Recent content by Jknapp

Brewed my 1st batch with a spunding valve 2.5 weeks ago. Its already kegged and tastes great! It was an Apricot Wheat - I know, I know - wheats are good beers to get through a system fast, BUT, I've never turned around a beer this fast. I brewed it and 10 days later kegged it. Tastes great. No...

I'm pretty fit at the moment. Just finished a by-the-book round of P90x. 40 yr old, 6'3" 191lbs. I started at the beginning of Feb & the results are friggin great - although it took grit to finish it. I brewed 30 gals of beer last fall and it sat in corny's waiting for me. In the 90 days of...

O. M. G. What an epic thread! I just got done reading this entire thread and I have a question that isn't answered here.. I'm an Ale brewer only. I keg my beers, but serve out of 3 gal kegs. I normally ferment in an Ale Pail, but I have a functioning 10 gallon Corny. I don't have the...

This +100. I love me the guy and his passion. But his beer I generally don't.

This, is the answer.. I've scorched two batches with my 2k elements - the flavor is a putrid, mouth puckering burnt taste/aftertaste. Very different from a "smokey" flavor. Even a hearty stout could not conceal the scorched flavor. I sadly dumped both batches. My issue was in not thouroughly...

My emerging hops have a slight pink hue to them.. Is that normal?

Yes, I ran these on a 20 amp circuit(s). I don't think there would be anyway to run these on a 15amp circuit.. maybe with a variac, but I don't think it'll hold. If you've got 15amp circuits, I'd say you're better off to build sticks with 1500w elements.

Here's a pic of heatsticks..

Bottle Dryer Tree is spoken for!

Hey guys - I was thinking about trading them not really selling them.. But, Sheepy & Bill33525, I'll post pics. If'n you're interested after the pics, PM me your address and I'll mail you each one (I've got two). You can send me what you think they're worth to you + a little extra for shipping.

Hey there - Couple of items I want to trade - I've got a couple of 2000w Heatsticks that I'm not using anymore (mounted elements in my kettle instead of using the sticks).. They work great and I've used them many times to heat water in my Mash Tun. I've also got a multi-level bottle...

Here's a couple things I'd tell myslef: "save the $ on the immersion chiller. You're going to No-Chill and make perfectly great beer". "Get into Kegging ASAP". "Leave it on the yeast for at least 3 weeks". Those are mine!

I'm growing Cascades, 1st year, although I have about 22-25' of growth (they were starts not rhizomes). My burrs have just shown up everywhere. Is there any general time estimates from burr to ready-to-harvest time?

You've helped me out quite a few times now P-J. Thanks!

Dang brother! My love of e-brewing was fading till you posted that link. Thanks a ton!