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So funny enough, my buddy and I just talked. He too just tried gelatin for the first time on a beer. Same process as I described above except he does not rack to secondary. He too has milky, opaque beer! One thing I'll mention too is that the beer does not taste in any way different, nor...

Ok, so weird thing happening to me here. I brewed a Irish red ale and kegged it about a month ago. As part of my process, I racked to secondary, chilled to 34 degrees and fined with gelatin. What I do is add 1 tsp of gelatin to a cup of water, let it bloom for about 30 mins at room temp, then...

Hey everyone, Starting to take a stab at designing my own recipes. I'm a sucker for lagers, especially Oktoberfest/Märzen beers. I thought I'd try and design one, but I'm definitely not experienced enough to know how this will turn out so please feel free to share your opinions! First, a...

Good point. The description of the grain on Beersmith says its common to Belgian ales and Bocks. I can see what you mean about too much adding a caramel flavor. What should I use to bring the color back up that sticks with the traditional Marzen profile? Thanks, - Roz

Hi All, So I was taking a stab at concocting my own Oktoberfest/Marzen recipe, using a few BYO articles as general guidelines. I was tying to keep it super traditional with only German malts and noble hops. Anyways, my question was around two of the malts I decided to throw in: melanoidin malt...

Hi Everyone, Looking for a decent price on a 10#, 15# or 20# tank. I'd prefer to pick it up in the DFW area, but if shipping is decent, I'd do that too. Thanks, - Roz

No problem. Just curious: why? Just trying to learn. Thanks!

Hi everyone, I'm interested in the forum's input on this. I'm thinking about brewing this up in time for Christmas with my good buddy. The recipe is kind of out of my head, which is always iffy, so please give me your best shots! The name is inspired by two things: first, the style being...

I'm liking the idea of using WLP810 San Francisco. It's takes a little digging to find out what kind of characteristics it will lend to the beer, mainly because it's a little difficult to discern what the yeast is like when brewed in something other than a steam. So if I go with 810, I could...

Hi Everyone, Getting back in to brewing after a long, long hiatus. I'm going to ease back in with a crowd-pleasing, easy-to-brew IRA. Here's the recipe for a 5 gal. batch (lifted from Midwest): 9 lbs. Pale Malt (2 row) 12 oz. Caramel 40 4 oz. Roasted Barley 4 oz. Special B 1 oz. East...

That might actually work for me. I converted a fridge in my garage to a kegerator with taps thru the door. Website says it 29" tall. I'll have to measure if it will fit or not.

Anyone?

Hi folks, Getting back into brewing after an extended hiatus and I'm cobbling my gear back together. I've been carbonating and pushing my beer with a bunch of old paintball CO2 tanks that I had laying around, but now I'm ready to upgrade the gas system, starting with a big boy tank...

Russ, Sending you a PM with my info. Roz

I'm curious about the output guage being a problem. Since kegs are pushed in the 10-15psi area, would that guage not work? I am interested in the regulator for sure.

I need a co2 regulator. Single or doubl gauge. I'd rather relieve sombody of equipment they don't need and help us both our, rather than buy new. -Roz

Nobody has had success with this?

I certainly haven't ruled that out. At this point it does make sense because I got the keg for free. I have a turkey/fish fryer and to be able to make this a kettle would be the first option.

I've thought about a mash tun, but I don't even own a kettle for full volume boils yet, so to use it as a mash tun is kind of backwards. Can the plastic be removed so it can be used as a kettle?

Hey Everyone, I just came by a free sankey keg and I want to convert it to a kettle. I do partial volume boils at the moment and I would like to move into full volume boils and possibly all grain, but I need a kettle large enough. Is it possible to strip off the plastic and turn this into a...