Recent content by PolyurethaneCow

I couldn't put the lid on the pot, because of the wort chiller sticking out of it. Thanks for the input everybody - I'll just see how it turns out. BTW.... "RDWHAHB!" whats that mean? Thanks!

So yesterday I was brewing a batch (5 gal). Put the pot in the kitchen sink to cool and put in my wort chiller to do it's thing. Got it down to about 100 degrees pretty quickly , but it slowed down. So i decided to put some ice in the sink around the outside of the pot to help out the wort...

I understand. Thanks! Although, i was honestly not as concerned with the sanitation aspect as i was with the foaming/hot break mess, and was wondering how others get around that. Anytime i add DME, i get about 3 inches of foam and more with the hot break, that takes about 10-15 minutes of...

I apologize if this is a ridiculous question - I am going to try using a late addition of DME and Cane Sugar on a batch, adding half the recipe DME and all the 9 oz of Cane Sugar with 15 mins left in the boil. My question is about timing with late aroma hop addition - If I'm boiling 90 mins...