Recent content by inkedfireman

No, I was answering Brulosopher. Sorry about the threadjack.

I read the article about proper IC use you linked to, and saw the pic of the IC you're using. The article stressed using a garden hose bib for greater flow than a sink could provide, and having it on full flow. A quick google search of "garden hose bib flow" gave flow rates of 10-20 gallons per...

An immersion chiller is cheaper, easier to clean, and doesn't get clogged like a plate chiller can. An immersion chiller is much faster than putting a kettle in a water bath to cool (only realistic up to 5 gallons). Having said that, an immersion chiller is NOT faster than a plate chiller, if...

I've got one, and it worked great when using pellet hops, and giving the boil a good long whirlpool. I did manage to stop it up with pellets during an IPA with a LOT of hops, and didn't whirlpool it. My bad. If you're ever going to use whole hops, I think you'll need another layer of...

Mark it eight, dude.

If you have a gas burning appliance like a hot water heater or a furnace in the same area, and they use ambient room air for combustion (don't have an external air intake) you run the risk of backdrafting them if you have an exhaust fan going when they are operating. In other words, your fan...

Oooh, oooh! Pick me!

Oooh, oooh! Pick me!

I'm facing the same thing. BrewSmith predicted that I needed a mid-160's HLT temp to hit my mash temp of 150 with 30.5# of grain at 65F in a 15 gallon Sanke. When I mashed in, I was in the low 140's, took me about 45 minutes to get up to 150, but to be fair I had to refill the HLT and get it up...

Marty, welcome to the Chicago Area Indoor Brewing Club! I know how stoked you are, I just got my hood up and running, and did my first brew where I didn't have to carry everything upstairs and outside before I could start. It totally rocks! I know you're planning on NG, but you might want...

Not a great perspective, but this is what my bines think about the 16' limit they've encountered! Put in 50 Centennial bines a year ago, had 35 make the cut. Put in two Cascade crowns this year along with transplanting a Chinook at the wrong time. I lost the existing Chinook bines, but...

Got the new hop trellis up this last weekend, just in time! Bines are starting to go crazy, now they have somewhere to go!

Count me in!

That looks like it would be pretty nice! Tell us about the rest of the recipe, and your process. Bottle conditioned? Forced carbed in a keg then bottled? Is it carbonated, and if so enough/not enough? What yeast?

I've only done one Berlinner, and while I think it turned out great (don't ask my wife), I did it differently. I brewed a beer, and on top of the spent grain I threw in a few handfuls of raw barley malt, added enough 100F water to come up to the top of the grain bed, and covered it with a lid...