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I just picked up a 5 gallon used oak barrel from Farmhouse brewing. I plan on aging my barleywine in it. Ok, can anyone give me tips on using it? Do you have to sanitize it? Spray it down with Star San? Also, do I need to put water in it first to swell it? Any advice will be helpful

Originally I was at the 100 IBU mark. I did put a pound of peat malt in it and the smoke aroma was very noticeable after mashing. However, with the additional DME and the extra hops, I think the peat presence will be knocked down. Any thoughts of me repitching in 2 weeks with Wyeast Scottish...

So I brewed my barleywine yesterday. I met up with several friends and they were brewing a second barleywine at the same time. Everything going ok, had some problems with my burner (not getting hot enough). Drinking beer, talking and having fun (forgot I was heating my strike water and hit...

I am trying for a English Barleywine style with a scottish flair. I am not conforming to strict style guidelines. Everything I read on big malty beers is you need to really hop them as you need high IBU's to balance out the malt. I feel the hops will balance nicely. I was thinking of using...

As I said, this is an English Barleywine with a Scottish twist. The IBU's seem high, but with such a heavy malt presence, the perception of the IBU's is significantly reduced. So while calculations say 110 IBU, the perception is around 60-70. I did research on the yeast, and London III is...

the barley was a joke. I have a small backyard. I got the Monster Mill MM-3

Thanks for the advice. I just got my mill today. I ordered it on my B-day as a present to myself and got it today. It is beautiful. Now I have to attach the hopper and base, and find some grains to crush. Cant wait til I crush my own grains and then brew with them. Soon, I will be planting...

Ok, I am brewing my Scottish Barley Wine. I know there is no style for it, but the recipe is based on an English barleywine, but with a Scottish flair. 21 lb Golden Promise 1 lb Peat malt 1 lb UK Crystal 60 2 oz Magnum 120min (I know American hops, but couldn't find a good bittering UK...

Thats what I thought. I remember working on a big block chevy, helping during tune ups. No fancy computers or fuel injection. Back in the day when you could be a shade tree mechanic. Now you cant work on your own car. Hell even a simple oil change is difficult and on some cars require special tools.

I thought feeler gauges were used to set spark plugs. I remember as a kid helping my dads friend work on cars and having to use a metal shim like device to set the gap. Oh well that's why I went into medicine and not auto mechanics.

Yes I know how smack packs work. It actually contains a nutrient that the yeast use to propagate and multiply. In the process, they produce CO2, which causes the pack to swell. Yes it was smacked, I compared it to another un smacked pack and there was some swelling.

Thanks for the tip on the feeler gauge. What is a decent starting place to set the gap on the rollers? BTW-I do remember using feeler gauges to set the gap on points and spark plugs

Hello I just received my first order from Brewmasters Warehouse. I ordered a Wyeast Activator pack London III yeast, among other brew gear and grain. The problem I have is that when I unpacked everything, the yeast pack was "smacked" (I guess during shipment). It had not swelled, but I...

Now, does anyone know of a feeler gauge set that goes up to 0.065? I found a bunch online, but most do not go up to that setting. But do you need a feeler gauge that high? Is there any type of grain that would require such a setting? I know most people run between 0.03-.04. Thanks

Ok, I did it. I went witht he monster mill 3 roller model and to save me the hassle, I got the base and hopper with it. Now, I need some sacks of grain.

I am looking to see if there would be any interest in a group grain buy for the west coast of Florida. If interested, please respond to this thread and tell me what grain(s) you are interested in. Thanks

Ok so I am getting a mill. Any advice? Crankandstein, Monster, Barley crusher? 2 or 3 roller? I saw Monster has a 1.5 and 2" diameter 2 roller mill. What is the advantages of the bigger diameter rollers? thanks

Ok so I am getting a mill. Any advice? Crankandstein, Monster, Barley crusher? 2 or 3 roller? I saw Monster has a 1.5 and 2" diameter 2 roller mill. What is the advantages of the bigger diameter rollers? thanks

I have a 10 gallon Bayou Classic kettle. I use it on my bayou classic burner. Never had a problem. No scorching and my boil off rate is about 1.25-1.5 gallons per hour. The handles on mine are fine. When I move the pot with 7-8 gallons of wort, never even strains. I got mine from home depot...