Search results

first time ive seen this. -brewed a milk stout -used a wine degasser to aerate. I give a 1min burst, let it settle, clean a little, return and hit for another minute. i do this at least 3-5 times. -1.25 l starter but the last time i hit the wort with the degasser there was a lot of foam...

making a duvel clone, calls for a second stage with lb of belgian candy and fresh repitch of yeast have 2L WPL530 starter going primary is at 72-76, kept it mid 60s for a week, upper 60s for a few days, now low-mid 70s for a few days, still chugging along do it cut it off now and go to...

well sorta accidentaly. the spare room in my house has the ac/heat shut off to save on the cost. room doesnt get above 70 for anything so i generally will ferment all my beer in there. had my hefe was going well fermenting at low to mid 60s fermentation stopped, still has a day to the 10 mark...

so my first brew i used this for i had a lot of problems, it was emptying very, very slowly and then got completely clogged. other than having to use a large grain bag every time is there anything i can do to fix this? different size braided hose?

Type: Partial mash Size: 5 gallons Color: 429 HCU Bitterness: 113 IBU OG: 1.123 FG: 1.020 Alcohol: 13.3% v/v (10.5% w/w) Grain: 5 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. American crystal 60L 1 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 1.5 lb. American chocolate 1.5 lb. American black patent 1.5 lb...

i like my beers to have a high alch/gravity, my steeping grain batches have been getting 8-10% consistently. so i want to keep this trend for my upcoming partial or full grain. so my question is, is the strike water temp the determining factor for the efficiency? the original mash water temp...

im contemplating crossing over to all grain, did a small partial mash, turned out great. but do i need a immersion chiller? i normal cool off my cook pots by letting them sit in the pool, chills them down in about 10min tops. will this work for all grain?

putting my ipa into secondary to dry hop for a bit. smelled fantastic but it had a really peanut or nutty taste to it? ingredients were: light malt, 40L half pound, carapils quarter pound, and biscuit half pound(no victory was available and guy at brew store said its a good substitute). 4oz...

on my 2nd batch yesterday, the og was 1.06 (its an ipa), does this seem high? the recpeie didnt give me an og range, but i think the reading was questionalbe, its been in the fermenter for about 12 hours no activity in the air lock. i used white labs liquid vial, didnt use a starter but aerated...

hi im going to be purchasing my first kit soon, finally taking the dive in. i live down the freeway from the store that sells this kit: http://homebrew-supplies.homebrewmart.com/shared/StoreFront/product_detail.asp?RowID=113&CS=hbm&All= but was also looking at this kit that offers a...