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Few more beer comp awards have arrived, all 3rd place. or as I like to call it 'second loser". ;) From comps in VT, NH and SC.

I have a cheapo steam extractor...I use a window dryer vent, and run flexible ducting from the vent to the kettle with an inline duct fan. Since I am using an Anvil Foundry on 120V, I partially cover the lid for a better boil and the duct hangs right over the open side of the kettle. It...

I mean I make lagers and I also lager my lagers, if that makes sense. ;) I ferment my lagers between 48-52F, then after raising temp for a d-rest and slowly bringing it back down to low 30's for a cold crash, I transfer to keg and then lager them for a month in low 30's. Meanwhile, my ales...

1345 + 3 gallons Amber Ale =1348

I have used Oxblox and not noticed beers being more hop forward or the green zest flavor. Are you brewing with tap water or using RO or distilled and building up a water profile. I know Noble hops and sulfates don't play well together, do you have high sulfates in your water? Oxblox which...

Guessing that place has not replaced any of their RO filters in a long long time and that water is pretty much tap water for whatever city the place is in. Overall the water numbers are not bad, except for sodium and the alkalinity is high too. You might be better off buying 5 gallon jugs of...

Yeah I have the redesigned malt pipe on the the 6.5 and it's still an issue. I lift the basket right after mash in and then usually half way through the mash to mix the water somewhat.

First place American Blonde medal from TRASH comp in PA came yesterday .

It's not your first lager is it? Lagers can take longer to get going due to the cooler temps and don't throw thick krausen like ales do. I have had Czech yeasts that even with a starter have taken 3-5 days to finally show signs of activity. Also depending on the age of the yeast, a 2...

Foundry user myself, I never stir after the initial mash in unless for some reason the temps spike higher than they should be and get and never have had an issue hitting gravity targets.

A Kolsch usually has a little hint of fruitiness from the yeast that a blonde ale doesn't. I recently brewed an American Blonde, with cascade, Simcoe and Citra but used Kolsch yeast, just because the pack of dry yeast was expiring. I enjoyed it, but judges in comps not as much. Only...

If you had a good brew bag, like the Wilser bag or the Brew Bag, it would hopefully contain most of the stuff that gets through the basket. I was using a bag with my Foundry when I had the 10.5, but never got a bag for the 6.5. After Saturday, I may now.

Brewed an Italian Pilsner this weekend fon Big Brew Day. Will be serving it at my club's homebrew festival in July. For those in New England, it's July 12th at KOA Campground in Middleborough, MA 11-5. Warped Pours , tickets will be available soon on Eventbrite. dozen or so clubs from...

Nice! We had only 4 guys in my club show up to brew for Big Brew Day this year. Italian Pils for myself and the others brewed a Vienna, Pale Ale with purple pea blossoms and a honey Kolsch.

I love my Foundry. Was a propane brewer for years and when I got the Foundry I thought I would only use it to brew in the winter when it was too cold to brew outside here in Mass, or on those 90 degree, 90% humidity summer days...but once I started brewing on it, I never went back to propane...

I mean it seems your beer fermented, but unless your post cut off, what yeast did you actually use, as E491 is not a yeast...and it's usually used on in the baking world, not the brewing side of things. 70 is super warm for a lager yeast, only a few brands can handle that, like 34/70, so the...

1285 + 3 gallons Italian Pilsner = 1288

Highlight the recipes you want to copy to the cloud, right click on them and one of the options is "copy to folder"...then select the cloud folder in Beersmith. You will then have the recipes in both locations, but note that if you change anything in cloud recipe it does not automatically...

I have about 225 batches under my belt and can say I have only dumped two, a stout that was way to tart and a beer that got infected. (knock on wood) Meanwhile I have made just three meads and 1 was a dumper, so my mead burn rate is 33%. I had made a Catharina Sour with pink guava puree...

1214 + 3 gallons Altbier =1217 gallons