Recent content by dmbhawker

wow, i have never even heard of a drill pump! looks like it would work, i'll check it out thanks! anybody have experience with drill pumps good/bad or otherwise?

First off I live in South Texas where it is usually surface of the sun hot:( I found a ponp pump in my parents garage, a 130 gph pump and hooked it up and measured my flow rate. First off i have 25 ft of copper and probably 10-15 ft inlet and outlet tubing. My flow rate was 2qt/min or 30 gph...

So me and ol'lady attempted to make ginger ale and it burns your lips and toungue after you drink it. I guess to some people this is ok. Is there anyway to fix it. It tastes really good its just a very obnoxious bite/burn at the end. Its a 2.5 Gallon batch would adding another gallon of...

I dont mind waiting at all, i brewed it for my moving party im having in a month, after all our hard work!

So i have a coopers blonde to keg and dont have my kegerator yet so cant keep it cold, how should i go about carbing it at room temp, the keg calculator say for my temp amd co2 pressure to set it at 41 psi, does this sound right any suggestions?

+1 for kegconnection. Just got my equipment from them and it rocks!

so i am relatively new to home-brewing and have been going on a bunch of local brewery tours and what not trying to learn from the big boys. i was wondering how the larger breweries and brewpubs are able to put out such a good product in such a short time. do they skip the conditioning period...

Yea i agree with wilserbrewer, soak in tub for 10 to 15 and then drain water and start over, and finally do ice bath for third and final bath. Once you get a wort chiller though you will laugh at your ice bath days, ive used my homemade one once and i am in love so is ol lady cause we still...

Hello all: Well just went out and bought my equipment and started my first batch of beer ever. i will probably ask tons of questions and look forward to being part of the community. i started a coopers dark ale and all brewing seemed to go okay. thanks James!