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A couple of comments on the floating things. They appeared to me to be just whey proteins. It is not uncommon to take the raw whey from cheesemaking like this and get secondary cheeses from it (almost like a cheese partigyle if you will). Perhaps in the next round, I'll make more ricotta...

Interesting! Thanks jekeane! I'll give that a try instead of the 1118.

This next weekend, I'm making a Cotswold, I will save the whey again and test a batch of fermentation of non-Lactaid vs. Lactaid. What I've done thus far does not show that the Lactaid did the reduction of Lactose if the milk has simple sugars in it already, then I would see no difference in...

OK, so here is my experiment. 1. I made a Caerphilly and saved about a gallon of whey. 2. I measured the gravity of this whey, it was 1.022 3. I took 6 lactaid pills, crushed them in a mortal & pestal, and added them to the whey. 4. After a few hours (at room temperature) I measured the...

Just ran across this thread and by chance, just dosed my sweet whey with some Lactaid (crushed 6 pills for ~1 gallon). Not sure there is any way to tell if the lactose has been broken into glucose + galactose... So, I pitched in a packet of Lalvin 1118 to the mix to see how it goes. Any...

I am the sole drinker on the kegs in my home most of the time so these corny's are hanging around for a while. It may be that in the last few pints, I'm getting to the super clear, all the stuff has dropped out, section of the keg. I usually cold crash for a few days (32F) before kegging, I...

OK, the last few pints of any corny are THE BEST. How can we make all the pints taste like the last one? I've seen some floating keg inlet, I've cold crashed for way beyond hop persistence, etc. Anyone else see this phenomenon?

OK, this is a new (and totally odd) condition. I have a standard keggerator. It is a black box with the chrome top rails that was originally for a full keg. I've switched out the tower and have 3 taps on it, 2 full size Corny's and a halfsy (3 gal) keg I keep on nitro in the back. This has...

OK, so I'm converting a 10 gallons SS Brewtech kettle into a HERMS HLT and have a question. In this 'weldless' approach, I see that my coil 'sags' a bit in the kettle, deforming the side of the kettle a bit (nothing too extreme but noticeable). Anyone see this? I'm thinking that perhaps I...

Irish Stout, all dark grain in the vorloff, very smooth.

Did you? Did they send it or should I send an inquiry myself?

So how did it turn out?

Thanks for all the advice, I followed Mr malty, and a little more. Took off Luke a rocket and actually blew the top off the brew bucket. Mess inside the fermenting chamber... Chugging along nicely though.

Hello, I did a 70-shilling Scottish ale on chico yeast and have racked off all but the last 1.5 inches from the primary a week ago. So the cake has been continuously under beer since then and have been in the garage in the upper 50's this past week. I'm doing a IIPA and going to repitch...

Today I was trying out the no-sparge method that is what the Brutus and the BrewEasy. Specifically, I wanted to look at the efficiency my system with a temperature step mash. Here is what I found. My system is usually the 10gal Igloo MLT and HLT and a 10gal BK on gas. Today, I left the HLT...

Any idea on changing efficiency for converting recipes?

I picked up the 10 gal/ 220v BoilCoil and will be putting in the outlet this weekend. Love to have the controller from blingmann, but it looks like it may be faster to just build a "Toolbox" PID etc.

There is a roggen in the latest zymurgy, and it is 8oz of a 12# grain bill. I've never made one myself, but I just initiated a starter and will brew it up this weekend. Seems like a lot in your recipe.

I used my electric smoker, perfect temp control 24/7

Just get MFL (http://www.homebrewing.org/Keg-Disconnects_c_424.html) fittings and you can run either. This gives u the most flexibility, IMHO.