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I find this really helpful (The Beer Recipator - Carbonation). What is really important is that you get a good distribution of the priming sugar. I've done the swirling action and I gotta tell you its not working for me. I paid close attention, coiled the siphon tube in the bottom of the...

I have a thread asking about adding sugar pills to under-carbed bottles - please disregard this thread I won't be doing that. I went to my conditioning room (spare bedroom) to put up two new bottled batches and found an empty 32oz in one of my crates. On further inspection the bottom of the...

All of my study uses oz per gallon (or gr per ltr) depending on how much carb is wanted. There are several calculators out their including one in my BTP. The Beer Recipator - Carbonation calculates that 5oz will get you about 2.55 level of co2 for a 5.5 gallon batch.

All of a sudden I've developed a problem with my process that is causing carbonization problems. Its happened in two batches, a high grav (72) IPA and a low-grav (42) porter. Both batches have a *few* bottles with great carbonization, but 90% are totally flat. Not even a decent hint of...

I do extract/partial brews and my 20q is on just about right. I "think" I would feel cramped in a 10q. I do a 3.5 gal steep for partials, and then top up to 4 gal after grain removal. I do a late addition of the extract so I'm down to 3.5 when adding extract. With liquid LME 6-7 pounds is...

I have a 20qt SS that has a clad bottom and 18/10. Works great, but is TOO small. I'm looking at these now stock pots 100 quart 75 quart 50 quart 30 quart 25 quart Large Stainless Steel brew pots Temecula.. I'm stumped at the moment because of their bottom description (18/0). Hokey...

Quick question. This statement said "mash" but it sounds like "steep". I'm asking because I would like to try all-grain, but haven't wanted to enough to build any of the mashing equipment so many folks use. I could easily steep 10-15# of grain and then sparge with more water.

I bought a 5 gallon paint strainer bag from Home Depot. It has an elastic top that stretches over the rim of my stock pot and leaves plenty bag to almost fill the pot. Grains float/steep freely. When its time to remove the grain, I pull the elastic off the rim, and lift the bag and do the...

Thanks for all the responses. The DME came in a 50# bag, had interior plastic bag that was sealed, nice without clumps. I figure there is circa 10 batches in this bag which will take approximately 10 weeks to use, so I didn't want to work out of the bag for fear that moisture would cause it to...

Hi, My LHBS has a high turn-over of LME so its always fresh, but the distributor (united canadian) doesn't publish a specification sheet like (http://www.brewingwithbriess.com/Assets/PDFs/Briess_PIS_CBW_Bavarian_Wheat_LME.pdf). So I don't know how fermentable it its, what gravity to expect...

Here is a recipe I cooked up. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/og-too-high-wrong-yeast-82371/ Its based on an oatmeal and a sweet stout. I tweaked around the chocolate and black patent grains to get the color/bitterness like I wanted. According to Palmer's manual you add coffee after...

Making a blow off is actually quite easy. I took a 3 piece air lock, and fitted a tube over the center piece. Ran the tube into a pail of water and pitched away. Not my original invention, the 17 yr old at my LBHS told me how to make it. Sure there are tons of references to this technique on...

I just dropped my pellets into the carboy and let them dissolve. No problems bottling, but lots of floaters in the bottle (and glass when poured). I'll use a sack next time.

I'm currently doing all extract and some special grain brews. My son REALLY wants to grow into all mash brews, and we are both trying to come up to speed. He's researching the DIY equipment and I have the chore of figuring out what water to use. We don't drink our tap water. It sucks...

Bob, Thank you for taking time to provide a detailed answer to my questions. I'm finding this new hobby like Texas Holdem. You can learn to play the game in a couple of sessions, but it may take a very long time to master the nuances of the game. It doesn't help that you get so many...

carn & Gordie: Thanks for the comments. Some things about this hobby makes sense and some seems to defy it. Re-using the trub in this instance was great. I used 4 sterilized WL vials and a sterilized turkey baster. I didn't have quart jars to wash the yeast, so harvested the trub...

Thank you for the reply. I did pitch the whole thing and had airlock activity in 3 hours.

After my nightmare with a heavy coffee stout, and much reading on this board I'm using starters now. I have two primaries going, with different results so far. 1) Belgiun wit: This was re harvested trub off of previous brew, about a week old, stored in the fridge. Previous brew was same...

I'm doing back to back hefeweizen brews using the same trub. My first batch was at almost two weeks in primary, no noticeable airlock activity and a gravity of 1.010. The OG was 1.047 so I think I'm there. There WAS a full head of krausen on the top when I took the gravity. I started my boil...

Thanks for the comment. I'm wondered about the 30 and the non fermentable. I re-entered the recipe and it came out to 1.18. The attenuation on the yeast indicates that as well. One responder entered the recipe into beersmith and ended up with 24. Here is what I've done so far. Based on...