Recent content by czucker

I'm on the 4th iteration of a NEIPA that I've been working on and mine are coming out plenty hazy without a complex mash schedule. I'm also only using around 8% flaked oats. Additionally, I'm having a hard time imagining what a turbid mash would like in a BIAB world. . . . I'm sure someone more...

I know this an old thread, but I am still seeing this in Mac v2.3. If I adjust the 'Kettle to fermenter' and 'Lauter deadspace' fields, then my gravity fields go down. . . . Is anyone else seeing this behavior? Edit: I just checked and the same thing happens in the Linux amd64 package.

I'm in Brooklyn and I'm still entertaining the idea. . .

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I don't see how that could work. If the probe were inside of, or attached on the outside of, the rod, then it would pick up the temperature of the rod itself and not the beer. If you don't want to add a thermowell to your fermenter for some reason you can attach the probe to the outside with...

I'm interested in a group buy if anyone is still in the market. . . .

Hi folks, I recently picked up a barely used minibrew 6.5 gallon conical on ebay. However, the seller isn't including the fittings. I've gone ahead and ordered the ez seal bulkhead fittings from minibrew. I'm wondering if I ought to use a 3/4" pipe nipple to connect a valve to the dump...

Hi Folks, Just throwing my hat in the ring here. I started a batch of saurkraut on Monday afternoon. I am still trying to figure out my process. My initial thoughts are pulling some brine, creating a starter with some pilsen DME wort, sour worting in a purged corny keg until I hit a...

Thanks for talking this out with me folks. I went with a 7.5 gallon batch and actually ended up getting about an 8% gain in efficiency due to tweaking my mash procedure. I pitched the Gigayeast 121 into a better bottle and had rapid fermentation within 12 hours. It was a good sign. The...

Gigayeast recommends anything below 7 IBUs, so I think I am good there. That's a really good call on the gravity. I was paying zero attention to the FG. The 78% attenuation that is listed on the Gigayeast website is after 2 weeks in primary. I would imagine that after aging in secondary, it...

I second Sammy's comment. I typically just try to place my carboy where I will be racking from the evening before bottling day and let it settle at room temp. My beers usually clear up nicely with post carbonation chilling whether bottle conditioned or kegged.

Hi Folks, I am planning a sour saison brew day this weekend and would love some feedback on my process. This is my second time using a mixed culture, Gigayeast 121 - Farmhouse Sour. The yeast is a mix of Belgian ale yeast. brett and lacto bugs. Now I am trying to decide on how to mash. I'd...

I was very surprised at how little hop material made it out of the keg. I crashed it in my kegerator for about 24 hours before doing the transfer. When I looked into the bottom of the source keg, there was a ton of hop material left on the bottom with a little clearing around the liquid out...

Yeah, I thought about that too. I was planning on chucking it, but when I opened a hose on it and all visible material fell away I figured I would give it a shot. Might toss it in my pressure cooker for a few minutes if I end up using it again. I'm not fully comitted.

It's a 5 micron cartridge filter. I back flushed it with water, then sanitizer and am keeping it stored in the filter housing in sanitizer in my kegerator.