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  1. polecreek

    yeast difference

    I left my s-05 yeast starter to close to the wood stove and my yeast had heat stroke. My Imperial Stout with an o.g. of 1.098 could not wait for a new starter. I quickly kegged my Centennial Blond and poured the cake on the stout, The cake was Nottingham, I am wondering how much this will change...
  2. polecreek

    High O.G.

    Just out of curiosity I am wondering what the highest o.g. beer members here have brewed. I just overshot my barley wine with a o.g. of 1.380. I am hopeing my s-o5 will work. I did make a starter but this still looks kind of high to me. So put my mind at ease and tell me you have made bigger beers.
  3. polecreek

    Brandy from wine

    I dont know if this is legal? I would like to make brandy from the many gallons of wine I have stacked up. I am running out of wine bottles and have 15 more gallons fermenting, I thought this would be an interesting solution. Any thoughts or suggestions?
  4. polecreek

    cherry extract

    I have brewed several batches of Bavarian Hefe and really like it. Thinking of adding a cherry extract to the next batch. Shoud I add this at bottling time or in the third week in the primary since I dont secondary? How much extract would be sufficient for 5 gallons?
  5. polecreek

    Pulled fruit too soon

    I am making a srtawberry wine. I used 18lbs of strawberrys, 12 lbs of sugar and acid blend, pectic enzyme, 5 campden tabsyeast nutrient and Lavlin 1116 yeast. My question is I pulled the bag of fruit in the straining bag and discarded after 18 hours before pitching the yeast. I am reading...
  6. polecreek

    I love myself

    I am an overpaid bus driver with an all electic herms that brews at least 7.5 gallons a year and an expert about everything. I love myself, please tell me how cool I am.:ban: Really I am just drunk and kind of feeling like getting wild and making 10 gallons this year!:D This may be my last post...
  7. polecreek

    Free Grain

    COLObrewer just donated 10lbs of his homemade two row malt to try out. I am looking for ideas on a brew to build. I have a lot of specialty grains and hops on hand. Please chime in with ideas to try this homemade malt out with. By the way I run close to 86% efficiency with my rims system.:rockin:
  8. polecreek

    upside down tomato

    Anyone tried this? The t.v. ad looks cool but does it work? I am going to try it with some tomatoe plants I started, of course I am building my own planters. Any advice or experience out there?
  9. polecreek

    cluster f%^&

    Stuck a keg of ESB in the kegerator few days ago and decided it was time to sample. Beer would barely come out, so I jacked the pressure up to about 35psi, still no worky.Swapped beer lines reversed in and out to try to free obstruction, nothing worked. I pull off the In side post connector, it...
  10. polecreek

    too hot for yeast?

    I pitched my s-05 today on 10 gal of American IPA. I pitched while filling my primary cornies. My temp. was running fine when I checked it on the first cornie but my plate chiller had a hangup midway through the second and I didnt notice untill I had already pitched. I pitched at 106, do you...
  11. polecreek

    refractometer calibration

    I just got my new refractometer today. I got out the distilled water and put it on the face plate and went to adjust the calibration screw. When I screw down there is no white at all in the eyepiece. When I unscrew it, it will only come up a little ways , not enough to get to the zero point on...
  12. polecreek

    racking time

    My problem is I have two 6 gal BB with 2 week old beer in them. I want to age the beer longer and want to brew another 10 gal batch. All my 5 gal BB are full of wine. I have 12 empty cornies though. Do I use a cornie as a secondary and than rerack to another cornie in a few weeks? What would be...
  13. polecreek

    e-bay confusion

    I need help figuring out what just happened. I bought two 20# co2 tanks last week, paid for them immediatly via paypal. This was a buy it now or make an offer deal. I made an offer and got turned down so I did the buy it now. Paypal pops up so I pay immediatly, figuring I have bought the tanks...
  14. polecreek

    Beer fines

    I propose beer fines for hijacking threads. I am guilty but that is a prior misdemeanor. I propose you have to drink a coors everytime you jack a thread. Any other ideas?
  15. polecreek

    Drilling crosshairs on QDs

    I am wondering if anyone has drilled the x or crosshairs out of the plastic disconnects? Would it cause them to become weaker is what i am wondering. Mine plug up with leaf hops when I pump from the BK to my plate chiller. I have a false bottom in my Bk but some still gets through. I think I...
  16. polecreek

    My new refractometer sucks

    Calibrated my refractometer today with distilled water and checked two hydrometers also. One hydrometer was .01 high the other .01 low, calibrated the hydrometer dead on. Checked a sample of Eds AW and both hyrometers read about 1.020 and the refractometer read 1.060. It is a salinity...
  17. polecreek

    baptizmal tank

    I just recived a 7ft. tall 40" deep by 40" wide baptizing tank out of a church. Its homemade out of about 14 guage plate. Im thinking walk in kegerator. Do you think its an express ticket to hell for stocking brew in a baptizmal tank? Im wondering if I insulate the outside and paint the inside...
  18. polecreek

    False bottom for BK

    Seems to work so far.
  19. polecreek

    Wtf

    I busted my balls for 3 months building my rims system. Posted a pic today for some critizism and I get squat. I get a few nice posts, screw that I want the your a dumb ass for doing that or what were you thinking. Pol didnt even give me thats overkill, wtf is the pid for? I dont know any...
  20. polecreek

    Jockey box

    This is still in progress, Hope the kids dont notice their scooter missing, I needed parts.
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