Recent content by Spitfire6

Well I am no longer brewing or drinking.. time to pass this book collection along. Hope I don't take a bath on the shipping... pretty heavy. All in good shape. I will consider splitting them up but let's see if someone wants them all first. The Complete Joy of Homebrewing - Charlie Papazian...

Thanks Jtvann, Looks like these have gotten cheaper, or memory fails me, or I got hosed originally... Although no clamps at $99... Anyway... lets make it $65 shipped...

Bought this for $200+ but don't think I ever used it. Includes the three clamps. $65 shipped CONUS. No PayPal. Check / MO / Google Pay OK.

Couple pics of my brewstand bare. I build these and sell on Etsy and direct. Similar to the Brutus Ten using a "gas bus" lower front rail.

I'm in for five sacks. Three Best Malz Pilsen (BZ‐PILS) and two Great Western Northwest Pale Ale (GW‐PALE)

Did I get in for a couple sacks of two row??

I would like to get in for at least 2 sacks of 2 Row Pils. Not sure what's available. Someone point me in the right direction.

Me Too!! Several months after you post I discovered this beer.Maybe it took that long to make it to Texas. Great unique IPA!

On three tier systems with the boil kettle sittiing so low I always wonder how you completely drain the wort into the fermenters. Had this problem when I used a KAB4 burner so always put it on cinder blocks.

Thanks for this thread! I am just starting to send some brews in to competitions and just kegged one of the best beers I ever made. No time to bottle condition the other 5 gallons so I tried a further simplified version. I only had a stopper in the size that fits a five gallon carboy so figured...

I was concerned that the di-ammonium phosphate would just end up as a chemical addition - off flavore since the yeasties were already sleeping and fermentation was over. ** Kegged this and drinking on it now. Northern English Brown Ale. Have to say it's in the top three beers I have ever made...

Thanks Darwin, That's about what I did. This was actually a ten gallon batch so I kegged the first half and had a couple pints last night. All is well. Excellent N. England Brown Ale.

Due to failure to "Relax and have a homebrew" I decided that I had a stuck fermentation, when I didn't (erroneous hydrometer and expecting lower FG), and subsequently decided to add some yeast energizer. Unfortunately I reached for the Fermax yeast nutrient, read the label, and then added 4 tsp...

I'm sure you will be OK then. I think I read somewhere that 160 degrees and above was the caution area. Yes, aerating before pitching yeast is a good thing. I have always just used the "Rock the Baby" method, at pitching temp rock the heck out of that 6.5 gallon carboy for at least a couple...

What Yooper said. I might change "Some people believe in it" to "Most people believe in it". Every brewing book I have cautions against aerating hot wort. Papazian advises that you even avoid splashing hot wort. Wether you believe in it or not there is no reason to intentionally do it...