Recent content by ChaddyWa

Thanks ya’ll. I’ll give it a taste this weekend and see what happens.

So I left to go on vacation over this past weekend and came home only to find my chest freezer / fermentation chamber at 115 degrees inside. Yikes! Apparently before I had left, I had unplugged it to get to the attic and when I re-hooked up the inkbird, I must have switched the heating and...

LHBS was out of WLP380 Hefeweizen IV Ale yeast...they recommended WLP351 (Bavarian Weizen Yeast). Anyone of have experience with this strain?

So something went wrong with the temp controller on my chest freezer and after I pitched the yeast this morning (at low 70s), I came home tonight and the temp had dropped to the mid-40s (along with the beer). I took it out and am letting it warm up in the garage. Should I be concerned? Yeast...

Another random question. After transferring the beer from the primary...how long can I wait to collect the yeast/trub? I have two batches that I kegged on Thursday night which I haven’t gotten around to collecting. Buckets are empty, but there is still a nice yeast cake at the bottom of each...

I had taken a FG reading the night before and just got the buckets messed up. I was worried given the beer was still clearly in the process of active fermentation. Hopefully it picks up where it left off. We’ll see how it turns out. Thanks for the input.

So I currently have four different batches going on in my freezer (which I converted to a fermentation chamber). Tonight I went to keg one that was finished and as I was locking the lid on the keg down to hook the co2 up...I noticed tiny bubbles coming up from the bottom of the yeast cake in...

Thanks guys! I combined the jars and washed it one more time. Got a pretty nice layer of yeast in the bottom (about a third of the jar). I decanted top layer and pitched it directly into the fermenter last night (IPA, OG 1.055). No action in the airlock yet (been little less than 24 hours)...

This is my first time washing yeast. Need help identify the layers. Is the bottom layer trub or yeast? I’m thinking I need to do a wash again...do I keep the middle layer?

Thanks for the tip! Did you switch the valve poppets or do you mean you accidentally put the liquid post on the gas “in” side?

So I bought two used pinlock kegs from a local brewer. Claimed they were pressure tested. I took them apart to clean (including the posts and poppets). Anyway, I reassembled, kegged, and went to hook up and noticed there is a leak coming from the bottom of the gas “in” post. I thought it might...

Grains were pre-crushed. Just tore open the bag and into the steeping bag they went!

NB is replacing the kit! They were super responsive and offered to send a new one...no questions asked. Have to give them credit with their customer service! Hopefully I have better luck with this one. Beermanpete - not a bad idea on the Black and Tan!

No, I don’t remember them being that dark. Should have looked closer at the bag.

I agree. There is no way I could have messed it up this bad. Steeped 1 lb of English Roasted Barley (or at least that is what I thought it was) for 20 mins at 160-170 degrees. Followed by 6lbs of Gold liquid malt extract during boil. 2oz of hops at 60 mins.