Recent content by Echo2112

Well, your call really. If you rack now your fermentation will slow down or stop so you may have some residual sweetness to it from unfermented sugars. Depends on how dry you want it. I might give it a few more days to see what it does, and then rack out.

I was using flip top bottles at the time, but I am kegging now.

I did a SMaSH, 2 row and Willamette, but pureed a small watermelon and added that to the fermenter when I pitched the yeast. Came out incredibly well.

Man, I leave a thread for a while and look what happens! Glad everybody liked this cider - I just did another batch on Friday to try and keep my supply levels up. I found a few bottles that had been aging for 8 months - a couple other boxes were put over them and I kind of forgot they...

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So I brewed a all grain batch of heather ale, loosely based on the AHS fraoch clone free of hops, and what I got was a bit unexpected. I think I know where the strangeness is coming from, and this is tasting a sample as I was kegging - it had a bit of sweetness to it, and yet a sour bite. It...

Name is Echo2112 on both sites. Come on lady luck!

OK, 3 down, one to go if anyone wants it!

Yeah, thanks Bubba, I dug around on the web, and it does seem as long as it is empty, there is no issue.

Well, I would be happy with $50.00 per tank. UPS lists shipping to Houston at about $13.00. I don't know how they might feel about me shipping a tank with them, but that is what the estimate is based on weight.

I have just gotten 4 20# tanks from a restaurant, interested to see if anyone is in need of them. These are the large heavy duty tanks, with fitted collars. If anyone in the Austin area is interested, please let me know. Some still have gas in them. Cheers! Sorry, put steel earlier, they...

Grain Bill 5.00 lbs 2 Row (US) 3.00 lbs Vienaa 2.25 Flaked Corn Hop Schedule 1 oz Brewers Gold @ 60 min boil 1 oz Willamette @ 5 min boil Mash 60 minute mash using 12.81 qts of water at 161.4 F to bring the mash temp to 150 F. Batch sparged, first sparge was 1.4 gallons at 168 F...

So what is the longest any of you have let a starter just kind of hang out until you pitched it? I just had one that I used today that I prepared last Saturday. Smelled ok to me, drained off most of the starter beer on top, and pitched the yeast, aside from a strong yeast smell, there was...

Grains 14.75 lbs 2 Row (US) 1.00 lbs Munich .25 lbs Crystal 20L Adjuncts 1.00 lbs Corn Sugar added at boil start Whirlfloc tablet added @ 15 min Hops 2 oz Centennial (10% Alpha) @ 60 min 2 oz Chinook (13% Alpha) @ 60 min 1 oz Centennial (10% Alpha) @ 15 min 1 oz Galena (13% Alpha) @ 5 min * 2...

Had been wanting to do a nice dry cider, with noticeable apple notes to it, but not too much sweetness. This was a very simple recipe to put together, the key is to give this time to age, it can be less than pleasant the first month in the bottles. If you give it time, and wait 3 to 4 months...