Recent content by Zamial

This is dependent on a couple of things. (Since you probably do not have a canner I will assume bottles and crown caps. Kegs that are pressure transferred and filled will last longer than any bottles. At the brewery, for bottles, we use a machine but the concept is the same at home, sanitize...

Hello, I have returned with a topic I require some assistance on. There may be some folks here who can help! I am returning to Home brewing under the strangest of ways. I do a historical reenactment and I am looking to start to brew in a 8 gallon, cast iron cauldron. I will be teaching basic...

Thanks Yooper! It has been a long while since I had a homebrew question! The fam is doing well. Hope you and yours are as well! If I do not get a "for sure answer" (not that your reply isn't) I may just have to do a pilot batch and see what happens... The fermentation will be for just over 3...

I do not own the brewery work at. I am a full time brewer and have been for 4 years now. Just so you know there is 7 new breweries opening every day in teh USA. The shelves are filled with craft beer unlike I have ever seen before. You have 1 chance to get a perfect product to a customer and...

Hello HBT, I have returned with a homebrewing question/concerns and would like some input from the mob! Google gives me little info on the subject. I am planning to brew a 6 gallon batch of ale. I will be camping and taking the beer from grain to glass in 5 days. This is also to be a live...

I used Jack Daniels brand whiskey barrel chips. I am sure anything else will alter the recipe radically as the chips infuse a special flavor.

Personal experience as well as second hand knowledge. I suppose I should have added the word "can" to that tip. In my absence I forgot how critical the internet folk can be. YMMV but that doesn't mean it is false... BTW the second hand knowledge is from other pro brewers... I have had nothing...

I have done this with a belgian dark strong. Tip 1: Do NOT use powdered/preground spices at any point. They will make it into the final beer and act as nucleation points for the co2 to be knocked out of suspension. Use real/raw spices. Tip 2: Cut the spices you think you should add by 1/3...

If you can't brew a good extract batch then you can't brew a good PM/AG batch either. There is exactly zero reason to move from extract to PM/AG unless you want more control. If you do not know why, what or how to control what you want, then you should not move to a more complex process. The...

Thanks for the open contest.

FWIW I have problems with gravity as well but that is normally a primary indicator that time travel forward is imminent.

I am brewing a 12 gallon batch of imperial nut brown with maple syrup and sap. My camera is lost atm...sorry no pics.

Cherrylands Best is not far from me and I use it for all my cherry needs. The products are FANTASTIC. Whenever I here concentrate or extract I cringe because I have NEVER had a beer that had that stuff in it that aged well or tasted great. Also food for thought if you make your own do NOT...

This is more of a common knowledge thing. If you are making the same IPA or RIS sure it will taste good but the same? Prob not and here is just a few reasons why! Hops: Hop quality varies from farm to farm and year to year. The stuff in a homebrewers small oz-lbs bag can be a grade A to grade...

I disagree with pretty much everything you have posted, it comes off as arrogant at the very least. 1st off I have NEVER felt the term "homebrewer" is a derogatory title or a negative in anyway. Further I have no idea where you are getting this idea from. You say media sources but can you...