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  1. vrodbrad

    Not sure

    Not.sure if it is krausen or just a wierd infection. It is a thin layer and sticky. When i made this beer i had issues one putting 140 degree wort on top of tje yeast. Gravity jas came down to 1.018. Started at 1.048 It is a tangerine wheat beer.
  2. vrodbrad

    Score.

    Got a 50 pound bag of c-60 malt and a 50 pound bag of carapils for 25 bucks each
  3. vrodbrad

    Been a year

    Well last weakended since a did up a brew. I decided to do up a RIS. SG was at 1004 which is about where i wanted it and got a reading of gravity that would give a 13.6 percent alcohol. It still has to sit in fermenter another couple of weeks and then transfer to a keg and some bottles and...
  4. vrodbrad

    Question about Blichman Boil Coil 120v

    Good morning all. I have been thinking of switching to electric and my question is this. I have a 10 gallon pot that is 19 inch diameter. cannot remember the height right now. Would the Blichmann boil coil that is 120v work to bring to a boil. My beers I put into fermenter average around 5.5...
  5. vrodbrad

    Dumped the wort

    Good day all. :mad:Well yesterday I did up a beer that I have done twice before with know problems. Yesterday after I did the mash and got it into the pot I had checked to see what my pre-boil gravity was and yep it was reading only 1.016 (It should of been at 1.043). This tells me that I...
  6. vrodbrad

    Just a question of curiosity

    Good day all. So last Friday I made up my Chocolate Espresso Stout. It was an all grain. Starting gravity was 1.097. It started bubbling in the Fastfermenter the next day. Steady no massive bubbling in airlock. I know that it is not a sign. but I like hearing the bubbles. Early Wednesday...
  7. vrodbrad

    I think i got a good price

    So found this on craigslist for 850 bucks. Will be picking up on the 27th. Going to keep four of the ball locks and sell other four and four of my pin locks so i have matching set. Buddy of mine is already working on selling the 8 and he said he might by a couple.
  8. vrodbrad

    corny kegs

    Good day all. I had just picked up 5 corny kegs. 4 pin locks and one ball lock. one pin lock does not have the pin lock connections though. I figured changing the ball lock to a pin lock. so all are the same. what modification would I need to do to the ball lock to convert to pin lock. or...
  9. vrodbrad

    Probably ruined a small porter

    Good day all. Well, a few weeks ago a buddy of mine gave some of his wort that he had left. It was the second running's of the mash. I took it home and it was about two gallons. I did the boil the next day and added some other fermentable sugars I had to it. After it was cooled down. I had...
  10. vrodbrad

    My brew first brew of the year

    Well, the last time i brewed a beer was lat July. My did John palmer's porter from his book how to brew. After my buddy did his mash and drained i put another two gallons in the mash tun and put in some oates. Got two gallons from that mash and this morning when i got up to what the gravity...
  11. vrodbrad

    been a few month's

    Good morning all. Well it had been a few month's since I was able to make a batch of beer. The reason being was back in April I had a medical situation which caused me not to be able to brew anything and the last time I had done a batch was back in February. But football season is almost here...
  12. vrodbrad

    don't know how to explain

    Okay I need some help, trying to figure this one out. Back in Febuary I made an Imperial stout. I let it do its thing then I kegged it in three Tap A Draft bottles with honey. After a few weeks carbing I started to drink from the the first tad bottle and everything was fine. No off flavors...
  13. vrodbrad

    Sanke Keg score

    Good morning all. Well I got two sanke kegs from a guy a work with that he has had for ten dollars each that he had bought awhile back ago and he decided he did not want them anymore. One of them still has beer in it which he said is flat now. Oh. they are the 1/4 barrel size. I am trying...
  14. vrodbrad

    Water before grains or vice versa

    Good morning all, I have a question and want some others insight. I just happened to be reading my How to Brew book this morning and John Palmer says when you go to mash in add the water to the grain not vice versa of adding grain to the mash water. I have been adding the grain to the water...
  15. vrodbrad

    Good day, Bad day

    So today was a good/bad day. So here how it rolls Good: Ordered a SP10 burner last Friday it came in this morning (spead up time a lot quicker was able to get two brews done in a six hour period.) Bad: was doing a barley wine (equipment 5 gallon cooler, 16.89 grain bill, see the problem.)...
  16. vrodbrad

    How lucky is this for me

    :ban: So this Evening I went to Mia's & Pia's pizza place here in Klamath Falls, Or with a couple of friends. I asked the owner of the place that I would like to make a five gallon batch of his beer that he calls screaming eagle, that two of my friends really like. He gave me his recipe how to...
  17. vrodbrad

    Wife's Red Ale First attempt

    Good day all, so yesterday I did my very first biab. Went well but could have been better. Oh the wife has been begging me to make her her red ale which was originally an extract. I converted it over to an all grain using beer smith. She said I had one chance of doing her beer this way and...
  18. vrodbrad

    beer concentrated for camping

    So I came across this article in popular science magazine yesterday. http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2013-04/anywhere-beer It talked about how this company was concentrating the beer down to where you could have a small amount of beer and just add carbonated water and then have a full...
  19. vrodbrad

    So I was bored today

    So I was bored today after church, and I did not feel like watching tv. The wife said why don't you take a nap since i did not get much sleep. I said I did not feel like a nap and that what I wanted to do was to brew my Irish Stout. She told me to go ahead. (I did not plan to make it until...
  20. vrodbrad

    Wife says no on Keezer

    So I asked the wife if I could turn the chest freezer into a keezer and she said hell no:mad:(. Well there goes that idea. I don't have the room to put one in at this point, and don't want to really bottle anymore. So I think for now I am going to get the tap a draft system. found a guy...
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