Recent content by JCrazy84

Small sample size, but I have found that if I am making an APA or a Session, or anything below about 1.055 and have more than ~50IBU I get an increase of the 'grassy' tasting hops that you describe. I don't know if that is the case here, but to me it comes off as too harsh and vegetal when I...

I'll copy what I said above regarding smaller barrels: Consider: Surface Area= 2(pi)r^2 + 2(pi)rh Treating them like perfect geometric cylinders, even though that isn't EXACTLY true.... 225L/60ish gallon barrels: dimensions = 37.32″ (tall) x 26.97″(widest point) = ~4300in^2...

Oak does have permeability, but it is more of a dependent on surface area. Consider: Surface Area= 2(pi)r^2 + 2(pi)rh Treating them like perfect geometric cylinders, even though that isn't EXACTLY true.... 225L/60ish gallon barrels: dimensions = 37.32″ (tall) x 26.97″(widest...

Yeah, 40 would slow it down, but from what I understand, it may not stop it completely. The bottles got a bit worse (more carbonated) as times went on, but nothing ridiculously noticeable, or to the point of bottles blowing up.

So far, they have been okay. But, I have only been kegging for ~5 weeks. I would think I would notice something after 4 weeks at ~40F. If I bottle my next batch, after replacing bucket, wand, and spoon and it is still infected, I'll check out the bottles, and put them in the oven to sterilize...

Okay, so, I want to make sure I am not missing anything before I go nuclear tomorrow and get all new plastic equipment. So, I have had a few batches that have become gushers in the bottle. I have made 29 batches. Batch 008- An amber made with WY3522 (gusher, tastes like high carbonation). Batch...

I wasn't really asking anything, just merely stating my plan of attack. The only problem with doing the split from the get go, is that since I do PM's and not full boils, I have to dilute to 5gal in the fermenter, as I only end up with 3.25-3.5 gal of final boil volume. I could never get a...

Okay, so here is what I am thinking. Say it is 15% right now, if I got my best possible attenuation, and if I got to my best attenuation it would be 18%. I have my blonde in bottles, still with the same yeast strain. What if I bottle harvest, build up, and make another blonde and blend. Make...

DME is only about 75%-80% fermentable under normal circumstances. Briess describes on its own website that it is typically 75% fermentable. http://www.brewingwithbriess.com/Assets/PDFs/Briess_PISB_CBWPilsenLightDME.pdf . I would not have made it more fermentable, as I did not mash it, and by the...

Right now, 27 days have elapsed. I realize this beer takes a long time, but I don't think after the yeast stops it would get started. I wasn't going to bottle, I was going to let it sit in a secondary for a long time. Since my flavor profile is set, I would probably go with WLP099 at this...

While possible, I normally average about 85% for efficiency, when I calculate out efficiency by hand on this one, saying it is 85% gets me a gravity of 1.128. The candi syrup is 32 ppg, rather than 46 ppg straight dextrose offers. I am not discounting it, I just am saying that my history of...

Okay, so first let me say, I screwed up. Yes, I know I did, now I just want to know the best way of fixing it. 5 gallon batch- 4# Belgian Pilsner 4oz Flaked Wheat Mashed at 149 for 60m, BIAB Sparged with 172 for 5m 12# Light DME 2# D-180 Candi Syrup. 90m boil, 1/2 dry malt at...

I won't claim to be a master by any means, but I make all the cider that I make with cheap apple juice and I am fine with it. It depends on what you haven't been thrilled with. Is it just the taste difference that cider as opposed to juice lends? It is the time it takes to let it cool down the...

I can still get two packs of 05 for the less of a price as a single liquid 1056/001. Two packs of US05 should be enough to ferment almost the biggest of the big. Nevertheless, I do use Mr Malty app to know how much I need to pitch. If it is just a slight over/under pitch, I don't worry about...

I didn't preorder in time for the hops, but I was there in person to pick up another order that I got some stuff from their black Friday sale. Let me tell you, usually there is one guy working and everything is super chill there. Since they are so close to LD Carlson, they don't keep much on...