Oh, you want an Oktoberfest that will be ready in 5 weeks do ya? IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jk. I have this fermenting right now and all signs are pointing towards being 4 or 5 weeks until ready. Shout out to Brulosophy for all they do! I've done this once with the WLP029 Kolsch, was...
Hey guys! So I finally found a chest freezer that was big enough for my two fermenters and also has room in case I decide to brew bigger batches. I used my Ink-Bird temp controller on my kegerator for the last batch of beer I brewed so I have a decent idea of how it works. For the kegerator, I...
Dude! Thank you so much. Just got done doing everything above and increased my Mash efficiency to 76.4% which is way up from last time!! Thank you guys for all your help!
That makes me feel better. I definitely did not replace the seals when I picked them up, but I did check each one for cracks. Found 2 with cracks and replaced them with ones from other bottles. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see what happens. If a few don't carbonate properly, is there a...
I have read all over the place that flip-tops are an awesome and convenient way to bottle your beer. I went out today and picked up a case and have been filling up my latest Pale Ale's. I noticed as I was filling that the flipping mechanism goes into a couple holes on the side of the neck(you...
Ok so I gave up on the last one, size wasn't right. I've decided since I'm young and my back can handle it to go with a chest freezer. It will fit much better in the space I have. I found this unit for free on craigslist. Talked to the guy and he says it works fine. He upgraded to a standup...
What is your batch size?
This recipe is for 5.5 gallons, 0.5 gallons loss to chill and the fermenter.
What is your expected efficiency?
I could definitely use some advice on how to properly calculate this. This will be my 11th batch and I started using beersmith about 2 batches ago. Is there...
According to beersmith, for the 13.81 Lbs of grain I need for my recipe, I would need 10.13 gallons of available space in my Kettle/Mashtun. I'm currently brewing with a 10-gallon kettle so I know that something needs to be adjusted. Also should mention that this is the first recipe I'm doing...
I love advice like this! For some reason I'm always overlooking simple solutions. The other day I was thinking up ways to be able to tell when my kegs were about to kick. I must have thought of 15 different ways, all of which were a pain in the butt. Then someone on this forum was like, "Dude...