Recent content by RobBug

It sounds like you may have boiled too hard. More rapid boiling will darken the beer a bit. And the hydrometer readings are fine.

Yup that looks about right for a wheat beer. I brew quite a few wheats and that looks about normal.

I have found thermometers will screw you....all the time...unless you invest in the best. I have heard thermopens are the shiznitz. I don't have one tbh. To expensive for me. I invested $20 in a lab themometer - easy read type - linky: Easy read PARTIAL immersion themometer I use...

Yes...the objective is to move the yeast to the "food". I have had no problems with getting activity within a few hours due to no HUGE vortex. By just disturbing the surface of the liquid you should get enough oxygen transfer to support ludicrous propagation of yeaties :D

That's the great thing about home brewing. You never know what is gonna get thrown at ya! How you react really defines your brew. Glad you got it together. Tell us how it came out.

After watching this show ... especially with the "space" tangent, .... I...want...to...drink...a...Miller...Highlife....Help.. Coors is looking good now... help....... For the masses it can only be good. For us, it is up to us to make fill in the real facts when people talk about the...

In the spirit of this post: Bitchin! Ya! They really are stretching some of the "facts" Wow. But hey, it's ok. We will just have a bunch of ignorant beer drinkers (BMCers) spouting all this "stuff" out and inspiring the more intelligent people to do a little research and become...

I like how they made beer into the corner stone of figuring out "germ theory". Fine by me :D

On another note - it is obvious after watching the first half of this show, most people are really ignorant of the history of beer and really just think it's a means to just get drunk with. This makes me sad. Very sad.

West Coast showing. Let the cheese begin!

Congrats - next thing you know you'll be eyeing larger coolers and kettles :D

I LOL'd HARD on this. Very Very nice!

^^ This Most thermometers are +/- 2F and those that are more precise are more expensive. I personally use a lab thermometer to calibrate all my other thermometers in the house - keeps the glass one from constant use and potential breakage. On top of that 2 or 3 degrees is not really the...

The "dullness" is the protective oxide layer formed on copper. When you leave it immersed in a highly reactive or acidic cleaner it strips this oxide layer away. Issue? no. dirty? no. I toss my immersion chiller in at the end when I think about it. Unless you left your chiller...

My custom mash paddle. Made three of these for my local club.