Recent content by JiBiru8

Fermentation temperature control (freezer + Johnson A419).

+1 for AHS.

Can and do. MSG is in a lot of processed stuff.

I bought this from AHS: http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_33_403&products_id=1058 No idea for anything local though, sorry.

Have you tried BIAB? 1 pot on the stove is all you need! And if your sink is too small to wash the pot, you can always use your bathroom. If you have room for your fermenters, I don't think you'll have a problem. That's real surprising.

Nice! New? I bought a Super Agata and hated it until I realized that the bell was screwed on at a weird angle, which is why it couldn't cap bottles properly. After screwing it on properly, it's much easier to use than my wing capper!

I came in to post a bottle of Westvleteren 8 that I bought for ¥2,200 (~US $23.50) but then remembered that my friends gave me a bottle of Utopias a few years ago. So Utopias!

I do 14.5 liter (3.8 gallon) AG BIAB batches on my stove. It does take a while to get it to a boil, but once there, it is very vigorous. I can almost hit two burners with the pot I have now, so I imagine if I had a wider pot, I could use two burners, and do "full" 5.5 ~ 6 gallon batches.

My over carbonation problems ended when I started to rack the beer from the primary to a "bottling bucket," aka my brewpot. Off the trub, I can more accurately measure how much beer I will actually be bottling, and calculate how much sugar to use. Prior to doing this, I was bottling straight...

Just watched the second video. Hah, a guy I went to school with kindergarten through high school made quite the appearance (the guy in the lab coat).

I miss SF. Hope you guys make it!

Twist off bottles work for me with my wing capper and bench capper. I haven't bottled that many twist offs though.

Please post the results!

I like dry yeast. Though I kind of have to, as getting liquid yeast here is rather difficult.

Awesome, thanks. Looking forward to it. I bottled a batch this morning, and even with my wife helping, it's not the most fun thing to do.