Recent content by papagoat

Wow. I have a second beaker. I'll make 2 starters, one just won't have a stir plate. Thanks again!

We are all doing a 20 lb mash so we'll each donate 1.75 gallons of first runnings. Thanks for the target number of 1.140. That's a beast! Our second runnings are going to make a second beer. Awesome help. Thanks!

Thanks so much for the advice. I use a magnetic stir plate but that is the largest beaker I have. If I let it run 48 hours instead of 24 will I get more cells or would they start to run out of sugar? I have refractometer. Is there a gravity that is too high. If it pops at 1.1 will I be ok. This...

This weekend I am planning to brew an Imperial Stout and a Stout with some buddies. The plan is for each of us to do 4 identical mashes (20 lb. grain bill each). Take the first 7 gallons off our first runnings and brew a 5 gallon Imperial with a massive 2000ml yeast starter (001). Then take all...

My labels for my 3-Piece Dark Wheat. First bottles I've done in ages after my wife was awesome enough to get me a Blichmann Beer Gun for our anniversary.

Thanks!

They were vented when I lowered the psi. Are you saying I should remove the CO2 and vent off? Thanks

Fellow beer peeps, I need your wisdom and advice. I have a 3 shank tap system in a refrigerator located in my garage. Last week beer stopped flowing and I realized I had frozen beer lines. Further inspection showed I had frozen kegs as well. I researched here and followed the advice to let...

Thanks for the responses. It wasn't a big deal, it just never seemed to happen with my old kettle. I'll just plan for it next time and watch my heat level during the boil.

My first AG batch in my new 20 gallon kettle had a very low amount of wort that went into the primary. I shook it off to inexperience. 2 more batches later and the same problem was occurring so I decided to take some accurate measurements. Nut Brown Ale 8.5 lb grain bill Mashed with 3...

It sounds like I'm not stirring enough. I have stirred just enough to "fluff" up the grains to make sure there are no dough balls but I was scared of overstirring and heat loss. The last 2 recipes I did both called for a mash out that's why I did so. Both were bigger beers. They became even...

Hey guys. Yesterday I got my 3rd all-grain batch under my belt. I've seen steady improvement in efficiency. 55-64-77!!! Feeling pretty good about it but I have a question on the best way to take a temp in the MT. Currently I'm mashing, adding a gallon or so in a high temp mash out, and...

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That's what I thought. Thanks for the advice! Peace

I have searched for an answer to this here and I can't seem to find and answer to this direct question. I have 1 tap which currently has a beer on it. I racked a bath to a second corny last night and put it back in the fermenter chest. I set the psi at 10 and hoped it would carbonate this...