Bumped the brewtech heating mat temps up this evening after work & starting to see some action. Current wort temp at 56 degrees & starting to see bubbling in the airlock after the 2.5 hr adjustment

Lesson learned. I'm in central Idaho and have to drive an hour to find the nearest homebrew supplies; it's just in the corner of a sporting goods store and not a lot of selection. I am getting my hops from the Yakima area and pretty pleased with that. Figured while my ambient temps are still...

I followed the directions on the yeast packet, and yes, I only had one packet. I cooled the wort to 65 degrees, put 5 gallons in the conical and pitched the yeast. I'm using a Brewzilla, so I had a few gallons remaining so I put that remaining wort in a corny keg and used some liquid ale yeast...

my stuff and one of my favorite ways to pass the time. Visited the Monastery in 94... Gettin drunk with the Monks!

Cool! thx

This past weekend I pitched my first lager yeast in my third all grain brewing attempt, a Sam Adams clone. Got it in my 7 gal SS Brewtech conical fermenter with a heater and wrapped in a neoprene jacket. It's out in my cold garage with the temp set at 48 degrees. So far I see nothing...

Just brewed my first all grain batch, a wheat beer and used Azacca in the last five minutes for aroma and didn't really notice the Azacca in the final product. Only used two ounces. Being my first batch, I didn't want to over hop it. Used Tettnang as my primary hop with Mango Jack Hefeweizen...

one more new shiny. A kitchen Crux Sous Vide heater for the HLT to control the temperature

OK, here's the new shiny that arrived today

new Tilt Hydrometer and a 10 gallon stainless steel HLT tank!

Favorite brew software?? BrewFather or BeerSmith 3?

Getting excited and hope to brew my first batch Sunday! Just ordered the Blichmann QuickCarb today to try to pressurize Conical to keg transfer. When I did extract brewing and racking bottles, it was tough to wait so long for carbonation! After reading forums on nice to have items, I picked...

Appreciate your input. I've been collecting some water adjuncts, so far gypsum and lactic acid; also been reading about brewing salts and how to use

I think my first batch will be distilled water or RO water from the local grocery store until I figure out my well water chemistry

No blender, that's the grain scale I added on the back of the HF $39 cart. Today I received the $30 gear reduction electric motor I'm going to fab to run the grain mill. Following another smart trick using a torquey kiddie electric car motor to keep the RPMs down I saw on YouTube .

Rice hulls, gypsum, corny keg seals & a refractor arrived today. Also more hops from Hopsdirect.com

Hello all! Jumping back in to brewing after a 20 year hiatus. After doing extract brewing in the past, I've always wanted to go with a conical fermenter and finally decided on black Friday to take the plunge. Going to try all grain electric brewing with Brewzilla and a SS Brewtech 7 gal...