Recent content by Reuben1012

HI, I have made several really good beers using the partial boil and top up method. The hop schedule in the recipe is adjusted for the smaller boil. Also the time it will save you when boiling and cooling is nice. In the summer here its to hot to use my all grain equipment outside, so I do...

I had a good pipeline going at the time so it sat for a while, attenuation was quick with the big starter of 05. I think these beers would be good young too, because you would get even more hoppy goodness:mug: I started the dry hopping 10 days before I racked to the keg. I want to make it...

Any updates? how are the bines looking?

Thanks for the inspirational recipe! Here was my take on this AWSOME beer 5 Gal AG Batch: 10.5 LBS 2 row pale .5 LBS Crystal 60L 1 LBS Midnight Wheat (new grain made for BIPAS) 1 LB Corn sugar .75 OZ Magnum 60 minutes .5 OZ Chinook 45 Minutes .75 OZ Nugget 35 Minutes...

Use soapy water to pinpoint the leak. If it is that threaded joint take it apart with some wrenches, put some teflon tape on the threads and tighten it up.

I am saying lager diameter is better not length (that's what she said) the water heater connector is 3/4", those sink connectors are 3/8". I don't think it will collapse from getting hit. Its just a little annoying I hit it with the spoon....

I think it makes a difference what size braid you use too. I use a larger water heater connector steel braid in a 5 GAL Igloo. I get good efficiency with batch sparging. I think I paid $12 for the braid and $30 for the weld-less valve. Only negative is it does float up in the mash and I have...

I got a 4 gallon SS pot from Big Lots for $16, it worked great for extract kits. Then I bought another one to do split boil All Grain batches on my stove, this also worked great and produced good beer. Then I bought a 15Gal Bayou Classic SS pot from Amazon for $120, works great out in the yard...

NIce, that was only about a week or so right? I just planted 5 rhizomes and am waiting for mine to sprout.... I think I got them from same supplier as you, tags look exactly the same.

NIce!! Is that first pint glass a hefeweizen? looks like the hefe I just finished

Looks good, I am going to follow along as I have a similar set up here in Socal....

Thats Bad ass Nice work!! your defiantly going to be making some IPAS in the fall..:mug:

I would bury them in the ground, but my landlady probably would not like it. Soil temps might not be ideal, but maybe some shade cloth will help.

Hell yeh its either this or not grow hops for my homebrews... I will be happy if I get enough my first year for one Pale ale. After year 2 or 3 hopefully I will put them in the ground. Full sun it is, I am thinking of using a bigger pot to. Lowes has those 20 gallon totes for $8. I am going...

Wasup SD brewers! College area here... I just ordered 2 Cascade, 1 Nugget and 1 Chinook. I plan on growing them in 12 gallon pots in my backyard. Maybe not ideal but i can't go digging up my landlords yard..... I Think I am going to do full sun, unless I see them getting burnt. Then I can...