Search results

I use a submersible pump from northern tool in a cooler full if ice/water, works great. I think its this one for $40: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_792_792 Cheers, Glenn

+1 Also the Wyeast, White Labs and fermentis web sites all provide explanations of the strains that they sell. Cheers, Glenn

Yes, that's what I do (and did yesterday). Cheers, Glenn

We meet the first Tuesday of the month at Iron Hill in Maple Shade at 7:00 pm. You will find us gathering in the bar before hand. Note that we are not meeting this week (5/4). We met last week to plan for big brew. So next meeting is 6/1.

Jeff, The guy from our club decided to pass on organizing this one. So if you could do it I'm sure everyone would appreciate it. Can I do anything to help? Thanks, Glenn

Today's the day! :ban: If you're near Maple Shade/Moorestown/Mount Laurel/etc. stop on by. Cheers

Jeff, We are going to discuss tomorrow and have an answer 1 way or another. I'll post and let you know. Thanks very much, Glenn

One of the guys in our club is contemplating organizing this round. Will let you know soon. Cheers, Glenn

I think your grain bill is ok. As to the yeast, what are you going for? Any of those will work fine. Do you want more or less esters? WY1762 has a more subtle ester profile than the other two. Cheers, Glenn

Probably starting about 8:00 going all day. Cheers, Glenn

Welcome. On May 1, try to stop buy at Iron Hill Brewery in Maple Shade to join the Barley Legal Homebrewers for National Homebrewer Day. We'll be brewing in the rear parking lot. We're a new club in the Burlington/Camden county area. Good group of guys making some good beer. We'd love to...

Thanks for the clarification.

Did your volumes come out as predicted? If you overshoot your volume, your OG will be less than planned. I suggest that you stick with one gap setting for a few batches until you have your process and system dialed in with a predictable efficiency. Then you can tighten the gap a bit in an...

+1. However, I would give the gelatin 3 to 4 days. A homebrewer on the NB forum posted pix at 1,2 3, & 4 days. There was a visual difference between the 2nd & 3rd day in clarity. Cheers, Glenn

I didn't realize that this was the tally-whacker end of NJ....:confused: But, I'll be there, now all I have to do is decide what to brew. Let's see Westmalle or Ringwood or go lager with Chechvar. Good problem to have ! :ban: Cheers, Glenn

My 2 cent: Unless you are brewing very often or brewing gigantic batches, I would skip all three and put the $ toward a powerful drill if you don't have one or toward a used motor to drive the mill. Cheers, Glenn

Well said!

I would leave it there until you get the same gravity readings per secondary for 2 or 3 days in a row. Activity in the airlock is an imperfect method to determine if fermentation is complete. They can bubble forever as CO2 dissipates or they can never bubble if there is a leak in the stopper...

+1 IMO whoever said "yeast made the beer, you held the spoon" got it dead nuts on. Those steps for me yielded the biggest improvement in my beer. Don't forget proper aeration. Give the yeasties the best environment to do their work and keep them happy and you'll be rewarded with great beer...

While others have good results with that approach. Personally I would do 2 things differently: 1. Transfer the beer to the keg and allow to cool for a day or 2. This will allow chill haze to develop (if its going to). The gelatin will remove chill haze, but the chill haze has to be there to...