Recent content by homer383

OK, so I understood now the "Maximum safe kettle volume" means "your desired batch size" + "trub/chiller loss" + "evaporation" +"some magic constant". It totally ignores the volume of kettle. Really confusing. Never mind... Now I even discovered a bug in brewtoad. If you use US Customary units...

LME was not hopped. And yes, it was a bit old. I do not know the date of manufacturing, but I bought it in half of December 2016 and processed in 21.2.2017, so I had it on the shelf for ~2 month. It had sticker with "best before march 2017". I stored it in a room with ambient temp of approx 18...

Regarding cooling - I use a stainless steel pipe submerged into the wort and I cool it from cold tap water. It is cooled from 212 F to 64 F in ~20-30 minutes. I did the same cooling procedure couple of times and I had no issues with the over bitterness. I thin this kind of bitterness is not...

I forgot to mention I used Dannstar Notingham Ale yeast, 2 packs (2x11g). Fermentation was only primary, 3 weeks @ 18 degrees Celsius. I am tasting the beer after 1 week after bottling. I usually taste 1 bottle after 1 week to check if the result is "drinkable" :) I use a tap water - so it...

Hi, recently I brewed an "IPA" using following ingredients and amounts (I am from EU, so I will convert the units to gal/lb): Batch size: 6.34 gal OG: 1.059 FG: 1.014 Ingredients: 11.2lb Pale Ale LME 1.76 oz Premiant (8.46%AA) @ 60min 1.94 oz Centennial (11.2%AA) @ 10min 1.59 oz Centennial...

I will not experiment with this batch anymore. I have ~10 bottles left and I will simply drink it even with lower carbonation. I do not know why it went like this - as I mentioned in my previous post, I had some 0.5L bottles from the same batch and they were carbed pretty nice. The problem was...

OK, so it's been almost 1 month and the 1L bottle's carbonation did not improve. I assume it will never improve. I was thinking about opening them and add some dextrose to improve the carbonation, but when check the PET bottles by pressing them - they are pretty nice pressurized, so I will not...

Regarding temperature/placement - I had the 1L ones in one big bag and the rest in the different bag. The bags were covered with the thick clothes to keep them away from the light sources. Both bags were placed in the corner of the room - each beside other. So I assume they had very same...

Hopefully I hit the correct thread. I brewed a stout - OG 1.058, FG 1.016, fermented 3 weeks in primary, then bottled into: a) 0.5L bottles with 3grams of dextrose tabs b) 1L bottles with 6grams of dextrose tabs After 2 weeks of bottle priming, it tastes great. Carbonation level is correct -...

Yes, I know boiling 29L in 30L pot is a bad idea, but the brewtoad should be so inteligent it will tell you something like "maximum safe amount for your 30L kettle is ~24L, so you will have to top up 5 liters of water when racking into fermenter." But instead of that it will tell you you can...

Does anybody know why brewtoad calculates "maximum safe kettle volume" higher than "kettle volume"? It does not give me any sense. I absolutely do not have clue how to set this properly. Look at the attached picture. Is this ok? How can I have maximum safe volume higher than total volume of my...

My water is quite hard.

I tasted the beer I made using the irish moss. The beer is great. No "fish tank" smell or taste :) So I will continue using the irish moss.

So my mystery with cloudy beer is resolved. Simply it is the yeast - US05. For me it produces cloudy beer even if cold crashed and even after ~4 weeks in bottles. I did not cold crash a beer made with Safale S04 as well as with Danstar Nottingham Ale and they are seriously clear (after 3 weeks...

Unfortunately it is already over the temperature. I will not experiment with it and keep it now at regulated 20C for further ~12 days.