Recent content by sosman

I just use the gas disconnect and just turn the reg up flat out and shake like buggery. I used to turn the keg on its side but I don't bother anymore. Also, I am in the habit of chilling the beer in the fermenter before I transfer to keg. Since I normally keg on the weekend, I start the...

He must have some consistency problems. Late last year I tried a Holgate pale ale and my notes included: - impossible to pour due to foaming. - grassy notes in the aroma. - a metallic sensation at the front and middle. - a lingering bite in the after taste. When I mentioned this to some...

I only keep left over wort for starters. I can usually extract a litre or two of reasonably clear wort from the crud left over after transferring to the fermenter. I pour it into PET bottles to settle, then pour of the clear and freeze or sterilize in the pressure cooker. Most of my wort...

I am a habitual scum skimmer.

I go the other way, ale malt plus around 20% munich for my APA.

No one has factored in the quality of the hose. You can buy crappy hoses where you can't flush out the rubber taste. You can buy good quality hoses that don't. I fill my HLT from a hose all the time, I generally flush out the hose first but to be honest, I have never detected a rubbery taste...

I have no problem pitching yeast several degrees above fermentation temperature. My fermentation fridge will get it to where I want in a matter of hours and I am fairly confident the yeast won't get an opportunity to throw off flavours in just a few hours. Someone more knowledgeable than me on...

The formula to convert to FG when you have the original brix reading and the final brix reading I believe is: def brixToSg2(OB, B): return 1.001843 - 0.002318474*OB - 7.775e-6*OB*OB - 3.4e-8*OB*OB*OB + \ 0.00574*B + 3.344e-5*B*B + 8.6e-8*B*B*B In fact that is a snippet of working python...

I have been known to use isopropanol at a pinch but a phos acid solution (+surfactant) serves wells, costs buggerall and as long as you go easy on the surfactant can actually be beneficial to beer.

Here's my list of possible contributors (some already mentioned) and leaving aside infection: Stale extract. Poor quality extract. Higher levels of chlorine getting into the fermenter. High levels of adjunct. Tendency to lower gravity beers (if made to manufacturers recommendation). Poor...

I reckon its not a real mill if a motor won't stall on it. :P

Hmmm, the fan is not supposed to be inside the wort.

One of the good things about homebrewing is you can push the limits and decide how far to go. Autolysis seems to be discussed a bit but I can only ever remember tasting one homebrew from a newbie that might have been affected that way. I generally don't repitch (although I probably will this...

Well since we are offering tips on keg cleaning, I find it a pain in the arse to flush and drain tubes with QD's on them so I made one of these: A hose click on to liquid QD adapter.