Recent content by WinoBob

Again, invaluable insight. Thank you!

Thanks all for the feedback. Being new to the whole kegging thing, I'm just trying to wrap my head around the science of temperature and pressure. Just for arguments sake, let's say I have a keg at room temperature and set the psi to achieve 2.5 volumes at that particular temperature, and let it...

This is invaluable, thanks!

Hi all, So I'll be receiving my first FermZilla next week, and will be trying my hand at fermenting under pressure. I got the pressure kit for it, and also a Spundit valve. Just thought I'd outline my planned process here, and would love for you all to weigh in and punch holes in my logic...

Thanks for elaborating - very helpful!

Could've sworn I read that you usually reduce pressure before serving. I may have been high, though. Thanks for the response!

Hey there, I'm planning on kegging for the first time, after having bottled my first few brews. Since I don't have enough room in my fridge for the fermenting bucket, I'm planning on transferring the beer from the fermenter at room temp, pressurising the keg (a 9L keg), and placing the keg in...

Aha! So bottling without priming sugars? Interesting, indeed! I ferment in a bucket with a spigot, so never open the lid to take tests. But like you say, sounds like that needs a good knowledge of the recipe and its likely FG. Also high risk of bottle bombs if getting it wrong, right? Brewing -...

By "FFT is your friend" you mean bottle as soon as possible after fermentations is done? Because this is something I've been paying a lot more attention to lately. Rather than waiting two weeks just because that seem to be a "general rule of thumb", I now take samples and follow the process way...

Hey guys, Just an update. I want to thank each and everyone of you for your insight and feedback. Seeing as I'm nuts about NEIPA, and not ready to go the keg route yet, I decided to throw every bit of advice into my next batch just to see if I could get any sort of result. Obviously, if I'd...

Just found this as I'm googling the subject. I'm curious, how much CO2 is needed to purge a 12oz bottle? And then the head space? Just a couple seconds, or? I've been battling oxidation issues and just got a small CO2 bottle and a regulator, so it's going to be my first try. Any input...

Guys, I'm having some serious oxidation problems. I'm fairly new to brewing, and the first five batches I made were all 1 gallon, and I found the whole racking and bottling process quite problematic and sloppy. Also, anything you do for the first few times, you're not going to be very good at...

Yes, the beer looks beautiful. I guess I'll wait an extra day before taking the next sample, just to be sure. What's another day... :)

Hi guys, Thanks for all your feedback, it's much appreciated. Quick follow up; 10 days have gone by and the activity seems to have stopped. I took a gravity reading just now, and it was down to 1.012 (from an OG of 1.063). If I take another reading tomorrow and it's the same, can I be pretty...

I like your thinking. Never even considered floss, but must be so much easier to work with than fishing line. Good thing I always use the unflavored kind!