Recent content by Hankins2010

I'm drinking a stout I brewed awile back using Lavlin EC1118 Champagne yeast .Its dry ,hoppy and very high in alcohol but light unlike an Imperial.

I have 1 lb of dried hibiscus flowers and 10 lbs of honey. What else could I add to the depth of flavor . I have 6 lbs of mixed berrys and I do like the Celestial Seasonings Wild Berry Zinger tea.

A step drill bit or uni bit is what I use

I like using a lot of honey .I feed fermentations by adding doses of slightly diluted honey . Regularly feeding your fermentation breeds strains of higher alcohol tolerant yeasts.

Boil a quart of water then add 4 to 7 lbs of Honey then add to fermenter. Alcohol will come up nicely.

I take a length of 1 1/8 " clear hose and shove it into the mouth of my carboy.

Yup , And PET bottles also serve a s a wort chiller . Freeze water solid and dip it in a bucket of 1 step and rinse before setting it into the wort.

Right now I lack funds to buy proper bottling or kegging stuff ,so for now 1 liter and 2 liter High Pressure carbonated soda bottles will work just fine . No joke ,They work pretty damn good and they have an pretty high pressure rating for beer. Mason jars will leak .They are made to work in...

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Rule #1 Use food grade everything ( ROPAK buckets are food grade) I'm not familiar with other brands but that what they sell at my local brewing supplier.

A lot of you new brewers want to get into the hobby and are checking this site and the forums out ,just drooling and thinking ,I wish I could but bills,family obligations and with everything else ,your thinking maybe some day. Am I right ??? I'm in the same boat . Divorced ,debts ,bills ,car...

I was just about to comment on the positive pressure , Ya beat me to it. Had that one happen a couple times before I started doing a blow off hose for a few days on everything no matter what just to be safe. Never start a fermentation without one if your going to be absent . Always . The blow...

Honey is a lot classier for kicking up the alcohol than rice syrup solids

I use several honeys in mead . When alone it has a distinct flavor or with other fruits or spices .But in a honey beer or a Braggot the malts and hops overwhelm everything.