Recent content by Dclubb83

I steep at about 150F. I've heard boiling makes ginger less than ideal.

I'm not looking for a specific shelf life. I just don't like only being able to make what I can fit in the fridge.

Ok, so here's the scenario. I make a simple syrup, steep ginger, strain, mix with water and lemon juice. Force carbonate with Carbonator cap. Pour into glass bottles and cap. How long could I safely store them at room temperature?

There was also another issue. A friend of mine was going to the brew store, so I gave him a shopping list for me for this batch. The list included Chinook and Cascade, and he brought me Chinook and Centennial. So I decided to see how it turned out anyway... My additions (one gallon batch by...

Lol well I thought of that, but I was wondering if the ratio of ibu to gravity was too high to be enjoyable. It's not like I'm gonna dump it out without getting through bottling and trying it, but I'm just wondering what to expect.

So I brewed my first all grain batch today, and I guess because I was distracted by making sure I did the mashing process and everything correctly, I forgot how to convert ounces to grams and accidentally doubled the amount of hops I put in. I was brewing an APA with a target OG of 1.050...

Ok, correct me if my logic is wrong here.. But if I'm trying to take a gravity reading, but use less wort, couldn't I theoretically take a 50/50 wort/water solution, and multiply the gravity by 2? I brewed my first batch (one gallon) and already missed my post boil volume because my boil off...

I wish I would have thought of that before I made the zapap lol

My kettle is actually only 8qt, which is an issue in itself, given that 6qt is just about my limit without boiling over. But I plan on just keeping one quart of the second runnings at a low simmer in another pot and adding that about 30 minutes into the boil to get my full volume. And I was...

So actual water contact with the grains isn't important in batch sparging? If that's the case then that completely solves my problem. I figured that water contact was equally important in both mash and sparge.

OK, so I recently made a small version of a "zapap" mash tun out of two 2-gallon buckets (drilling a bunch of small holes in the bottom of a bucket and putting it inside another bucket to act as a false bottom), as recommended by my LHBS as a good way to do one gallon all-grain batches. I've...

Due to the lack of instant gratification from brewing beer, I've been trying my hand at making soda while I wait for my beer to ferment, namely ginger ale and ginger beer. I'm making it by bringing the water, sugar, and ginger to a boil and sleeping for an hour, then cooling to pitching temp...