Recent content by gorobrew

Hey all, Was wondering if I could get some feedback on a IPL that I plan on brewing in a week. First time to do an IPL and to use these particular hops. 4.5 kg of pale malt .13 kg of pilsner (trying to finish it up) .25 kg Munich 112 g of El dorado (split between flame out and dry...

Thanks for all the advice y'all, I've pitched 1 US-05 in a similar brew and it worked fine, I think I might just pitch one pack of 05 and call it a day, a brew day that is :)

I'm brewing a grapefruit IPA-using a zest/vodka tincture at kegging, 6 gal (23L), expected SG is 1.064. I know I should use 2 packs of rehydrated yeast, thing is I have 1 packet of US-05, 1 packet of S-04 and 1 packet of Windsor yeast. I don't think I'll ever use the windsor yeast by...

Hey all… So, I believe my keg has a leak (not 100% sure on that- can't find any leaks using starsan and soap and water). It is full of beer and I'm about to head on vacation for 2 weeks or so; it has been on CO2 for about 3 weeks. Question is, (1) if the beer is off CO2 (possibly with a...

In the end, I ended up rehydrating the dry yeast and yeah, worked like a champ!

Hello all, thought I would just follow up on how the recipe and the beer turned out. So, I ended up not using the Centennial (whole hops) at all. Was going to use them for the dry hop, but seemed like they would have sucked up a bunch of the wort. Going to save them for my next batch (this...

Thanks, sort of relief, the recipe on beer smith definitely didn't seem right…

I'm trying to figure out whether to use beer smith or the grainfather brewing calculator for figuring out mash water (vol & temp) and sparge water (vol & temp). There is a bit of a discrepancy. This is going to be metric, sorry... For my recipe, which has a 6.05 kg grain bill for a...

Thanks All!! got it off and will try to source some teflon tape here shortly…

I need to take off the CO2 inlet nipple to put on a different size CO2 inlet nut. http://www.beveragefactory.com/images/co2faq1.jpg This is my regulator: http://wholesalebeerparts.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2298 I live in Japan and the CO2 tanks are a...

Hello Group, So I bought a US Taprite regulator for a Japanese tank. I also bought the new nut http://item.rakuten.co.jp/haikanbuhin/04201948/ (thanks CB_in_Tokyo). So now the question is, how do I change the nut on the regulator? Thanks and any advice would be much appreciated!

Again, all good advice, thanks all! Will try it sans-crystal this time, little less munich and move the hops around a bit. I think I will do a mash out, all the grainfather recipes I've found all include one. Seems to be the general consensus that it will up the efficiency a bit… I also...

Really good advice all around… That was one concern, not quite enough bittering hops. I was also considering a little less munich…should I then add some more pale malt? I have some extra citra, which could should be a great bittering hop, no? say an extra 1oz or so? If you could...

Going for a fruity IPA, any feedback would be much appreciated! First time with a grainfather… This will be a 5 Gal batch... Grainbill: 12 lbs of 2-row pale malt 1 lbs, 2oz of light Munich Hops: 2oz of Cascade (boil 45min) 2oz of Citra (Whirlpool) 2oz of Centennial (dry hop) Yeast...

That is what I'll do…yeah, don't know if I've ever seen distilled water here, or if I have, didn't recognize it as such…