Recent content by Zooom101

The element comes shaped like that. No bending necessary.

I'm in the process of building this based on your instructables. First, I just wanted to say thank you for putting this together with the amount of detail that you did. I have a question though. If I built this with an interchangeable power cord so that I could plug it into a 240V outlet or a...

I agree with weirdboy above. There is another factor to consider that I believe may play a role. The headspace in a full keg is going to be significantly less than the combined headspace of 50 bottles of beer. More of the C02 produced is going to be dissolved in the beer in the keg rather than...

I agree. I've never seen dry hopping in a stout before. I've also never seen a beer dry hopped with so little hops before either. I guess it's the little things that make good beer. Thanks again for your help.

That's probably a safe assumption. Thanks for the reply. One more question though, in that recipe the dry hop amounts are .07 oz of Willamette and .08 oz of Cascade. I originally thought that was a typo because it seems like such a minuscule amount. Are those amounts the same as in the recipe...

I've searched the vast internets for this recipe and have found a few. I have also learned from a previous post on HBT about this recipe that a clone recipe exists in BYO Sept '05 issue. In that post was a link to this recipe...

It sounds like a good recipe to me. A few suggestions. First, I personally wouldn't consider it a double IPA. I'm not sure if there are any strict guidelines, but my opinion is that a double IPA has an ABV >8%. Second, 84 IBU's is pretty high for only a 1.063 O.G./ 6.3% ABV beer. I would either...

897 Thank you!!!!

One of three things may happen. 1. The beer carbonates fine and you drink it two weeks later and wonder: why was I so worried? 2. The cork is blown from the bottle. No harm done. 3. The bottle explodes. As far as I know there is a difference between wine bottles and champagne bottles. Wine...

You should be careful if your dog is eating the hop cones. This is quoted from Wikipedia: "Hops, a plant used in making beer, can cause malignant hyperthermia in dogs, usually with fatal results. Certain breeds, such as Greyhounds, seem particularly sensitive to hop toxicity, but hops...

I've always used the mills at my LHBS to grind my grain and have never heard of grain sticking problems until now. What are the consequences of grain sticking? What causes it and how do you fix it?

I didn't think about the metallic taste coming from freshly cleaned/blasted knurlers. I'll definitely run some through and then discard it. Good call.

I'd still call it an American Red Ale.

I'll be using a glass bead blaster. Any reason not to blast the knurled surfaces? What is the purpose of running grain through it immediately? I was going to rub a light coat of oil on the knurled surfaces to prevent rust. Thanks for the advice.

I decided to try growing some hops this year. Since I tend to move every two or three years I didn't want anything too permanent. I've been growing plants in Earthboxes, a type of sub-irrigation planter (SIP) for years with fairly decent results. I even construct my own "earthbuckets" which use...