Recent content by AndMan3030

Crapola. sounds like a waste of time. anyone want this thing PM me!

What is it compatible with? can I put some hardware on it so it can fit a Sanke D ?

Will this work on a standard Sanke Keg? never seen a tap like this...

I'm thinking of baking it for an hour or so then flushing with Star San.. I do have pumps, 2 of them. I normally circulate wort through them (chiller and hoses) for the last 15 minutes as well. I am leaning towards selling my plate chiller and going back to an immersion chiller. I'd like to have...

I have been fermenting in Glass Carboys, I have several of them. My first hunch is my plate chiller. I flush and back flush over and over til it runs clear. BUT, the last time I went to use it, it was foaming out of both the beer in AND the beer out. There was for sure some nasties in there. I...

I've been brewing for about ten years now and have not had many problems with sanitation or contaminated batches... Until now. I recently have had a few batches go bad on me. Dumping 10 gallon batches down the drain is the worst! This first happened to me with a couple of Lagers this spring...

adding pics

These seemed to ripen EARLY this year. They are looking good, but all the other plants are only burrs!

My good buddy has a huge garden with about 18 crowns going. The pic I'm posting isn't great, but you can see the side arms growing about 2 - 3 inches, then drying and shriveling up. My hops at home haven't done anything like this, and the rest of his plants are growing STRONG. What's going on?

Going Swell!

OK digging this baby up... my hops sat in the fridge to long (didn't freeze) and got moldy and gross. Must not have dried them enough, AND bumped my brewday back a couple weeks.. FAIL! this year I should have 6 - 8 Lbs. of Viking hops. In this photo you can see them, the ones on the left side...

B-Hoppy - I'm told that even though the hermaphrodites have male flowers, they will not reproduce. Those are 4 year plants and I have not found a single seedling.

The male parts are from my Columbus Hops. Its not stressed, its been a hermaphrodite since day one. Research shows its a fairly common trait of Columbus. No problem whatsoever.

My buddy's hops from post #31 two years later. These things are MONSTERS - Viking on the left, Centennial across the middle, Willamette on the right.

I do mill my own grains, I am fairly certain this is not the issue.