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I haven't forgot about this thread. End of the year business stuff has me hoppin'. I hope to do something early in the year.

Good idea. I will go tell my wife I need to brew another batch today. Nothing can go wrong with that plan. :)

I just checked for you. A cup of Maris Otter weighs 4 oz. I don't know if that is the same for all but that is as close as your going to get.

Yeah, it's a Black IPA. I figured it didn't matter at this point anyway. Sixteen pounds of grain mashed into 4 gallons. I don't mind the extra alcohol and I tend to like my beer a little drier. I am concerned about it being watery. It was for an upcoming contest. I imagine I will still...

I am 25 minutes into a 90 minute mash. I undershot my temperature by 2 degrees and the mash was thicker than I thought it should be. You guessed it, I goofed making doing the math from quarts to gallons and ended up 150 instead of 152. Put the other gallon in now to raise the temperature some...

Your 1000th post was about bowel movements. Nice. Now I have a goal. :mug:

It would work but you would end up having to purge the beer line of the old beer every time you switched. If you used 5 foot beer lines you would waste a lot of beer. That said, for a while I only had two taps and room in my fridge for 4 kegs. It was easy to reach in and take the ball lock off...

To any new brewers reading this thread: Just because your fermentation doesn't blow the lid off, doesn't mean your fermentation is not happening. :D

I came across a malt called Blackprinz I am trying in my first Black IPA next weekend. This is the way they describe it at Briess: The crown jewel of black malts Intensely roasted from hulless barley, Blackprinz® Malt is an amazingly smooth and mellow flavored black malt without...

Do you know what the original gravity was? It should have been in the 1.050's or so. In that case you are down to 1.016 in a week. That is fine. Cover it up and check it next weekend. Also, I like to run the temperature up a couple of degrees when it is almost done. That seems to help it finish...

Multiple dry hop additions are common place. Just because you moved it to a keg before the second addition makes no difference. If the keg is cold it will take longer to get the aroma you want but it will work fine. We drink a keg fast enough that I don't even take the hops out. We just put...

Welcome to the hobby. While a APA is a good beer, most people start with something much more exciting for their first beer. You should try a Russian imperial stout, barrel aged on peanut butter. Then dry hop it with a pound of hops over a couple of weeks. Then you could bottle it with a single...

How about the swing top growlers?

I made a Irish Death clone that I will be kegging this weekend. I ended up with about 5.5 gallons so it won't all fit in the keg. I was thinking I would put half a gallon in a growler, throw about 3 or 4 carb drops, a few toasted oak chips and maybe a vanilla bean and see what happens. 1. If...

Reading the text it notes that was an early model and the blowoff tube will be bigger.

I have been brewing for about a year and a half. I would like to get into a homebrew club to have some people to brew with and to get some feedback on my beer. I live near Mukilteo and there are a number of good clubs around (GEBL, BREW ect.) but they all are pretty big. I would like something...

PM sent on the Brew Magic 7.75 gallon fermenter.

Great. Thanks. I finally got my storage closet all done. It will be cool to have pre-carbed kegs already to go.

I am sure this has been explained before but I can't seem to find exactly what I am looking for. I keg my beer and put it in the kegerator with the pressure set at 12psi and leave it alone. This works great and it comes out carbonated the way I want after a week or two. Now I have built and...

I have a Bosch tankless water heater that runs on gas. I have the flush kit installed in the bottom so I can run a hose from a tap through a carbon filter to the inlet side. I then run a food grade vinyl reinforced hose from the outlet side to my brew kettle. I have endless hot water that way...