Recent content by MKEbrew

I can live with that. Right now I have a small space heater near it that turns itself on and of. Brought it up to 62 and will see if I can hold that with any consistency. Didn't want to fluctuate it too much if it wasn't going to do the trick.

Ok, so can anyone comment on what I should expect if I just ferment it at 58 the whole time? Lack of flavor, off-flavor? Won't know unless I try? lol

I've also thought of putting a heating pad under it and calling it a day. Just checked it and it's at a solid 58 now. I expect it to stay there, but don't know what to expect as the outcome. Think I'll exhaust the 25w heater idea and see if I can raise it at all with that. I feel like this...

That's kind of what I was thinking, but I wanted to decide if I should run to Northern Brewer on my lunch today or not. Thanks for the responses!

It would be awesome to just leave it, but I feel like 58 is low when it calls for 65. I was just going to try to hit 65-66 and hold it there if I could. Wasn't really aiming for the 75!

Currently fermenting with Wyeast 1332 and need a temp range of 65-75°F but I'm only at like 58-60. It's fermenting, but I want to be in the right temp range. Am considering doing a swamp cooler with a fish tank heater, but how many watt heater? I have a small 25w heater available to me...

I have a second immersion chiller for my five gallon pot. I'm going to setup a secondary chilling phase to cool the water more before I return it to the ice bucket. maybe that will reduce the amount of water I need. Regardless, it'll look cooler! lol

Now that doesn't sound like a bad idea. Doing it that way how many buckets do you go through?

So I'll likely need to refresh the bucket at least once before I reach pitching temps is what you're thinking? There is plenty of snow - and it's still coming down, but I just figured it's going to melt faster than ice cubes.

So I'm going to try this today and wanted feedback on the idea. I have a submersible pump that I am going to put in a five gallon bucket of ice, top off with water, and then pump it through my immersion chiller. Instead of running a hose and having to put all that water somewhere during a...

Never mind. These things went so low in price I might as well keep it.

I did read something about doing conversions after fermentation, but it only talked about brix to SG conversions, so I was confused & came here. Does promash do this conversion, or is there a specific software I should be looking at? Or, website, java app, android, etc. lol

Hey all, Hoping I can learn something today! Expected my beer to be ready for kegging the other day and since I'm still green on the refractometer, I grabbed my hydrometer too, for good measure. I have the refractometer from Northern Brewer with the SG scale so the Brix to SG calculations...

Ok, so I'm doing 3 gallon batches because I can't boil much more than about 4.25 gallons or so (yet). I'm thinking 5.5# Bohemian Pilsner (since MO is a pale malt) and Wyeast 2565 Kölsh. Northern Brewer's website says that Amarillo and Simcoe are both out of stock. I suppose they may have...

I ferment in my basement which is a fairly consistent 58 except for a brief period in late summer/early fall. Not ruling temp out by any means, though. I have tried a few different yeasts, made starters, skipped starters & still seem to find that flavor. Brewing Better Beer is on my list, but...