Recent content by Wobbly Cat

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I wouldn’t be too concerned about the debris (trub). Trub is normal coagulation of proteins and other stuff that precipitate as a byproduct of good hot/cold breaks. Some people go out of their way not to put it in their fermenter, but many (including myself) don’t, with no detrimental effects to...

This happened at a homebrew club meeting I went to last month. I couldn’t figure out how beer could be frozen just sitting in regular ice.

My back fence borders a parkway so I'm sure lots of people driving by have seen me with weird vessels (coolers and carboys) all over the place, or me standing over a giant pot of boiling liquid wearing rubber gloves. Nobody has slow-rolled or done anything otherwise invasive so far. I've gotten...

So after brewing beer for a couple of years, I've decided to try my hand at a batch of mead this past Saturday. Eventually I'll split it into smaller batches for experimentation. Here's what I've done so far, and what I plan to do. I've also got a few questions below. Please share any...

That’s an awesome way to label your kegs (never thought to do this or seen it anywhere else). Thanks for sharing!

Personally, I'd rank temperature control as the most impactful brewing upgrade I've made thus far. I built an insulated box around an old mini fridge, with overall dimensions that would fit snug inside my brewing closet. With an Inkbird and a small amount of flexwatt heat tape inside of it, I...

A relatively cheap experiment could be to try using carb drops (or something similar) on your next batch. If this works, it tells you your bottles are probably fine and the problem is likely with making/mixing priming sugar, or some inconsistent/less than ideal bottle conditioning times or...

Poured the first fully drinkable glass out of the keg tonight. Still needs about a day or two more, but the color is much closer to red in a full glass. It's pretty tasty!

I used Imperial Yeast A07 Flagship (which I believe is equivalent to WLP001 that the recipe on page 1 calls for).

Kegged this tonight with help from the cats. My LHBS doesn't carry CaraAroma so I subbed in 1 lb of 120L crystal and 0.5 lb of CaraRed. I ended up in the camp of "not so red", but it's still a pretty beer, and the hydrometer sample is pretty tasty. My efficiency's not so great so perhaps I'll...

I mash in a bag and the last time I went to my LHBS, they double milled my grains after asking if I was happy with my efficiency (currently 65-70%, which I would prefer to be higher). I noticed no difference whatsoever, so either the grain crush is still not fine enough or that’s not the...

Came here just to say how much I love this recipe. This is definitely going to be something I continue to brew and keep on tap as a house ale. Extremely quaffable and great to have when doing work around the house (or with food, or just because). OG on my first batch so far came in a little...

Howdy all, I brewed my first batch of beer a little over two years ago using a one-gallon starter kit my wife got me for x-mas. Of course, I was hooked. After we finally moved out of our tiny apartment and into a house, I upgraded to 5-gallon BIAB all-grain brewing and am still working on...