Recent content by StrangeHaze

Good thought, I'll go to Home Depot after work and find larger tubing. Definitely sounds too restrictive. Right, sorry, CO2, not "air". Thanks! The "boom" is what I was very much afraid of. Not just the amount of cleanup, but my wife has celiac disease so she can't consume gluten and we...

Relatively new brewer here, only have about 8 brews under my belt but I recently upgraded to an Anvil Foundry and to jump in right away, I brewed a Hefeweizen over the weekend. It was the all grain kit on MoreBeer to be exact with the Lallemand Munich Classic Wheat Ale yeast. 6 lbs white wheat...

I'm surprised by the number of responses, great community here and lots of info for me to take away with. Not too confident this beer will turn out. Fermentation seems complete after just five days and krausen is just about gone already even though it was very active for the first few days...

Thank you all for your responses, it's very much appreciated! @Carolina_Matt The grains were pre-milled, maybe next time I'll select the "extra milled". One day I'll purchase my own mill. @McKnuckle That's kind of what I thought as well, start at 4gal. @deadwolfbones Good idea, I'll do that...

Just looking for opinions on what I did wrong and what I can learn for next time. I did my first BIAB (second brew period), found a recipe and used software to scale from 6gal to 3gal (fermenter volume). Software suggested I start with 5.8gal into the kettle which I thought was a bit much, but...

I just went through my first bottling day over the weekend and it was easy. Personally, I put as many bottles as I could into my dishwasher and let it run, NO soap. Did this as soon as my bottles arrived and placed them upside down back in the box so no bugs/spiders could make a home. After...

My first batch is going to be the American Pale Ale that came with my brew kit (the MoreBeer one), second, I haven't decided yet. I suspect one of the hardest parts of brewing is decided what to do next :) @Pappers_ Thanks! I will likely take you up on the offer sometime in the future. For...

Thanks for the welcome, all! I've run across BIAB but didn't dig deep as I was already overwhelmed let alone adding all grain to the list, definitely will take a look. Thanks!

Big beer fan here and ready for a new hobby/addiction! I've been doing a bunch of reading, signed up two months ago to continue my research and finally gifted myself a brew kit. After more research, I added a bottle tree, vinator, and a small scale to my order of 22oz bottles today. I have...