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Have you been doing all grain batches?

I would suggest go to NorthernBrewer.com and watch their Brew in a Bag episode. Also on YouTube. BIAB is easy to do on your stovetop. Mash temps will be the same as any other allgrain batch since the main idea is to get those enzymes at max working potential. My last Hefe batch was mashed at...

Watch out for snails and slugs! They went crazy on my hops practically overnight about a week ago. I went to Home Depot and got some Diatomacious Earth and powdered up the first 12" of the hops and all around each plant and the bed. No more snails except the occasional 1 or 2 that realized they...

Sorry I have been away a while, had training at work so haven't signed on. Haha. I'll take the measurements tonight and post it. I also recently put casters on it and the only heavy thing I have had to pick up lately is the keg or a carboy to cold crash, if needed. BTW I have to say good...

I would say Kolsch or an American Hefeweizen. Both of those beers will be a hit and your "I only drink Bud Light" drinkers will be shocked at how good real beer tastes. Either way Congrats! :mug:

The conical fits right in the corner of the closet so the doors are always closed. I also keep all of my carboys in there uncovered and never had a problem. It's basically dark all the time until I work with the beer. I am submitting the Zythos IPA to a contest on Saturday. We will see how...

That's cause you are brewing Good Beer with a Great Recipe. Not knocking Bell's, I love it. I just read all the pages of this thread and I have been jealous listening (reading) to all of you and I first thought I was going to wait until all of my homegrown hops are ready this year but I can't...

Thanks everyone. I love this thing. I also like to whirlpool my wort prior to putting in the fermenter but this time I wasn't so picky about getting some trub in the fermenter since I figured it would just fall into the sightglass to dump within the first 24 hours to reconnect the sightglass...

I feel that the best way to go about it is to make your starter and shake the wort up in the flask to aerate prior to placing on the stir plate so the yeast have plenty of oxygen to start with then the stir plate will continue to aerate and keep them in suspension. If you allow the yeast to go...

First brew, Zythos IPA, in Conical! THANK YOU to all that have helped along the way. I LOVE this thing. :mug::rockin:

I did it right in a 5 gallon bucket. Saw it on brewingtv and gave it a shot.

I am in Jacksonville by the beaches. I just got my cascade and magnum rhizomes yesterday along with a couple hundred feet of coir yarn made from coconut husk. This stuff looks really strong. I am going to give it a try this year. I got all my rhizomes and coir yarn from freshops.com.

I am really stoked to see some others growing hops in FL. New breeds here we come! I grew 7 different types of hops last year and one thing I learned from it is to have something strong for them to climb on. I am going to use rope this year as the main support and let the coir twine spiral up...

Hefes tend to go pretty crazy. I always use a blowoff tube. I think you are totally fine. If it is the fact that your airlock blewoff... again I wouldn't worry about it. I have done open fermentations and have yet to be infected. If you are worried you could wait till the fermentation is...

So it sounds like a lot of people have been trying to do this recipe for a while with a lot of notes on how to approach it but has anyone brewed and drank a batch that thinks they nailed it? After reading all of these posts I have to go to Total Wine & Beer to search for a Banana Bread Beer...

I am actually throwing a BeerFest for St. Patty's Day and I NEED SOME HELP with good names for the brews that are all kegged up and ready. Suggestions Please: 1 Extra Pale Ale 2 Irish Red Ale - IRA 3 Stout 4 Pilsner 5 English Oak Aged IPA 6 Brown Ale 7 California Common 8...

Has anyone done anything about the extra threading on the female threads on the induction tank? It seems that there is extra threading above where the male threading screws on to the induction tank. Sealing them? Melting the plastic to make them smooth? OR Don't worry about it and just clean...

All I have with me is the picture of the parts I got. I will upload some more once the setup is complete. 1. The sight glass will collect the trub in the first 24 hours. 2. Close the butterfly valve and disconnect the sight glass to dump the trub. 3. Clean and sanitize the sight...

Tri Clover connections on my 15 gal conical fermenter. This is prob a little more expensive using the TriClover connections but I chose them for 3 reasons. 1. THEY LOOK SWEET! 2. Super easy to work with and clean. 3. Very sanitary. Derrin from BrewersHardware.com was great helping me...

Just ordered my 15 gal Full Drain Conical for 61.99 Free Shipping coupon code case sensitive FREESHIP. I have been looking everywhere and this is definitely the best. Thanks HBT posters!:mug: