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Cool. I got my first dedicated fermentation freezer set up about a week ago. I used to unhook the kegs from the keezer, pull them out, reset the temp to fermentation temps and then reverse the process every time I wanted to serve. Controlling these temps (60-65) for most of my beers has...

Wow - I am still 'aging' my original recipe. I just haven't gotten it into rotation in the 3 tap keezer yet and wanted to save enough for Halloween.... Hmmm. Maybe I should brew another batch this weekend.... King - what is your grain to glass time on this brew?

3/4" concrete will be very hard to do without cracking. Better put some mesh in there too.

Hmmm.... Glad to see that this pump idea took off. I am about to post some photos of the "pump inside a toolbox" V2.0. I've integrated an SSR, PID controller, and controls for a RIMS tube... Sorry for the off topic thread stealingbpodt, just got me excited to share@

Yeas I have a valve for flow. The problem really comes from clogging. I've made a spider (all stainless) but it doesn't reach down far enough for ky 5 gallon batches in my kettles.... Any tips? How do you sanitize you pump and chiller if you're whirlpooling without them?

Thanks for all the replies. Weirdboy, what about the cold break forming in the chiller? That's what happened to me today. Seems if you're going from boiling to fermentation temps the cold break has to form in the plates. Either way, it just seems like I made good, consistent beers with less...

So here's the deal - I've had a 30 plate chiller for about 8-10am batches now, thinking I'd be upgrading from my IC. I can't see how this is better! How does anyone justify or even use these!? Here are my main problems: 1. I have a pump and try to whirlpool with it. Problem is that I want to...

A British strain might be perfect with the British MO malt. S-04 sounds perfect, or maybe WL1007, but you wanna stick with a clean ale yeast and ferment low to really let the hops shine.... US-05 can't really be beat for that....

Looks like you had a lot of extra sugar from the Limeade that you didn't let ferment out before bottling. The limeade should have been added while there was still some pretty good activity and the gravity of 1.002 means that the yeasties were basically done and going to sleep (3 days is crazy...

Brewed this up on Saturday and is bubbling away in the ferm chamber happily at 64*F. Couldn't get to the LHBS for the flaked corn, so I ended up using corn grits from Sprouts. Brew day went like this: 6# US 2-row 1.25# Organic Yellow Corn Grits (Cereal Mash with 1# of the 2-row @ 150* for...

Sounds like the perfect time for a SMaSH! Keep it simple to really find those hop characteristics. I've never met a Marris Otter SMaSH I didn't enjoy...

As a side note - the beer tasted fantastic!!! The spice level is right on and, for me, the pumpkin really comes through. I know a lot of people say that they can't taste it, but I (and SWMBO) really can!

That's a pretty good idea! I think I'll just leave it out in the warm for a week or so and see if it drops on its own.... I guess this is kinda a beer that 'slightly sweet' doesn't matter as much in.... Pumpkin pies are sweet afterall....

So.... seems I have a bit of a problem now... My hydrometer broke on the brew before this one, so I only took OG values. I had some higher than expected efficiencies and ended up with an OG of 1.067. I had a 3 week primary, 2 week secondary, then cold-crashed and kegged. It has been in the...

Funny you say that about going overboard.... On my third batch of this stuff (hard to keep it around) I decided to really up the flavor and added an additional frozen limeade concentrate can..... Bad idea! It's way to much, reminds me of a margarita with all of that lime and boozy alcohol from...

Just pulled a sample from the keg. Not quite fully carbed but wow this is gonna be good in another week or two. 8 cups in mine, perfect watermelon aroma and flavor. Color isn't ead there though, just looks like a normal american wheat if not a tad darker.

I have used a few different wheat and wit yeasts on this as well as US-05 and found that they are all good, but there really is nothing quite like the Hefe IV. It seems to give a rounder, more fruity flavor that lends itself to the lime. That being said, they have all been very good. I would...

Thanks for the reply! Going with citra and Zythos and will update. Found some C40 in ly bin so that's a go too. I also thought about it and will just stick to the US 05. I'll save the 1272 for something else. Should make a good beer! Thanks!

This is awesome. Very excited to seethe results. I am skeptical too, but always use foil and hopefully won't change unless you prove me otherwise buy a large margin. I feel that the c o 2 will always push the o 2 out of the container and therefore no air is going to get in, regardless of method...

That doesn't sound 'good'. I've never experienced that character, but this is only my second pumpkin beer and its only 2 weeks in primary. Are you saying that your experience with adding pumpkin is bad because of this??