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  1. Feldmann

    Air in one of three kegorator beer lines....

    The fact that it isn't draining your C02 tank makes me think its a problem with your keg or somewhere in your liquid line.
  2. Feldmann

    Air in one of three kegorator beer lines....

    You could try isolating the problem. Hook the 5 Gal keg up to a different air and liquid line. If the problem persists, its the keg, if it doesn't, its your liquid or gas line. Next hook it up on its original gas line and different liquid line. If problem persists, its the gas line, if it...
  3. Feldmann

    Building a brewery in an unfinished basement

    Awesome set up! Thanks for all the pictures, I'm going to be taking a few things from your space. I have 700 to work with but I don't intend to occupy all of that space. I want to leave a good portion of it available for something that benefits the entire family. I'll probably end up only...
  4. Feldmann

    Building a brewery in an unfinished basement

    This was one of the things I was having the most trouble deciding on. I wanted something effective enough for 10Gal but didn't really want anything super permanent. I think I'm going to do more research into boil condensers. This is really important to me as well. I'm probably not going to be...
  5. Feldmann

    Building a brewery in an unfinished basement

    Hey everyone, So I recently bought a new house with an unfinished basement. I'm looking at building a brewery and I'm starting to compile a list of things I want. What are things in your brewery you couldn't do without and what are things you ended up not needing or wish you had done...
  6. Feldmann

    Belgian Stout Recipe Critique

    I've had some time to let them condition a bit and taste each one. I added 14g of whole coffee beans into one of the 1Gal jugs a few days before bottling. After tasting each I think the M47 is my least favorite. The one with just 550 seems to be having problems getting to proper carb levels but...
  7. Feldmann

    Belgian Stout Recipe Critique

    Brewed a few days ago. Should of figured splitting into smaller vessels would need a blow off tube but oh well... Two smaller jugs have WLP550 and the carboy has M47. Might add coffee to one of the jugs.
  8. Feldmann

    Red Ale

    I think you'd definitely want to up the hops to at least 25 IBU if you're going to keep the speciality malts.
  9. Feldmann

    Calculating Lactose Percentage of grain bill

    You could try cold steeping the grain. https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/how-to-brew/cold-steeping-getting-the-most-out-of-dark-grains/
  10. Feldmann

    Calculating Lactose Percentage of grain bill

    The difference between 6.12 and 6, or 40 and 50 SRM is negligible. The BJCP are exactly that, just guidelines. If you aren't entering a competition it doesn't really matter, I wouldn't sweat it.
  11. Feldmann

    Calculating Lactose Percentage of grain bill

    I'm fairly certain that lactose is mostly un-fermentable. Most of time I've seen it calculated more as a oz/gal instead of a percentage of your grain. If you have beersmith or something similar you can plug it in and it should add it to your gravity but I think its something like 1.042pppg?
  12. Feldmann

    Belgian Stout Recipe Critique

    I didn't want it to get too dry, I thought it would benefit from more body. To be honest though I brew belgian styles pretty frequently and I rarely add sugar. I do have some Special B on hand, would you recommend taking the 5% from one of the other speciality grains? Awesome advice! I think...
  13. Feldmann

    Belgian Stout Recipe Critique

    I did grab dehusked Carafa, perfect! I've heard of people doing this before but never tried it myself. Do you recommend steeping and sparging with cooler water? Someone in my beer club said they'll crush it, add water and throw it in the fridge the night before a brew day and then add it at...
  14. Feldmann

    Belgian Stout Recipe Critique

    Looking to make a Belgian stout. Im aiming for a nice balance between light, but present roasty and strong Belgian yeast character. I don't brew darker style beers very often so I wasn't sure what I wanted for the darker grains. I decided against the typical chocolate malt or roasted barley in...
  15. Feldmann

    Brown Ale flavors

    Don't bother with actual pumpkin, its sticky and messy and doesn't really add much flavour to the beer. Some guys in my beer club have said that they've experimented with other members of the gourd family and squash gives more of a "pumpkin flavour" than actual pumpkin but even then its not...
  16. Feldmann

    Kegging a brett beer

    Up until now I've only ever kept clean beers in my kegs. I have a bunch of free kegs and a lack of free bottles and a pale ale with brett ready to be drank. For anyone that kegs beer with brett or wild yeast, what is your process?
  17. Feldmann

    Kveik IPA Recipe Help

    Rough draft for the recipe: Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Sigmund's Voss Kveik (The Yeast Bay) Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.060 Final Gravity: 1.013 Estimated ABV: 6.1% IBU: 57 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 3.8 Primary Fermentation (# of Days &...
  18. Feldmann

    Kveik IPA Recipe Help

    I've experimented with the yeast bay's voss kveik at around 95F for a few beers and its always come out really good. All of those beers were very basic SMASH just to see what the yeast could do. I'm planning to do a few different styles with it but I still have a lot of hops from last year that...
  19. Feldmann

    Kveik IPA Recipe Help

    I was sort of basing the grain bill off a NEIPA style, but I'll admit my knowledge of the style has more to do with drinking it and a lot less with brewing it.
  20. Feldmann

    Kveik IPA Recipe Help

    I'm looking to make an IPA with Kveik and I was thinking 75% 2 row, 25% flaked oats for grain bill. I want a hop schedule to emphasize fruity and citrus. I have columbus, citra, chinook, cascade, centennial on hand. Was thinking of a columbus/citra mix.
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