Recent content by Willee

I am looking for an APP that you can type the ingredients you have on hand into the database and it will list out the beers you can brew using them. Is there such an APP available? It would be great for the competitions where you are given the ingredients and need to come up with a beer to brew.

I am looking for an app that given the supplies you have on hand it will list the beers you could brew using them. Is there such a thing? There is for cooking food such an App where you add your food items to its database and it lists out the recipes you can cook using them. I think it would be...

If you are seeking an answer for a poll I say NO! If you want an opinion then I would say that we are lucky to have the freedoms we have now and I dont think expanding them at this time would help our "hobby" remain so.

It is my understanding that a PID controller is supposed to compensate for lead / lag times in a process. The delay time for the on / off of the coil power would be factored as if it were part of the delay of temperature verses applied power to to a heating element regardless of what that...

OH MY ... I just today transferred batch #3 to the keg and had a bit of it in a small container. I let it sit for a while to settle out and checked it with a glass Hydrometer and it read 1.010 FG. Not the 1.028 reading my refractometer was giving me. Checking the refractometer in water it reads...

Without a permit the Fed's can bust you for distilling alcohol regardless. That is the federal law ... it is illegal to distill alcohol ... unless you have a permit. Technically and legally freezing beer and pouring off the alcohol is distilling and is illegal. I have never heard of anyone that...

It is not my understanding that I MUST denature what I distill for fuel. Law is Law and with a permit it is NOT illegal for me to distill. For everyone else not having one it is. What I do with it afterward could possibly violate a LAW but that would need to be proven. As for putting myself on...

My latest batch of beer figures out to be 3.54% ABV ... would like it to be around 5%. 1.055 SG - 1.028 FG (two weeks in fermenter - Kolsh yeast) Cant go back and re-brew and realize I need to make changes to the grain bill for the next time. But as for this batch ... If I figured...

The fact you bought it can bring some snoopy federal agent around to see what you are doing with it. If he looks thru the window or over the fence and sees your still being heated you are busted! Get the free permit for distilling fuel and avoid all that.

Distill for fuel ... the highest proof is best to add to gasoline for the lawnmower. Water is not a good thing to add to gasoline. A fuel distilling permit is free. It is way easier to get caught distilling alcohol that it is to get caught drinking it. Get the federal permit!

Get the turbo 500! Great little unit and can produce 190+ proof if you add some copper mesh at the top of the column. A bit on the slow side with the 1 1/2" column and needs attention to the cooling flow while running but it works really well. Next step up would be a 3" column still with...

Save it? If you distill the batch of beer to extract the alcohol then it is not beer anymore. Note: distilling alcohol is illegal without a license or permit. I would use a column type still to extract the alcohol at a high proof. Mix that with some good filtered water and then distill it again...

Many brews over the few years I have had my GrainFather. Perhaps just lucky but it works just fine. If the heating element goes it is all most impossible to replace as it is bonded to the bottom of the vessel. There are other units that are made identical to the GrainFather but are about one...

Here are some tips that work for me. Replace the pump filter screen with something larger in size. I found one that goes clear across the bottom. Remove the spring and ball bearing from the valve ... it clogs up easily. Dont press the top screen down against the grain bed. If the pump or filter...

The time to ask questions was before you tossed in the fruit cups. Now you will become an expert (by experience) and can answer this question next time someone else asks it. Most likely you will be fine and your brew will be a thing of beauty.