re: Homebrewing: What's New?

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My question is with the pumps. How hard are they to clean after brew day? I eventually would like to make a brew stand and would consider pumping, just not sure i want to deal with the cleanup, if i have to take it apart every time to clean it.

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They are not hard to clean at all, I just flush mine out, or did just flush it out. Tried to use it on Sunday and it wouldn't pump at all. I think it got wet during the storm last week and shorted out.

Think I've settled on a Zombie Dust clone after the blueberry cream ale

If nothing else, it will be a Citra pale ale

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Think I've settled on a Zombie Dust clone after the blueberry cream ale

If nothing else, it will be a Citra pale ale

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Do it. Go all Citra. And lots of it. I loved mine.

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What is everyone using as a boiling pot? I have a keggle i made that runs off a propain burner and im looking to convert it to electric. anyone do this them selves and run it off a regulat 120 volt wall socket?

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8 gallon stainless kettle with a ball valve. There should be lots of information about electric breweries on Homebrewtalk or something similar but I don't see myself ever wanting to go that direction.

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There should be lots of information about electric breweries on Homebrewtalk or something similar but

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there is, i was just wondering if anyone here has done it.

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t I don't see myself ever wanting to go that direction.

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i want to because i have ran out of gas twice during brews and had to run to the store. I know this is an easy fix but going electric will also eliminate the noise from brewing and i can brew in my garage if i want.

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If you think about it, email me the recipe you used again

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I'll just put it here:

6.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 70.6 %
1.00 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 11.8 %
0.50 lb Carafoam (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.9 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 5.9 %
0.50 lb Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM) Grain 5.9 %
1.00 oz Citra [12.40%] (60 min) Hops 25.1 IBU
1.00 oz Citra [12.40%] (15 min) Hops 12.4 IBU
1.00 oz Citra [12.40%] (10 min) Hops 9.1 IBU
1.00 oz Citra [12.40%] (5 min) Hops 5.0 IBU
1.00 oz Citra [12.40%] (1 min) Hops 1.1 IBU
3.00 oz Citra [12.40%] (Dry Hop 10 days) Hops -
SafAle English Ale (S-04)

Steep the specialty grains at 154-ish for 30 minutes.

Ferment at 65F for 7-10 days.

Dry hop with the Citra for 10 days after primary fermentation is complete.

Thanks


I've seen that one before and had it saved

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Should we start with a basic pale ale/amber? Or go with a saison or farmhouse ale?

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Saison farmhouse would be tricky for a first timer. Its tricky even if you're experienced. My first was an IPA. Turned out like crap.

Brewing this afternoon. A rye farmhouse spiced with coriander and rose hips and fermented with a Sacch/Brett combo.

My last few batches have had lower than normal efficiency. I used to get around 70-75%. Last two batches were 60%, so something's wrong. I suspect it had to do with my steel braid in my mash tun. It had gotten crinkled and probably wasn't providing very even flows through the grain. A week or two ago I built a new manifold for my mash tun. We'll see how it works out today.

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Salmon

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Go buy How to Brew by Palmer. He has a recipe for Cincinnati Pale Ale. It is an extract brew, and he walks you through each step. It's not a bad brew either. That brew, led to the addiction that is now homebrewing. If that beer would have sucked, i don't know if i would have stuck with it.