Recent content by Larry Berkovsky

I know I’m late for this reply, but I’ve had good luck sealing those “air tight” gamma lids w electrical tape. Might work for your bucket.

To address your ques about sediment getting into the fermenter, I tackle whatever is leftover in the fermenter when I bottle. What I’ve done is take a piece of stainless steel mesh screen (I think mine is 100 mesh) and cut it to about the same diameter as the inside of your bucket right above...

A mango-persimmon wheat ale. Sorry but I checked this thread late. First time for this brew. Very light and refreshing. A good summer, late evening ale.

Agree. I plan to keep some leftover turkey standing by just in case my mash gets stuck.

I’ve got a 2# container. Bought it on Amazon. From what I read it has a real long cook time and may be chewy. I plan to purée it after cooking before mashing. All the grains are supposed to taste very “nutty”. I plan a 3 gallon batch. Looking for some nutty hops as well I suppose. All...

Base grain will be 2-row. Plan is to cook some, sample the taste and mash at some % TBD.

Hey gents, first time poster and long time reader for several months now. Great forum with great information. Been brewing for a few months now and things are going well. Beer is good. Brew day routine is good. So here’s my question….got a container of a mixture of a multigrain blend of black...