Recent content by digital-entropy

Thanks guys. Is it recommended to level the manifold so it is level with the spigot or just allow it to lie at an angle?

I am thinking of replacing my SS braid with a copper manifold. One foreseeable problem though: unlike some coolers, where the spigot seems to reside in trough below the bottom of the cooler, the spigot in my cooler is about 1 inch above the base of the cooler. If I rest the manifold on the...

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I don't post much here but I work near 21st Amendment so after I saw the sign I went and bought tickets for the Saturday event.

I've only done about six brews -- 3 extract and 3 partial mash, but I would agree with the sentiment. Everyone whose lips have come in contact with what I've made so far has been very happy -- if you are going AG because you think an extract or partial will be inferior you should reconsider.

Well, I took another hydrometer reading and it came out at about 1.020! Which means my ABV is right around 11.5%. Perfect! :drunk:

Funny, I had similar OG problems and there's a thread about them. Might be of some interest.

Yep it was a partial boil. Probably had at most 4 gallons of water in the pot but boiled down to around 3. That combined with the uneven distribution sounds like a very plausible theory. Thanks everybody!

Yeah, sounds like I might have to invest in one or both of those options. The hydrometer is whatever the LHBS hands out with their kit, so it is likely of dubious quality. Yes, it appears to give a reading of ~1.000 in plain water. Good point about the final volume. If anything the...

I recently made a partial mash barleywine with the following as the grain bill: 10 lbs. pale liquid extract 2.5 lbs 2 Row pale malt .75 lbs 60L crystal .5 lbs aromatic malt .5 lbs cara-pils 2 lbs turbinado sugar (ok this isn't really grain but it adds to the OG) I plugged all of this...

Crap, busted! :eek: Hey now, we locals prefer San Francisco. Don't know where this "San Fran" is ;) I guess it is rather high-tech... sort of like a "baby-cam". Actually, not sort of, it is!

Oh, I never claimed it was exciting. But the blowoff tube is kind of small and if it clogs and explodes off I need to know so I can go home and try to save it!

Corvallis, Oregon. I grew up there but moved to SF for work.

Hello from San Francisco! Just started homebrewing about six months ago but I'm trying to carry on a family tradition. Turns out my maternal grandmother was raised on a hop farm, and she ended up teaching my dad how to brew. He taught his brothers, one of whom runs a HB store now. Just started...