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Brewed an oktoberfest in july. Left in primary for 1 month at 50 deg F. Raised to 67 deg F for 3 days, then racked to secondary for 1 month at 50 deg F. Been in the keg (at 50) for 7 weeks and I couldn't take the temptation any longer, so I tried a glass.. and was nearly bowled over by the...

What do you use to check the PH of the solution? (and where would I get some?)

Check out kegconnection.com if you really feel the need to spend some dough. The deals on kegs and connectors, taps and faucets are great. I just dropped $270 on various things for the brewroom (haven't told SWMBO yet)...

Made a dry stout yesterday, tomorrow I'll crank out a smoke porter, then doing an IPA next week. I love this time of year!

I kegged a weizenbock and the tables call for a CO2 vol of 4.2. In my 45 deg kegerator that's 34.5psi and 12' 1" of 3/16" tubing!! So far all I get is foam. Guess I'll try backing off the pressure until the foam stops and just take whatever the final CO2 vol ends up being.

I did a starter for my weizenbock - ended up with beer all over the basement! Lesson learned, use a larger blowoff tube. I also did one with a bavarian lager smack pack... the pack took several days to show any activity, as did the starter; but then it finally woke up and was bubbling nicely...

thomcat333, that's some good looking work. I have been thinking about doing something similar only using peltier devices. Anyone here tried using them? I've got 2 12VDC thermoelectric coolers preassembled with sinks attached to both sides, 4 120mm dc fans and a 12VDC/5A power supply. I am...

I've done 6 batches so far...still a FNG... but here I am. I make custom cabinets and furniture, I bake bread, I do the big cooking for dinners with friends and family. Every thing I make I get to see/taste/eat the end as soon as I am done with the process except...BEER. I have to wait 6...

Well then I'll dump it and get some distilled water. Thanks for the response. I gotta say I really like this forum; I've learned more stuff from here just reading along than I ever learned from my brother-in-law, and he runs a microbrew out in OR!

I mixed up a 5 gal solution of Starsan in a spare bottling bucket using tap water (from a well). It turned cloudy right away. So...is it already bad or will it turn bad sometime in the future and I just won't be able to tell?

Nice score! The only thing better than cheap is free; I just acquired all the fixin's for kegging - CO2 tank, reg, tap, coupler, hoses and drip tray - for nada. I was rebuilding the balustrade in a house previously rented by some college students where it seems they left the remains of the...

Thanks for the info. I am doing the starter in the fridge ( 55 deg F) to see how it works. So far ( ~ 24 hrs) it is slowly building a krausen, pretty much as I expected. I'll give it a few more days and then do the brew.

I am trying my first lager ( my temp controller just arrived from more beer; 2 days after ordering - ca to nh - not bad!) and am in somewhat of a quandary. Palmer suggests pitching the starter at a temp near the lager ferment temp, Snyder says room temp, and the guy at the lhbs says don't even...

I made a DIY IC with 2 coils; 25' of 1/2" cu in an ice bath and 25' of 1/2" cu in the wort. With an input temp of 55 deg F I can cool 5 gal of rolling boil to 76 deg F in 9 min. It helps to stir/agitate the wort while cooling. For the cost ($90 for the cu and all fittings) this is a pretty...

Gas appliances are designed to burn bottled gas much more efficiently than outdoor equipment. There are a whole s++load of regulations that apply to ranges and clothes dryers that do not cover the way a turkey fryer burner works. Using an outdoor burner indoors is a sure way to see your name...

Temp makes all the difference. I made a hefe with the same recipe as a local MBP but kept my ferment temp about 4 deg F cooler. The MB hefe had a very pronounced banana and very little clove, but mine was more balanced (and better IMO).

OK, I've been reading the threads for some time. I am a newbie - 4 batches so far - and I have seen several threads about using the yeast cake after racking to secondary/bottles. First, is this the trub or is there some filtering? There seems to be other stuff in there than just yeast...

Definitely let it cool to near the wort temp. The yeast in the first gallon or two of the wort going into the hot priming solution will suffer thermal shock, and you will end up with either slow or uneven carbonation (Learned by experience - my first two brews were slow carbs and I used hot...

I got one as a gift. Gave it 4 weeks to ferment and another 4 in the bottle. Wasn't a bad beer for the first time out, but not nearly as good as my first hefeweisen using a real "starter" kit. For a few bucks more you can get a decent setup that will allow you to do so much more (read "How to...

This looks like a good one - I'll try it this weekend! Thanks..