Brewcommune

Great news Brad and thanks for the update. I think I'll give it a try with my 10 gallons of Kolsch (I'm ignoring the reinheitsgebot for this one!) I'm going to use a bright tank as well. Brad N: I also want to set up to use CO2 to push beer from the carboys in the ferm freezer to a tank. I've heard ...

Dan, Can you explain a little better how the T is set up? I'm not quite understanding your point. For priming the pumps, my plan was simply to have them below the ball valve of the keggle & kettle, so that they would prime due to gravity. Will this work? Then, I was still trying to figure out h...

One thing I'm doing with my stand is to make it "switchable" from single tier to m,ulti tier. As soon as I get it done, I'll post something.

Dan

Hi Brad: I have a pair of these pumps and they work great. Yes, they are simple 110v. I've got mine plumbed with a "T" to two ball valves. Having a "T" will also help you prime the pumps. Out of my ball valves I've got the polysulphone QDs which are connected to the 1/2" sil...

Is that just regular, plain, unflavored, buy at the grocery store gelatin or something special?

Dan

Congrats to the winners!

Dan

Received my score sheets for the strawberry melomel ... 34.5 and did not place. Oh well.

Dan

Thanks Brad.

I recall that you're not a d-rest kind of guy. Does one need an Erlenmeyer flask or do you think I could make a starter in a 1 gallon jug?

Dan

OK .. I'm "finally" stepping up to lagers. So my question is around yeast starters for lagers. Seems like I've read that starters are about 4x larger than for ales (I usually pitch a 1L starter for ales and I'm seeing 4-6L recommended). Is this typical of what you guys typically do (Brad a...

E-mailed to me from another homebrewer ... You Know You're A Home-Brewer When... If you don't think that 10 gallons of beer is a lot. If you've ever used a mop on a ceiling. If you're completely unaware that there's a Michael Jackson other than the beer writer. If you have ever found yourself rinsin...

Congrats Derrin!!!

Dan

Lars has it right ... You can figure somewhere around 15% evap per hour for the boil. So 6 gallons x .15 = .9 gallons of loss. Also, make sure that your TOTAL Volume is 6 gallons (or close to it) ... that doesn't mean 6 gallons of water necessarily ... but 6 gallons less the volume of your extract. ...

Did you mean 1.0085? at 1.085 your FG is higher than your OG!

Dan

Likewise thanks Rezzin.

Dan

I use a SS thermowell stopper as well when fermenting (previously in my ferm chamber .. soon in my ferm fridge). But another thought is to build a permanent set up like I did for my kegerator. Basically I took a 2 plastic jug, made a copper thermowell in the top, and set it in the bottom of the kege...