Recent content by brewmarshall

I think I would prefer a chest "geezer" problem... Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Please help me diagnose a problem with my old chest freezer that I use for a fermentation chamber. The other day I noticed it was not cooling sufficiently. The interior back wall where the coolant passes through is warm except for the top left corner. When I plug in the device there is a...

Yeah, I guess I'll just take out the Thor war hammer and get all medieval...

I make big blocks of ice in my chest freezer/fermentation chamber before brew day to use in my recirculating counter flow chiller. However I need more ice surface area to make the water colder so I usually buy some bags of ice- that sucks. Why should I pay for frozen water? Does anyone have a...

Yeah, I actually poured off the "death star" like I was decanting- since it floated- and I looked at my doubled yeast and considered keeping the yeast and imagining I never saw anyone unusual... But then I reconsidered and flushed them away. :( Wife's going to Mich next weekend... So I'll try...

At least I'm learning now rather than 5 weeks from now. I will be more careful about collecting samples next time.

Update: it's officially an unidentified "floating" object! Sorry the other pic was so bad. Can anyone identify if this is a mold or other infection? If I can't get a sure response I will just toss it.

I am stepping up the yeast from a 6er of bells two hearted. I'm concerned about infection because there is a spherical mass about half the size of a marble among the yeast. It looks like a cluster of yeast but I have never seen them together like that and I am concerned its another type of...

Thanks for your suggestions... Still thinking....

So I did not get the dudadiesel plate chiller I asked for, but I got the funds to get it myself and now I am having second thoughts about the proper equip for my garage brewery. Please help. I have been brewing for a year without a chiller (ice baths and no-chill), but I have upgraded...

@theveganbrewer awesome build! I have no experience with electrical shtuff but that looks easy enough. And I do have a dual stage (I just have to figure it ). Thanks for the help. I love this site!

Currently I have a fermentation chamber (freezer) with a temp controller in the garage, but no brew belt or such a device to keep the conditions from getting too cold. I live in southern CA so it doesn't get too cold, but it dips below 60 degrees in the chamber at night. I am upgrading the...

Last week I ordered a pound of whole centennial from hops direct for about $15! Just brewed a two hearted-ish beer. Cent is definitely one of the most tasty hops.

I am still in my first year of brewing and I have recently upgraded my kettle and purchased an outdoor burner for full-sized AG batches (5.5 for now) so there are no funds remaining for a fancy wort chiller so I am going to explore "no chill". Every time I look for info on the HDPE containers...

Wow! That's legit!