Recent content by cherokee180c

I am actually dry hoping in the Keg per the thread subject. I normally don't bother to do the 3 consecutive gravity reading tests, as you can see by my normal # of days (16-21) fermentation has been long done. I am more questioning if the beer has sat on the yeast long enough to clean up the...

I plan to hang the mesh bag for my first dry hop attempt in the keg. My issue is that I only have 3 gallon kegs due to the wife not allowing me to remove the upper shelf in our basement fridge, so I split 6 gallon batches into 2 kegs of which one is sitting at basement temps until the other is...

I was referring to gravity flow.

Thanks guys. I just built my counterflow wort chiller last night and it looks great. Can't wait to use it. Felt a bit embarrassed asking for KY jelly, but it was super easy getting the copper into the hose using it. Any advice on how much head difference to drive flow through the 25' of 3/8"...

I have both and love 2 main features of iBrewmaster that make it the choice on brew day, Multiple simultaneous timers with associated alarms and prompts as well as the recipe sharing, which I find better than Beersmith. A lot ot HBT recipes are on the share server already! I am brewing Bee...

Another tip. I just heard on a podcast that you have to keep the beer in the fridge for 3 days for the CO2 pressure at the top of the bottle to fully get into the beer since it is much more soluble at lower temperatures, because the neck of the bottle has such a small cross sectional area. I...

Sorry, but this was visually very obvious! I only purchased 2 all grain kits from them, but I am 100% sure both were not ground properly from their store. Maybe an isolated incident, but those are the facts. I love NB and buy from them all the time. I just switched to no crush and purchased a...

My FG always seems a bit high. In primary for a month and FG was 1.018 Wednesday when I bottled. Any ideas why?

That's what I am doing now. Can't wait to try it!

I have the same issue, but mostly due to my basement temperature varying between 62 to 67 in the winter. My beers never carbonate in the 3 week 70 degree expected range, but take at least another 1 to 2 weeks additional. My local brew shop gave me the advice to shake up the bottle a bit to put...

+1 on the grind. Northern Brewer does a very poor job of grinding their grain IMHO. My first AG kit from them I didn't re-grind the grain, and I ended up with a very poor efficiency and missed my OG by 4 points on the low side. The second kit I purchased at the same time as the first as they...

I have this NB all grain kit in my secondary with the included 5 vanilla beans floating in the carboy. The only thing I was really disappointed in was the grind of the grain from NB. It was poor, and I missed my OG to the low side pretty significantly. Hopefully the beer will still taste good...

I brewed the all grain version yesterday and plan on leaving it in the primary for 2 weeks and secondary for 4 weeks. Almost all the reviews on NB's site give it 5 stars but say it definitely benefits from aging a bit. By the way, this was the fastest fermentation start I have witnessed to date...

Which recipe? My buddy brewed his IPA and I really liked it. I am just beginning to like the hoppier styles as I am normally more to the malty side of the spectrum. I am going to brew it next month, but will dial back the IBU's into the 50 range.

I just brewed my first batch of Carbou Slobber All grain kit yesterday. I can't believe fermentation kicked off with bubbles out the airlock in 2 hours after pitching and it is going like a jet engine today! You can actually feel the breeze from the CO2 blowing out the airlock 3" above. Here is...