs. I'm also not in the place to get additional...