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  1. GRJBowers

    Horrible extraction efficiency

    So I brewed a version of BierMuncher's Ode to Arthur Guiness clone, modified to be a partial mash. The actual mash bill was: 3 lb pale 2-row 2 lb toasted barley flakes 1 lb Roasted Barley Mashed for 1 hour at 154°F and got a paltry 55% Extract efficiency I used Bru'n Water to predict a mash...
  2. GRJBowers

    Batch priming a pressurized fermentation

    I'm thinking about getting a pressurizable fermentation vessel. The problem is, I only have 2 kegs at the moment so when the fermentation is finished, I would probably bottle from the fermentor. As I understand it, CO2 solubility is a function of temperature and pressure. So using a kegging CO2...
  3. GRJBowers

    Sri Lankan Vanilla

    I saw this on a shelf at my local pharmacy and I've never heard of it before. It is much cheaper than Madagascar/Bourbon vanilla. Has anyone used it in beer before? What were the results?
  4. GRJBowers

    Re-yeasting with higher attenuating yeast at bottling

    So I'm planning a RIS using Wyeast 1728. OG should be 1.099, FG should be 1.029. After aging it for a while I plan on bottling it using CBC-1. 1) Do I need to worry about the CBC-1 eating sugars that the 1728 doesn't? 2) Should I add the CBC-1 a week in advance before adding the priming sugar...
  5. GRJBowers

    Russian Imperial Stout partial mashening (and other stories)

    Hi, HBT. Longtime lurker finally signed up for some advice and apologies in advance for what will probably be a wall of text. First some background info. I don't have an outdoor burner so my homebrew adventures are limited to partial mashes in a 5 gallon cooler with partial boils on the stove...
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