Recent content by tomas77

My imperial Stout came out a bit on the toasty/bitter/astringent side. Will this subside with age?

I have a co2 set up to carbonate two kegs at the same time. I have been carbing one keg at 15 psi for about a week and then put another keg on to carbonate. Usually takes about two weeks to carbonate so if the first one is done do I take it off the co2 until the second one is fully carbonated...

I am an all-grain brewer but would love to try my hand at a wild ale. My mother in-law has a wine celler where she has been making wine for years. Crushing and squeezing the grapes, aging in wood barrells, the whole nine yards. I want to leave a beer in there to ferment and what would be the...

I want to bottle with my beer gun and my question is how much pressure do I use when filling the bottle? Does the pressure change with temperature of the co2 tank. Mine is left out at about 55-60 degrees so would I need a higher pressure than I use when serving from a refrigerated tank?

Caps of co2 eventually dissolve into solution so if you keep topping off with a co2 cap it will eventually carb itself.

Thought about doing that as well.

I just kegged my Strong Scotch ale and was going to age it for about 6 months. Would it be ok just to cap it co2 then set it aside or would I have to carbonate the whole keg first then set aside. Right now it is sitting on a cap of co2 but not hooked up to gas. What do you guys generally do?

I usually force carbonate my beer but I want to age a strong scotch ale in the keg and was wondering if by throwing corn sugar in the keg would the beer fully carbonate?

Now i see how you do it. Nice job.

Nice. But if your false bottom has feet wouldn't grains find thier way in the kettle?

I had just purchased a 10 gallon round orange cooler for a mashtun equipped with a 12" false bottom. What were some of the efficiencies you guys get from this type of mash tun? 70's or higher?

I was wondering about different but efficient ways to dryhop without wasting too much beer in the process. I usually add pellets to a hop bag and throw it in the secondary but it does soak up a bit of beer along the way. Any other techniques that can be utilized?

What about thermoplastic tubing?

I am making a mash tun with a 12" false bottom and wanted to know what people use for a tube on the inside of the tun where the wort transfers fron the false bottom to the kettle? Do i need a heat safe plastic hose? I have a heat resistant rubber hose I can use would this be ok?

62 degrees and wyeast american ale 1056.