Recent content by dude_brewery

Having excessive vortex can provide detrimental stresses to your yeast. I'm not sure that a stir plate vortex can produce the shear stresses required to rupture yeast cell walls (I read an article a while back saying that it was unlikely to reach these values with a stir plate set-up). But...

I don't have a keezer outside , but I do have all of my fermenting chambers out, stored in a tin shed (in Miami, FL). A couple mini-fridges, and chest freezers. When opening and closing them regularly, they definitely accumulate moisture and puddle. But, when left shut puddling is not a huge...

So far as rock climbing goes, Stone Summit is a pretty incredible gym. 60 ft walls, a decent bouldering space, overall a very nice place. Outdoor areas to check out are: Horse Pens 40 - in Steele, AL about 90 minutes WNW of ATL, they have a super convenient camping setup, 30 second approach...

I've used coconut a number of times in a milk stout recipe of mine. I've added the coconut both at the secondary conditioning stage (using a fermenting bucket), and a couple of occasions I've added it into the keg when short on time. When adding the coconut into the keg, I'll use a partial mash...

Hankhill is spot on. Sanitize everything that goes into the cider, ideally letting it soak in Starsan or a similar solution for several minutes to allow time for any contaminants to be killed off. Dump or drink the pulled off sample, do not return it to your cider. Wipe off the bung and...

I currently am using this pump to recirculate and sparge out my mash. (Doing five gallon all grain batches with an igloo cooler mash tun) I've used my pump for about 5-10 brew sessions, and have not had any issues. A couple of really thick mashes required some coaxing of the lines to get the...

Does the fan spin when you hook its wires up directly to your DC power converter? Edit: Also, if you haven't yet - try switching the wire connections at your on/off switch. You might have the polarity reversed (so that the electric current is running backwards through the fan). DC fans need to...

I wash and then cut the fruit, to allow for more of the juice to mix in with my wort. I practice pasteurization by pouring my post boil wort onto the fruit, once I've cooled the wort to around 185F. It's worked well so far (three batches with this method).

I wash and then cut the fruit, to allow for more of the juice to mix in with my wort. I practice pasteurization by pouring my post boil wort onto the fruit, once I've cooled the wort to around 185F. It's worked well so far (three batches with this method).

I wash and then cut the fruit, to allow for more of the juice to mix in with my wort. I practice pasteurization by pouring my post boil wort onto the fruit, once I've cooled the wort to around 185F. It's worked well so far (three batches with this method).

I wash and then cut the fruit, to allow for more of the juice to mix in with my wort. I practice pasteurization by pouring my post boil wort onto the fruit, once I've cooled the wort to around 185F. It's worked well so far (three batches with this method).

I wash and then cut the fruit, to allow for more of the juice to mix in with my wort. I practice pasteurization by pouring my post boil wort onto the fruit, once I've cooled the wort to around 185F. It's worked well so far (three batches with this method).

I have a Star Fruit Pale Ale, that I make frequently using local fruit. The last tree I harvested from was especially photogenic. Figured I'd share some of the images.

This table top drill press is a lifesaver. The finished box is at http://bit.ly/craftbrewgoods

I built this guy in September. I've got him available for sale at http://bit.ly/craftbrewgoods