I'm convinced, I just ordered SS Quick Disconnects from More Beer on line. I got no indication they were out of stock. I'll have to wait and see if they show up on a timely basis. Guess I'll have to eat peanut butter sandwiches for awhile. They are not cheap! I hope I made the right move.
I was under a similar impression that stirring wasn't really necessary, however with my rather increased efficiency in my last session, it's one of two things:...
I'm convinced, I just ordered SS Quick Disconnects from More Beer on line. I got no indication they were out of stock. I'll have to wait and see if they...
If drilling out my plastic ones (or they have an untimely death since they're not as long lived as metal) doesn't work, I'm going to be going the same...
I sure will. I have been building a gas fired, single tier brewery with two pumps. I hated to spend the money for disconnects at this price, but if they...
show her what all that beer would have cost retail. unless she doesn't drink beer, in which case, yer screwed! i see home wine and beer making as the only...
Saving money brewing your own beer is like saving money at Sears. You spend $600 on a washer and they say you saved $200. If that were true I would be a...
do the math. the savings isn't near as much with beer as it is with wine(i can make a bottle of wine for $3 that is as good as a $12 + store bought one). i...
... My experience with wine was that I could make it for about $4/bottle and it tasted like it ;) Mike Schwartz Beer Barons of Miwaukee beerbarons.org...
... i've been using medium to premium kits. my experience, and agreeing anecdotal opinions from my wife, friends and various comments on wine forums agree. we...
... Even with the kits I've used, I've had great results, but better results with wines I've made from fresh or frozen fruit. I would agree that the savings is...
Other than a corker what other equipment would a beer brewer need to make wine? I ask because I'm wanting to get into wine making now. I even ordered a...
... First, there's a great book on meadmaking, but I'll have to find it first. My wife wants to make her own mead. We've made it from kits before and it turned...
Indeed. I tell myself (right, wrong, don't care, it's what I tell myself to make myself feel better and justify it all) that all the money I've spent on...
If what I hear turns out to be true, the taxes on beer and soda will be going to go throught the roof to pay for all the new social engineering. If so, all...
You really need to step up your savings excuse/reason a notch. It’s not how much you save home brewing compared to buying commercial beer but how much you...
Sorry, I'm coming to this thread a little late. I use high temp (250F) food grade plastic QD's from Minibrew. They're a quarter turn locking type and no...
... I drilled out my plastic ones as well. They always blocked up. I'd like to know why they don't make them without the cross piece. On the other hand I...
... If you have some friends that are in to more expensive hobbies it helps to point to them. Just think of the other, more expensive, hobbies you could be in...
A 3 gallon carboy because that's what the kit makes. Also, 6 gallon carboys OR a 5 and a 1 gallon. Most kits make 6 gallons. Potassium Metabisulfite for...
Lee - I am getting ready to do the same. Did you stick to FPT on all your hose barb Q/Ds? Also, are you connecting a March pump into the mix? Let us know...
Yes, I am using two March pumps. The disconnects will arrive next Monday or Tuesday. I purchased female with thread for the pumps, vessels, etc. I then...
I got my 13 SS Quick Disconnect sets today from More Beer. They look great and fit together like a glove. I looked at the O- rings and they are located in...
Matthew wrote: it seems to me that even though there's flow of wort, there's a lot of starch stuck and pressed together where it may be difficult for the ...
I don't know if it's starch granules that are wedged in there to where the enzymes can't get to them, I'm just going off of what seems intuitive to me. I do do...
... If it's wet it's converting. Thin mashes are more efficient because there's more exposure of the starch to the enzymes which dissolve completely in the...
"As far as why is there starch, yes the alpha amylase should be converting it, I'm just theorizing that the amylase can't get to the starch in a thick mash...
Matt, Do you mean there was a pocket of grain that was insufficiently wetted? IE grain ball, or dough in the corner of the tun? The only way the enzymes ...
They were wet, just .. thick. Pushed my poor long plastic spoon to the limits (which then melted because I left it in the wrong spot. D'oh.) I'll tally your...
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