Recent content by Velnerj

What is the process for underletting? Are you guys using a AOI system or multiple vessels? I can see if you have separate vessels for heating up liquor and then a mash tun but in an AOI I'm not sure how this would work....

I have been down this road before. My conclusion is this: The easiest and safest way to carbonate non alcoholic root beer, is to just make a concentrated syrup and add this to bubbly water. Or soda stream..... Using yeast to carbonate will create bottle bombs unless you pasteurized after a...

Maybe your fermenter is a carboy with a narrow mouth...

I'm pretty much obsessed with beer but I am not an alcoholic nor do I think I have an addiction. I think about beer a lot and I even work in the beer industry. I homebrew (of course) and I get free commercial beer. I wear beer swag and pretty much everyone who knows me knows I love beer. But I...

As someone who lives in a country where this is a common name. I definitely got a chuckle from this. Good thing I wasn't drinking anything or woulda sprayed out my nose.

I've read that sweet potatoes have diastatic power to convert their starches to sugar. Not sure what the sweet spot temp would be but theoretically, masserate, mash, lauter, boil if you wish... Then ferment...

I love to use rye and also don't know what people are talking about with the spiciness. My assumption is that they equate the rye maltiness to rye bread. Which has a bit of a "bite" to it but not because of the rye but because of the caraway that is often used in rye bread. If you want a...

Are your tops plastic or ceramic? I had a case of plastic tops and about a third to half wouldn't carb despite having brand new rubber seals. I noticed in the manufacturing the plastic tops had a very slight seam going down as a radius and I suspected they were letting out air. I switched to...

What are you using for caps? Standard crown caps or swing top? Other? What's your capping process like? How long did you wait before you tried the beer?