Recent content by marinosr

Results: 1.076 to 1.022 = 71% apparent attenuation. Certainly on the low end for US-05, but not a huge disaster. Beer is a bit sweet but certainly not cloying. There is some wiggle room if you use some high-attenuating yeast, I feel.

Thanks for the good feedback, all. I'll report back my final gravity in a week or so. I measured by electronic thermometer (well-calibrated) at a depth of about 2 inches into the mash, after the mash had time to equilibrate in temperature (five minutes).

I've been reading quite a bit about the interaction between mash duration and temperature, but I can't seem to get a satisfactory answer to this question... Last weekend, I was making a batch of Denny's excellent rye IPA, but I mashed too hot, around 159 to start. To try to compensate for this...

Just bottled my second go-round with this recipe, with the minor change that I subbed safale s-04 for the yeast. Fantastic, simple recipe. Can't wait to drink this one again!

Update on the lagering: I put a bock out in my shed last week after a three week primary fermentation, and I'm going to brew up a pilsener this week, so results will be forthcoming in a month or so. Tomorrow is supposed to be the coldest day in Durham since 1996, so we'll see if I can go to low...

I'm brewing this up today! Thanks for the great-looking recipe, and from a fellow Durmite. KingBrianI, do you go to TRUB meetings? I was thinking of checking one out.

+1 If you run your hose full-blast through your chiller and waste a ton of water, then you will get better cooling efficiency with a 50 foot chiller. If you're more conservative with your water usage then it won't matter. I have a fifty foot chiller but I think it's overkill as I'm not trying...

Just got the ingredients for this one! Will report back results in a few months.

Here's a wiring schematic for that motor (or at least another manufacturer's equivalent) with instructions for reversing the direction. http://attachments.temcoindustrialpower.com/Wiring_diagram/Marathon-5KH37PN39X-wiring.pdf Basically, it just says swap the red and black wires. You can use...

I'm not a good photographer, but here you go.

I'm finishing up the last bottles of this brew. Crisp and fruity and just awesome. Just thought I'd throw in another vote for this beer. Has anyone else noticed the slightest rose tinge to the color of the beer?

Here's my first recipe contribution to the forum. This is probably the best beer I've brewed to date. I really love the frutiness of Wyeast 2565, and I fermented it hot to bring this aspect out, but you can ferment lower or substitute an American ale yeast if you want a cleaner flavor...

Wow, that "Thermodynamics Help" thread is painful to read, not because of the physics but because of all the butthurt :) I'm sure somebody who knew how to program in MATLAB could have modeled this simple problem in 45 minutes, but that isn't me. I'll see how the carboys fare in and out of a...

I will not be building anything or plugging anything in. Thanks everybody for the building tips, but either this will work without building anything or I will do without lagers. I simply want to know what kinds of temperature swings I can expect. Tagz- you make a very good point. After the...

I realize that there are many engineered solutions to this particular question; I'm just trying to avoid them completely. This is why I want to know about the beer temperatures people have documented when subjecting their carboys to daily temperature swings. Thanks be to Thunder_Chicken and...