Recent content by johnsant

I haven't used my Wisler bag yet but i'm wondering if I might want to add just a wee more hops than the recipe calls for to get close to profile due to the bag preventing the last bit to enter the wort?

I have a mini fridge and just finished a cold crash on the 27 of Dec. the controller was set at 34 deg. and when I went to bottle my top LBK had ice in it(it sets just below the freezer compartment) so It can and will get cold enough.

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Got a duel scale Refractometer and PH tester almost set.

Use a glass of water and hydrometer insure it floats.

Everything is fine "your making BEER' all fermentation is different so just RDWHAHB.

Don't know when you brewed this but most will continue to settle out, at the end of fermentation if you still have floats cold crash in fridge (somewhere @ 32-40 deg.) this should make the rest settle out. If not rack from under it'll be ok.

I live in Northeast Oklahoma so location isn't that good. I do have a shiny brew room and has all the flash that you could ever want, but when I wake in the morning it's still the same old bedroom with the mini fridge. :(

Now that I see the pot I would recommend a taller one.

I haven't done anything with my water yet. The next batch I do I'll be running my water through a RV filter and letting it set over night to remove the chlorine then testing and adjusting the PH for the mash. Note: filter says it will remove chlorine, not sure but will check it out.

Many threads about this. I'm not into metric so all I'll say is if you have a pot that will hold enough water plus grains you are fine, as for the bag if you can't find a bag make one to fit the kettle. After mash, sparuge to pre-boil level and you are set. Continue to scan threads to see how...

I have this system form High Gravity http://www.highgravitybrew.com/store/pc/BIAB-Electric-Brewing-System-120V-269p4647.htm it has the Blichman 2250 brew coil and it works with my 11 gal. kettle my last brew was 7.25 gal. pre boil it gave me a good boil for my money I would say it would work for...

Not a real hard boil only a gentle rolling boil, but a boil is a boil

I don' recirc my water to bring to strike temp. but I do start somewhere close and I know it doesn't take and hour to get up to temp.

One recommendation would be to make sure that your wort temp. is close to your fermentation temp. this would prevent a vacuum form forming in the fermenter and sucking the star-san into it. Best of luck. :)