Search results

Just came home from spending the holidays with family. I brewed an AHS Winter IPA on Dec 11, we left on the 19th. I'm guessing on the 20th my fermentation chamber(chest freezer, Johnson controller and fart fan) kicked on, but my freezer went on the fritz sometime while we were gone and just...

Welcome. I'm in Kingwood (NE of Houston)

Year to date 40 gal 15453.5 + 40= 15493.5

Way to persevere... A TRUE brewer!!!!!!!:tank:

What an awesome story for your first brew:mug::mug:

Get a turker fryer or crawfish boiler burner next time

Awesome first post Jason!!!!!!!!

Thats it!!!!!!!!!

It wasn't a full 5 gal boil. He was doing an extract. I will post pics as soon as I hit the 25 post mark

What was your OG and FG? also what temp did you ferment at?

Anyone ever use their BBQ grill to bring their wort to a boil? My brother in law did this last night and seemed to work OK. He has a glass stovetop and it couldn't bring 3 gal of water to a boil, it was late and nothing was open, so he used his grill. He's going to buy a burner to use next time

I'll buy that from you and use it as a pre-chiller

I second both

Am I wrong, but if you use some sort of sparge assembly you lose heat. I just let it run over the grain bed with aluminum foil over the bed. The HLT temp is 175 and the water on the grain bed is usually 171.

Leave it for 2 weeks.

Are you going to secondary? I've had some higher gravity beers that got a second wind on fermentation after racking to a secondary. Might be worth a try, or just let it sit for another week or 2. What is it they always say on here? RDWHAHB

Go for it. The boil should kill any nasties and shouldn't result in any off flavors. I used to do partial grain after my boy went to sleep. It definately makes for a long night. He's 2 1/2 now and I have switched to all grain. Just have to keep him away from the burner now. Have friends...

I don't use a sparge arm, just a piece of foil with a bunch of holes in it set on the grain bed. I let my hose from the HLT set on top and sparge slowly. Works like a charm, but still it would be cool to show off a fancy sparge arm.:ban:

This is what I do for my 2 kegs, it doesn't take double the time, just double the gas(which isn't much). The pressure is the same so it dissolves in the beer at the same rate.:tank:

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rockin::rockin::rockin::rockin::rockin::ban::mug: