Search results

Hey all, Not sure if there are good guides for building up a brew sculpture but I'm in the process of making one slowlly. My question is where do I go next? My goal is fulling automated electric HERMS or RIMS. Currently I do batch sparging and have two turkey fryers. I have a 10g cooler for...

I have a few questions on my 1st cyser. Recipe: 5 gallons 4 gal cider 5# clover honey 1# dates 2# brown sugar Wyeast sweet mead DAP Top up water. 1. Does this belong in the cider forum? 2. When should I transfer it off the yeast to secondary? It has been about 1 month, their isn't airlock...

Hey all, I'm moving from TX to WI and I think the most fragile and awkward things we're moving at the carboys. They need to go in the moving truck. Anyone have pointers? Is the best bet just to wrap them in blankets? Thanks!

Hey all, I am curently smoking a pork butt 4.5 lbs. Its been on for 3 hours but I am having a terrible time keeping the smoker going (its an El Cheapo Brinkmann). The temp I was shooting for was 225 but the smolder kept going out (i need to put vent on the bottem). Anyways I will have to...

I would like your thoughts on this recipe. It has to be a porter and have these ingredients (its a friendly competition). Northern Brewer for Bittering, Raspberries and California V yeast. I would like to make it a chocolate raspberry porter bit have the raspberries come through more than the...

Wife and I recently ran into the problem of kicking our kegs and missing out on our "pipeline". We moved so brewing was on hold for a bit and we didn't realized our three kegs were about to kick. We do AG in an apartment with a 5gallon igloo mashtun. I've only used this mashtun once before...

I'm not sure if this thread has been done but post the gifts you've gotten these holidays. SWMBO got me an engraved mash paddle and an engraved 2L boot "Yodeling Goat Brewery". We also got a bottling tree, floor corker and two more kegs

I wanted a simple Haus Irish Red Ale. I just wanted to get some thoughts on this one. I would like it to be around 5%, on the malty side and medium bodied. Irish Red Ale Batch Size: 6.00 gal Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU 9 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1...

I have an old igloo cooler I converted into a cpvc manifold. It has slits cut on the bottom. I tested it by putting hot water in the cooler. I let it sit about a minute and it read 160 degrees I then waited 1 hours and took a temp and it read 154 degrees. Ambient temp is 75 degrees. This...

Yesterday I bought a WitBier PM kit from the LHBS and they were out of the yeast they normally use for the WitBeir. One of the employees suggested using Wyeast 3724 (Belgium Saisan). I was just curious as to how much different this maybe to a Witbier. I have only had one Saisan before and...

I made a Belhaven Clone on the 17th and kegged it the 1st. On the 2nd I checked on the pressure (I was doing 1 day at 30psi and then brought it down to 10 psi). I forgot to put the temp regulator back into the freezer and the beer is mostlikely frozen solid (minus the alc.). All the...

I am getting married in about three months and the fiance wants 1L mugs as center pieces for the wedding tables. We will need 22 of them for the tables. She tells me her father says "Price doesn't matter this needs to happen". (I know I am marrying the right family right?! haha). Anyways...

Is it okay to turn a used cooler into a MLT? The cooler has some stains and scratches. I plan on doing a thorough cleaning and sanitizing it. Money is tight with a wedding coming up, looking to cut spending. :mug:

I went to my parents house and happened to see the crushed black patend I had in their freezer next to the coffee machine. I left in a small tupperware container and had no use for it yet so I put it in the freezer to use later. Anyways I saw it had a bit of it missing. I asked how their...

Are you able to leave Iodophor in a keg? I have three kegs I wanted to clean at once with no need for them in the near future. I cleaned the kegs with Oxyclean and they now have an Iodophor solution in each, I was just wonderin how long this would be able to stay. Also If I could get dump...

I was just wondering how much co2 was in a 5# tank (in psi). I received one from Midwest Brew Supply and filled it here in town. When I connected the dual gauge I saw it was 700psi, is that normal at full pressure? Seems small since the regulator goes up to 2000 but I really have no idea.

5.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract 2.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) 1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L 1.00 oz Galena [13.00 %] (60 min) 2.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (30 min) 1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (15 min) 1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min) 1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop with whole hops in...

I thought the girlfriend and I bit off a little too much doing a lighter all grain over a stove after we ran into a lot of problems brewing until about 3am. Luckily it seemed to go well after we just tasted it now just before bottling, minus it being flat it was great which is more so say about...

Hey all, The Girlfriend and I are experimenting with adding cocoa powder and fruit puree to see how it turns out. This was a partial grain brew. We used the Brewer's Best Irish Stout kit and then added 8 oz of cocoa powder after the boil and stirred. After pitching the yeast the Airlock...

Hello from Wisconsin! I thought I'd introduce myself just after I started my 1st Brew. I just bought a kit the other day with my girlfriend and we went with a Bock. There were a couple problems that came up one being a boil over. I used an extract malt and hops and the problem came...