Search results

Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. jas0420

    Foam, foam, foam

    Hi all, I hit the bottom of a keg of brown ale last Friday. I had another keg of it from the same batch that has been living outside of the kegerator (in a 72 degree room) since they were originally carbonated (together in the kegerator for several weeks at 10psi). I pulled out the empty keg...
  2. jas0420

    Glycol - IceMaster 100

    Hi all, my DIY glycol setup konked out on me and derailed plans to brew this weekend. I went they typical "window AC unit with the cooling coils inside a 48 qt cooler" route and have a March pump down below it that is gravity primed. This pumps out to a manifold with electric valves that are...
  3. jas0420

    Yeast clustering in starter

    Ever had yeast cluster together in a stir plate starter??? I have 4 flasks going with WLP005 British Ale, all on stir plates, all started and stepped up with clear wort. All 4 flasks look like the pic attached. It is like a tornado of yeast. I thought the visible material might have been...
  4. jas0420

    PurePitch disappointment

    Getting back into homebrew (yay!) and picked up a couple of packs of WLP029. Last time I brewed, White Labs shipped in test tubes, so this fanciness was new to me. Need a big starter, so I am using them both. Shook them a bit and noticed they behaved differently. I carefully cut the very tip...
  5. jas0420

    DIY Thermowell

    Hi all, I am in the process of making some stainless temp probes with DS18B20 sensors, the 1/4" stainless thermowells from Brewer's Hardware, and some Ethernet cable as suggested by Dallas. I found that 5mm OD Ethernet cable fits like a glove inside these thermowells, and was pretty happy...
  6. jas0420

    Clean In Place - Pump Recomendations

    Hi guys, I'm putting together a 1BBL system and CIP is going to be part of the process. I'm looking for a pump that will handle 170* F, not get eaten away by StarSan/PBW/or any other normal brew cleaning chems, and be able to put out a respectable psi/flow rate to drive the spray ball. I see...
  7. jas0420

    Sanity check on 60amp wiring

    Hi folks, I'm slowly putting together a new 1BBL electric system and wanted to see if I could leverage the brainpower of those of you with a more solid electrical background than I have. I'm perfectly comfortable throwing a new 20amp breaker into the panel and doing the end-to-end wiring, but...
  8. jas0420

    Stout kettles with legs

    Anyone using these? I think they would be really cool to have and not build a brew stand, but I'm having a mental block on what I would do with the pumps and "routing valves" that would normally be anchored to said brew stand.... Kind of thinking about a mobile "pump and control" station, but...
  9. jas0420

    1bbl - HERMS, RIMS, or direct

    Hi all... Starting to plan an upgrade from 10 gallons (hybrid propane and electric) to 1 bbl electric... What are your thoughts on mash temp control at this scale? My old system was HERMS (that was the electric portion of the "hybrid") and worked great at 10 gallons.... Just seems like...
  10. jas0420

    10 gallon batch on Stout 1 bbl setup?

    Hi all, I am selling my beloved BrewFlex 10 gallon system and eyeballing Stout Tank's 1bbl (40g Mash & HLT and 45g BK) kettles as the foundation of my next gen home brewery. I'm upgrading so that I can split batches with friends, but want to still be able to brew a 10 gallon batch if the mood...
  11. jas0420

    Texas BrewFlex - Home Brew Setup

    Hi all! I am to the point the I have outgrown the BrewFlex system that I built a while back. I need a Spring project, so building a new system to accommodate me and my brew pals is starting to shape up. Sadly, Brewflex Serial #1 is going to have to go to make room for home brewery version...
  12. jas0420

    Quick keezer question

    Hi folks, I've built a collar for my keezer and am jusssst about to start coating the stain w/ poly. I want to go ahead and install it soon so that I can get my CO2 tank out and have room for another keg to start carbing/serving. I'm probably going to have to wait until Santa Claus comes...
  13. jas0420

    Insulating a corny

    Hi all, Just wanted to share the results of a little test I started last night. I have an event tomorrow night that I wanted to take a keg to, but didn't really have a mobile setup. I have one of the "ice cube" square coolers with wheels that I was planning on using for the cause. I...
  14. jas0420

    Coriander OD

    Hi all, I'm carbing a new wit (about a month old) at the moment and (at least right now) it's way heavy on coriander. Pity realy. Tastes great at first, then follows up with a harsh peppery flavor. Any magic coriander-canceling ingredients out there? :) If there aren't any shortcuts and...
  15. jas0420

    Maturing in kegs

    Howdy all, I have some general kegging questions that I haven't found a solid answer on in all of my reading so far. I kind of expect to get a lot of different opinions, but I figured I would ask anyway... I just kegged my first two batches this past Friday and early indications are that...
  16. jas0420

    Rhizomes planted!

    I got side tracked, so my rhizomes had to spend a week in the fridge, but I finally got out and started working on 'em this past weekend. I was originally thinking that I'd plant them along the fence and try training them horizontally, but when I got back there with the shovel I decided that it...
  17. jas0420

    rhizomes available at Freshops now

    Just got an email from Freshops stating that their rhizomes are now available. Pretty good selection! I picked up a few just now to experiment with this year!
  18. jas0420

    Hone your reflexes

    Simple and addictive. Sorry in advance. My best time's 28.11 seconds so far..... http://members.iinet.net.au/~pontipak/redsquare.html
  19. jas0420

    Belgium trip

    Hi all, It looks like SWMBO is going to get to do a 6-week teaching gig at a university in Belgium this summer. :rockin: She didn't want to take the job unless I would come visit. I thought long and hard about it for about a milisecond, and agreed to her demands (wouldn't want to stand in...
  20. jas0420

    Smithwick's clone

    Had a Smithwick's tonight and had forgotten how much I like it... Anyone have a recipe that you feel is a good representation of Smithwick's? Found a few elsewhere, but the authors never circled back around to say how close it turned out. Thx!
Back
Top