Recent content by b_oh_bee

old post but just came across this thinking about a similar thing. with the new float systems used to draw beer from the top of the keg & universal posts available. MoreBeer (while promoting their products) suggested swapping the float with the short tube, and gas into the long tube. I already...

I've been doing the same. Took out my hydrometer to compare with refractometer after 5 batches and they were still in line. +1 to the ease of use of the BeerSmith tool

thanks for the feedback. I have been looking into getting into a local club, the meeting nights just aren't great with my schedule. Does seem like that would be very helpful though.

hadn't seen that one before, you have good luck with it? I had been looking at the Jaybird CO2 harvester. Similar idea but uses Mason jars, but is like 5x more expensive. may have to give the guardian a shot first for that price.

and you fill the baloon with CO2 I assume?

Fairly new to brewing & have been trusting BS2/3 with my water adjustments completely, since I don't have a ph meter. Something has been off with my brews and I can't track it down. Switched out yeast, then hops, then grain bill, even switched up my kegging procedure (each changed from batch to...

curious how you go about mitigating 02 ingress during crashing. trying like hell to make a decent hazy pale/ipa, have wanted to add crashing as a step but have also been very afraid and taking care to not introduce additional oxygen

been in the same spot. tried brewing 4 straight hazy pale ales/ipas, none have come out how I would have liked. Ive tried different yeast, then different hops, then different grain bill. I even went to a ss brewbucket and keg, and pressure transferred after fermenting thinking oxygen may have...

some good tips. I am building up from distilled at the moment using BeerSmith for the calculations to try and get me to 5.2pH. Mash temp last run hovered around 154+/- a couple. I am using a mash&boil so I plan on confirming those temps with my own thermometer next batch. I mashed for 60min...

thanks for sharing your learnings. I'm only a few all grain batches in and struggling with mash efficiency myself. I've just upped the grain bill a bit to compensate, but curious if it's the crush as well.

I thought I was pretty careful bottling with the autosiphon. Im kind of guessing at the off flavor I suppose, but the color was a lot darker when o cracked the first bottle from when I bottled it.

wanted to just thank everyone for their responses and let you know I let it condition a bit longer, cold crash, and bottled. Definitely improved with more patience, only I feel it suffered from oxidation perhaps. Wasn't too tasty of a beer. going at it again, but have since dove into kegging...

so I'm still pretty new to brewing, but realized quickly bottling was not that fun for me. I have just kegged my recent batch and have it stored in a beverage fridge with a glass door (along with the tank and picnic tap). I was just starting to wonder if having a clear liquid line in a fridge...

Forgot to add, I dry hopped at day 3 when gravity was about 1.024. Read some things about interaction of hops in active fermentation, so figured I'd give it a shot. Was hoping to have the beer off the hops after 5 days. But that taste makes me feel like it could be a bit longer. Any downside to...

Hi all, first time posting & first all grain batch attempt. I had done some extract in the past, but excited to make the change. I've spent lots of time on these forums, so thanks for everyone's help. My question is regarding fermentation. I had never taken FG readings in the past, so never...