Recent content by samircanada

Thank you for your help.i shattered my hydrometer a while back. Thanks to your reply I found a calculator online. http://seanterrill.com/2012/01/06/refractometer-calculator/ I now ballparks my FG at 1.020. Considering the sample fg contained priming sugar and some lactose I am hoping it's...

Thanks so much for the replies everyone. I definitely am learning some valuable lessons. At this point I am just hoping the bottles don't explode. The taste from bottling was very good so I'll be happy if it carbonates. What should I do to make sure they don't blow? Should I sacrifice a bottle...

Refractometer is all I use for readings. Used white labs pure pitch wlp001 California ale. One pack pitch right in. No starter. The krausen and yeast activity was downright violent when I checked on it in first few days. Perhaps it failed still to reach fg..I'll never know since I failed to...

Hi everyone I am still a beginner brewer. Have about 10 brews so far. I tried a mango passionfruit milkshake IPA. About 15 lbs of grain. Mostly 2 row and oats with a bit of honey malts. 0.5lbs of lactose in the boil. It was very cold out so after 60 min boil I ended up with a bit under 5 gals...

I followed the link to the Wilser bags, first time I have heard of them but will look into it further. By the way, you would be surprised how much time cooling wort outside in the winter can take. I thought simply putting the kettle down on in the snow bank and leaving it a while could work when...

Thank you for the insight everyone, I thought washing bag vs washing kettle no much difference. I would just pour the wort in my 7 gallon plastic pale. I was thinking the false bottom would help for sparging the grains. Any advice on how to do when using a bag? do you not need to sparge...

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum, would appreciate your wisdom on this topic. I recently acquired a 10 gal kettle to allow me to brew on my stove top, I am in Canada and I want to avoid the garage brewing conditions and my 16 gal wouldn't have fit under the range hood. I have already...