Recent content by steveoc

I'm rounding your grain to 9 pounds and your water to 3 gallons which is 12 quarts. In mashing we usually talk about ratios of water to grain in terms of qts per lb of grain. 12 to 9 puts you around 1.33. Ratios of 1.25 - 1.5 are middle of the road, so you are good.

I'd really appreciate it too! Don't want it to turn into a hassle for you though.

Start another thread and title it Binghamton area brewers. Hopefully you get as many responses as this thread!

I do most of my business with them other than hops and yeast. Reed's prices are very fair for a LHBS. Homebrew Emporium does periodic group buys. Wonder if Reed would be up for something like that. I live in a really remote place and like to keep plenty of supplies on hand. Buying one sack...

Just missed their latest group buy. I'll keep an eye on it!

I'm always looking for ways to keep the price of ingredients low. I buy bulk malt extract, hops by the pound (usually at Niko or Farmhouse), and my favorite dry yeast in lots of 20 pkgs to get a 15% discount (Safale US-05 $2.54). Now that I have switched to All Grain for 5 gallon batches of...

I plan to brew outside through the Adirondack Mountain winter. In fact it was below zero when I started yesterday but was up in the teens when I started the boil. We'll see how cold I'll go…

That's about -8 F. Couldn't let that stop me or I'd have to start buying beer. It's almost 10 F now & I'm 15 minutes into boil. Little over an hour or so I'll back in front the wood stove.

-4 F here and I'm starting to crush grains. Will boil outside. This what I'll need to do to keep a supply of Homebrew over the winter in the Adirondack Mountains.

This looks like the best price I can get for malt extract in any form. 50 lbs DME = 62.5 lbs LME. Factoring in $20 shipping that's around $2.10/lb LME equivalent.

We have a small bakery as well that we only run a couple days a week in the off season. You can get dextrose by the 50 lb sack from your bakery supplier for around 50¢ a pound. Generally use some in most batches to get a bit better attenuation than I'd normally get from extract brews. I also...

As mentioned above, here in the States you need a prescription to fill an medical tank. I use a 20 cf oxygen welding tank with a regulator designed for such from Williams. The initial layout is more, but you get 18x the oxygen as a disposable cylinder for the cost of about 2 cylinders.

You can also incorporate more grains that contribute unfermentable sugars such as dextrin malt, caramel/crystal malts, biscuit, and victory malts, etc. I have a pretty good stout that is just too thin for my taste. I'm thinking about adding maltodextrin or lactose after the fact to adjust it...

That's a medical grade tank. I don't think you will be able to get it filled without a prescription. I have an oxygen tank for welding which I can exchange readily at a welding shop.

Looks like it was banged up pretty good and possibly breached, then welded to seal or reinforce. I got one like that in a batch I bought. Since I have a bunch of kegs anyway, I'll use it as a Star-San dispenser. If push came to shove, I'd consider using it. It's not like you are using it as a...