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  1. steveoatley

    ☕ Coffee ☕: Ingredients, Roasting, Grinding, Brewing, and Tasting

    Hello HBT Coffee gurus ! I have recently gotten in to Cold Brewing coffee. And i am looking to Up Grade some equipment already !! ( sound familiar ? ) I have a Toastmaster Bladed Coffee "mill" Blade kind - Model 1119 i believe Just like in the pic And i was wondering what you Coffee...
  2. steveoatley

    Coffee Grinder/Mill recomendation

    Hello HBT Coffee gurus ! I have recently gotten in to Cold Brewing coffee. And i am looking to Up Grade some equipment already !! ( sound familiar ? ) I have a Toastmaster Bladed Coffee "mill" - Model 1119 i believe Just like in the pic And i was wondering what you Coffee Gurus would...
  3. steveoatley

    Wort chiller used as a herms coil in keggle?

    I like your system Got PushRods My HERMS coil is perminate in my Brew Kettle I wish i had done the Lid mount !! - next time Would make for easier cleaning ! S
  4. steveoatley

    Wort chiller used as a herms coil in keggle?

    I brew with a similar system 2 vessel - 2 pumps Mash tun is my 10 gallon Cooler Brew Kettle is also my HLT - the HERMS coil is in my BK to help maintain Mash temps After the MASH is done - and the boil is going I dump the grain out of the MT - add 27 lbs of Ice & 5 gal of H2O and use...
  5. steveoatley

    carbonated cold brew

    how is the experiment going ? I finally have a recipe i like the flavor of - willing to make/drink 3 gal of so i am thinking about bottling as well. S
  6. steveoatley

    Wort chiller used as a herms coil in keggle?

    That is what I do Use my Mash Tun as a Pre Chiller Fill it with Ice & 5 gallons of water - run that threw the HERMS Coil in my BK SAVES A TON of WATER !!! I only use 13 gallons of water to chill 6 gallons of wort in 15 minutes. my 2 cents Steve
  7. steveoatley

    Maximizing Efficiency when Batch Sparging

    I "pre Heat" my mash tun dump 5 gal of strike water in my Igloo cooler Let it sit for 10 minutes - to pre heat the cold mash tun ( usually 58F ) Dump that water back into my HLT, get back to temp.... Put that lid on the igloo cooler then mash in.... Do you take the temp of your...
  8. steveoatley

    Hey Basement Brewers - what else do you make in your Basement Brewery??

    I was also thinking about Chocolate candy - molds I have a terrible sweet tooth for Chocolate ! And i could use my Electric Kettle in a Double boiler method to heat chocolate Is any one into candy making ? Thx S
  9. steveoatley

    Hey Basement Brewers - what else do you make in your Basement Brewery??

    Thanks for all the input guys ! Soap making Sous Vide BBQ Sauces - Hot Sauces Canning Cold Brew Coffee Kumbacha I see a pattern of "Cooking" coming through......Hhhhmmmm:smack: I just need something to keep the "Meth Lab" references away still thinking... Steve
  10. steveoatley

    Hey Basement Brewers - what else do you make in your Basement Brewery??

    They work fine that high - except for 1 thing I can not pump - full power - when its boiling the pump starts to scream - cause its still boiling inside the pump cavativating... i just close down the out put by 40% and no problems. I was thinking about Sous vide in my pot... I'll have to find...
  11. steveoatley

    Hey Basement Brewers - what else do you make in your Basement Brewery??

    Hey HBT I just finished my Basement Brewery - see pic I finally have a space to call my own ! A place to keep all my brewing stuff - and best of all NO MORE brewing in a COLD garage in Feb !! SO, What else do you basement Meth Lab owners do in your Basement Lab !? I make wine, i have tried...
  12. steveoatley

    Fire Marshall encounter

    I never said my Insurance Company knew about the Neon Sign !:D They didn't ask, i didn't tell ! Its an old sign from a famous bar that was in Detroit years ago. I restored it - paid to have it repaired. And it has New ( new in 2002 ) transformers = 110v house hold to 240v i guess I am...
  13. steveoatley

    Fire Marshall encounter

    I had my Local - City Building inspector in my Basement to 'Sign off' on all the work done - my Basement Brewery is Legal !! And while he was in my basement - i invited him into my house for this inspection..... He saw that i have a Neon Sign, hanging on my basement as well. Thankfully...
  14. steveoatley

    SSBrewtech Fermenter pitting

    I agree....... Quote from Bar Keepers Friend's own website "BKF Cleanser & Polish Ingredients The Bar Keepers Friend Cleanser & Polish are: mineral abrasive, oxalic acid, surfactant, and a water softening agent " just saying...... we don't have to re invent the wheel each day my 2 cents, and...
  15. steveoatley

    carbonated cold brew

    But the "adding Alcohol" is how you can also get Carbonation in the bottle :rockin: Kumbacha brewers = they bottle carbonate because the brew is bottle fermenting..... adding only .5% is what most of them say..... S
  16. steveoatley

    carbonated cold brew

    I just tasted my first Cold Brew Coffee experiment Cold Water - 5 cups - 40 oz 6 oz of Ground coffee - kinda fancy chocolate coffee - probbaly too much at this point 2 tblsps Ghiradelli Sweet Ground Chocolate came out WAY too Strong on the Coffee side - very bitter cut it in half with water &...
  17. steveoatley

    carbonated cold brew

    From what i read - it was the Boil that makes Coffee 'bitter' or harsh the acids come out in the boil. just my 2 cents How soon do you think it will be ready - CO2 ? S
  18. steveoatley

    carbonated cold brew

    sounds like a plan please let us know how it turns out S
  19. steveoatley

    Sanitation concerns for Brewers of Beer & Kombucha

    Howdy Ya'll, I am a beer brewer of 12 years, just got my self set up in a Basement brewery, And i was looking for other ideas - things to cook up in my Meth Lab :D I was looking at Kombucha and doing some Cold brew Coffee And i was wondering if You brewers of the Kombucha have any...
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