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So I have been brewing awhile, I have made dark beer, light beer, porters, lagers... I live next to an area breweries manager and he brought over a CDA that they made. I make a habit of trying to decipher how things are done at the big boys so that I can do better on my own. This beer was...

its not perfect but I have a rig using a 25 gal hot water heater. I am able to get mash out temps by the time my mash is done. you can see pics at http://promontorybrew.com/ look back at some of the first posts... I have brewed 15 batches on this rig and am really happy with the results everytime.

Acuta, I am taking Robs advice. For the Saint at least. I am going to give it a go with some local cider and a wyeast trappist yeast. I have never done this before so who knows but the yeast and cider should do a lot of the trick... They say they smooth with Maple syrup... so if I ferment...

Did you ever find a recipe? I am trying to find a recipe for the Trapist yeast Saint...

Cool everyone thanks for the response. I waited about 2 hours and it came down fine. Pitched my starter at 70'... The bubble is already starting to move in the blow off hose. thanks

Its a strong so its going to be pretty bug. Its already come down like 4' in 25 min... I'll hold it off a little while longer. I don't want to get fusel's...

Should put the carboy sealed in the frig for a couple hours to get it to 70' and then pitch yeast? thanks

haha. I have been AG brewing for about 8mo and some have turned out better. This is a strong ale that ages really great...

Cool. Just figured I would check, this is one of my fav beers...

Will this kill the beer? Its a plastic spoon that is now slightly disfigured. The boil had only been going for about 3 minutes and I had past the hot break. Just took me a 2 minutes to get it out of the pot...

Seabass, I am off 228th on the kenmore side... Recipe is; 11# 2-row .5# chocolate 1.5# crystal 120 1# cara-pils It was for a brown... Mashed right about 152'. Any specific recommendations on other yeasts?

I am still learning here but I am using 1056/US 05 and 04 and its drying my ales out to much. I am getting down to 1.010, but I want it to stop at 1.016 or so... How can I lessen the the drying out here? thoughts, thanks so much

I am not overly concerned about it, but it seems like adding the 7gal extra makes a ton of sense. Its actually cheaper than doing it the way the Yuri did it the first time. I also found: http://nilrodbrewery.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-to-make-conical-fermenter.html this guy has a price list...

I want to avoid something like fermcap... for Reinhiesgabot and all that... But the other thing I am thinking is doing a one of the conicals that has the same diameter as the keg, then adding a few inches to the height and a few gallons to the head space. I think I could get headspace up to...

Could you ferment 15gal in this thing or is that not enough head space? I have a 6.5gal carboy that I fill to 6gal. and its fine. I have to use a blowoff tube not one of those little blowoff things... ???

Good call on the chiller, I agree thats a big deal. I think the Blichmann plate chiller should do the trick on that one. Fermentation is the biggest piece of the puzzle to me right now. I just found Yuri's post from awhile back where he modified a sanke with a stainless hopper and made an...

Would it be possible to modify a sanke keg and weld a conical SS to one side and corny top... That would improve head space and you could ferment a 15gal batch... The costs would still come in cheaper than a 15gal conical... How much head space would be required for a 15gal batch of beer? I...

What things should I consider when upgrading from 5gal to a 15gal or 1/2 bbl system? I haven't decided which direction to go yet but I want to increase capacity significantly (relatively speaking). What do people recommend for chillers at that capacity? I have looked at some Keg...

the url is actually: http://promontorybrew.com scroll to the bottom, its from my first AG brew day and the build. I will check on the mill setting from my guy. I want to pick up my own, just trying to measure my spending a tiny bit you know. As far as the numbers go: I resurc'd twice, 1 gal...

So as I understand it, efficiency comes from the total gravity points available from the grain bill you are using, to the total gravity points you achieve. I have been getting around 68% which seems low, I don't need to hit a home run but I'd like better than that. I get my grains from a...