Recent content by Kleggo

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When you're in the middle of a system upgrade and all your kegs are empty.

I used 2 pots for a while (in the kitchen) before I moved to an outside setup. My pot sizes were also different, so I calculated hop amount ratios and made sure to keep different timers on each boil. It worked fine, though a bit of a hassle to watch 2 boiling pots.

Hi, I made a small batch of blackberry wine late last Summer and between work and a new baby... Well, out of sight out of mind. Is the wine ruined, or what can I expect? I didn't rack it after the initial transfer to a glass jug and empty wine bottles. Any advice on how to proceed? I didn't...

On 10/02 I brewed a Great Lakes holiday ale clone, had it in primary for 3 weeks, cold crashed for another 2, and patiently let it carb up in the keg. Wednesday night I put the beer line on and pulled a glass and was amazed how well it turned out. Even the wife said she would drink it, and she...

+5 Christmas ale =31540

Brilliant. Thanks for the tip!

Update Drank the first sample (or 7) after a week of keg carbing. Bottom line is it turned out great! Those yeasties took it all the way to 1.010. Amazing how many ways I try to screw up brewing and still end up with beer.

My first year Cascades. A very nice and unexpected collection of cones. The Goldings didn't produce cones and the Nugget never got out of the ground.

+5 Imperial IPA =26133

I pitched last night, and now I have a nice krausen forming. It will interesting to see how this turns out.

BrewSmith defaults to 55 billion. I do see on White Labs that they range from 70-140 billion. Think I'll go ahead and pitch what I have and watch what happens. Thanks.

Hi all, Need some input on brew day.... I made a slightly less than 2L starter of WLP001 for an Imperial IPA. Yesterday, I came home to see the flask covered in a thick gunky goo, presumably yeast. Also, the stirplate was coated in about 1/8" of the stuff. I cleaned it without disturbing...

Hmmm. I tried this twice on draft and didn't think much of it. With all the good press here, I'm wondering if the bar screwed up the keg. I didn't detect much if a nose and it seemed flat. Think I need to try it elsewhere or in bottles.

I do not use bleach - strictly starsan and iodiphor. I will use campden on the next brew and see how it turns out.