Recent content by rburrelli

41 pounds of grain seems like an awful lot. What is the recipe?

A couple of batches and you’ll be back to where you were before. Good luck.

Just paid $12.99 for a 4 pack of 16 oz Weihenstephaner Helles at Whole Foods. It was excellent and worth it.

The silicone tubing I use fits over the standard spigot and perfectly on the bottling wand. I use a stainless wand.

I have been using this fermenter for about 7 years now. I do bottle directly from it with no issues.

W34/70 is not an ale yeast. It is a lager yeast and would like lower temps than you are fermenting at. Perhaps this is a cause.

Did you not do any yeast nutrient feedings every other day? That is key because the yeast get lazy just fermenting sugar. They need nutrients to keep going and finish.

Nobody has asked what method you used to take gravity. A refractometer or hydrometer.

Always heard .125 gallons per pound was standard. I have used that as a parameter in my Anvil 10.5 for as long as I have brewed with it.

Recently did a recipe for an imperial Porter with lots of dark grains which I held and added at with 20 minutes remaining in the mash. I assumed grain would absorb about 2 gallons with the 17 lb grainbill. Ended up only absorbing 1-1/4 gallons. Would holding back the dark grains be the cause...

And be aware that cleaning and sanitizing are tow different things. Star-San is a a sanitizer. PBW or an alkaline brewers wash are cleaners. Clean, then sanitize.

Cash it and frame the cancelled check.

If it is pre-boil then most likely hops had not been added yet. So bitterness should not be a factor. Sorry. I did not read all post before responding. Carry on.

EXACTLY the same malt? Same batch?

Would that sample need to be degassed before taking? I don’t have a Hanna meter so I don’t know how large or small your sample is.