Recent content by CaptKaos

Thanks Chef! It's been three years and a nasty divorce since I have brewed. Brewing again today. Got a new filter for my funnel that wasn't potato chipped

Just finished brewing a BB summer ale last night and have an enormous amount of trub floating in the primary and settled on the bottom. Is this bad? Should I siphon it off to a secondary? The yeast has been pitched and activity has started.

Amen brother. I talked to the owner when I was there. They are open but no where near capacity. Give that place a couple more months and it will be home brew supply heaven. The Taylor store is packed in a small floor space. I think it is kind of overwhelming to find stuff. The Jackson store...

So then just check the PH. By the way, did you know that adventures in homebrewing is open now on Jackson avenue? The place is huge.

That is what I have used for my last two extract brews. I bought it at the Zeeb road meijer. I have six more gallons waiting for my next batch. I have no idea what the chemistry is but it worked fine. OG and FG were exactly what the kits said they would be. I had very active fermentation for both.

RPMs don't mean anything when you know the proper feed rate and can flush with coolant. All drill bits can be resharpened, coatings still help with maintaining a sharp cutting edge even after sharpening through the coating. We reground titanium nitride coated end mills and drills all the time...

Haha....yeah, I understand. :D

I'm married so I'm completely used to hand crankin' mysel...wait what were we talkin' about? Oh yeah, I really do not need to have a self powered grain mill.

I had a boil over during my first brew. It happened right after the first hops addition. My stove is ceramic top. The wort burned and became hard as a lollipop. It was about an eight of an inch thick. I used a razor widget and had the stove clean in about 10 minutes.

Thanks!

I was wondering how big a mash tun I would need for ten gallon batches. I want to brew all types of beer.

Yes. The mixer alone is cumbersome. But so is my friends 3/4 horsepower meat grinder.

I have the kitchen aid meat grinder attachment and have ground 30 lbs of deer meat in no time at all. The only complaint is the tray is too small to hold significant quantities for stuffing it in. It only cost 50 bucks. I just don't want to spend 150 bucks for the mill attachment. I don't want...

Bingo!!! That is exactly why I'm asking for opinions. I figure an investment in a mill will lower overall costs by buying bulk. I have a kitchen aid mixer but nearly choked when I saw the cost for the grain mill attachment. I have two general electric 3/4 horse motors with mounts that could...

Considering all the stuff I have read regarding poor efficiency and LHBS's not properly milling grains to the right consistency, I'm wondering what cheap grain mill members are using to mill their own grains. You can buy many hand grind mills for under 50 bucks on eBay. These can be...