Search results

Austrailian Sparkling Ale (Coopers is the best known brand) is a light ale fermented with english yeast, at higher temps. Similar to the way that Steam beer is fermented with lager yeast at ale temps. For you, I would go belgian, can't go wrong there.

Thanks for the info! This makes perfect sence. Do you keep your fan running constantly?

Just got a new 5.0 cu chest freezer for a fermentation chamber, and I've got the analog johnson temp controller hooked up to it. The fridge keeps temps very constant, it was at 65 ambient for almost 2 days without turning on the compressor. However last night the controller turned on the fridge...

Jeebus, sometimes the simplest things are the last ones you think of... good work guys! Going to use this this weekend.

I've been looking at the POU water heaters as well, not sure if they would work efficiently on the scale we're talking about. After all, it's just passing water over a bunch of immersion elements anyway, can't we just do that in an electric hlt? Essentially, we're just making a big household hot...

I would love to see this formula, it would certainly be helpful. Right now we are planning on heating with electric immersion elements, like the ones you see on many of the e-rigs here. I believe Squam Lakes on the forums here does full 1 barrel batches with only electric heat. However, when...

Woodstock here, and our nugget does very well, as well as the Zeus. It seems like higher alpha hops are a little more robust than the lower, flavor/aroma hops

With the weather getting nicer, we're starting to get balls rolling ;) The first 'staff meeting' is tonight, and hopefully some hard dates will be established for getting things done. I might be jinxing us here, but I'd like to get the first batch out by October. We haven't been entirely...

True, I'm hoping though with some water heater insulation (basically just fiberglass in a waterproof plastic sheet) We can get the elements we have to be more efficient. Right now I was worried about having to insulate our mashtun too, but if you only experience a degree or two drop in plastic...

Pumps are certainly the way to go, we're designing ours with two at least. Thanks for the info on the times, I think we may have to go a bit differently with ours, we have a 120 gal HLT that we were going to use for mashing, sparging, and cleanup. The two elements aren't going to be enough...

I skimmed the thread real quick, but didn't see this question: How long does it take you to get your water up to temp with 2 5000k elements in the HLT? I imagine it wouldn't take too long to get the BK up and going, seeing as how you're pumping 170ish degree water in there to begin with. But...

Gotmead.com has a great calculator for figuring out gravities based on volume, as well as a bunch of other factors. It's a little complicated, but if you spend some time with it, you can figure it out. Just plug in your honey amount and total volume of liquid and it should spit back an estimated OG

Sounds good, but the lime? Interesting addition. I have a feeling it was intended for acidity, but the flavor combo should be unique. Post some tasting notes!

God I've been making blueberry mead for over three years and this name never occured to me... :drunk:

Same here, just installed mine with the locknut inside, washer out. Had to tighten it way down (really thinwalled pot) but so far no leaks. Haven't done a boil in it yet. Should I switch it around?

Certainly try all the spots mentioned before, particularly Rattle N Hum. It's my second fav bar next to Blind Tiger. Since you'll be staying in midtown you'll have to spend some time on the subway to go downtown, but once you do there's plenty down there to do. I'm a big fan of Greenwich...

Shake it like a baby

Get a big, wide opening funnel for pouring into your carboy. If you're fermenting in a bucket, just pour it in there ;) Yes it will be slow, yes it will be heavy, it might even be messy. Put the bucket next to a space heater or your heating ducts to loosen it up as much as possible.

Absolutely. Just keep in mind that the better quality honey you use, the better mead comes out. Clover honey results in a very simple mead. Often it's used for fruit meads. Try fermenting it with blueberries or other fruit. Just be careful the fruit doesn't clog the airlock, otherwise this...

5.0 CU GE Chest Freezer. Can comfortably fit one carboy, or two to three cornies with co2 bottle. The small size just fits in my closet (only just) and after the cost of building a chamber combined with buying an ac unit, it will end up costing about the same. Just stick a johnson controller on...