http://hopjockeys.org/forums/ Forums for the Hop Jockey's homebrewing club. en-US Fri, 18 May 2012 21:30:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://hopjockeys.org/forums/search.php http://hopjockeys.org/forums/topic.php?id=57#post-114 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:14:27 +0000 Luke Hoekstra 114@http://hopjockeys.org/forums/ <p>Brewers,</p> <p>I want to pass along this link to a graph that shows the relationship between the two most important components of a drinkable beer: <a href="http://www.brewsupplies.com/hops-gravity.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.brewsupplies.com/hops-gravity.htm</a>. I love this shit.</p> <p>For troubleshooting recipes and brewdays, balance of sweet and bitter is critical. If the pre-boil gravity of your wort is too low you either need to (1) boil off some water before hopping (2) add less hops (3) or add some more extract to your wort. </p> <p>OK, maybe you forgot to take a pre-boil gravity. If you did not hit your original gravity, then you should boil up a concentrate mix of Dry Malt Extract in order give your beer more balance. The additional sugar will balance the bitter and make sure your beer does not finish too dry! </p> <p>1 lb of Dry extract will add about 8.5 gravity points in 5 gallons (44 pts/gl) </p> <p>Note: You must use malt extract for corrections like this. Table sugar is too fermentable and will simply increase your ABV. I'm also attaching a dilution calculator for on-the-fly corrections. Feel free to email me if you need clarification.</p> <p>Cheers,<br /> Luke </p> http://hopjockeys.org/forums/topic.php?id=54#post-105 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:58:10 +0000 jason_m 105@http://hopjockeys.org/forums/ <p>Here are some pictures of my brew cart. Mike wanted me to take some pictures this weekend. I thought I would share them with everyone.</p> <p><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/jason.mundy/BrewCart?feat=directlink" rel="nofollow">http://picasaweb.google.com/jason.mundy/BrewCart?feat=directlink</a></p> <p>Some older pictures here:<br /> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/jason.mundy/BrewRig?feat=directlink" rel="nofollow">http://picasaweb.google.com/jason.mundy/BrewRig?feat=directlink</a> </p> http://hopjockeys.org/forums/topic.php?id=53#post-104 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:53:53 +0000 Joshua Krieger 104@http://hopjockeys.org/forums/ <p>I have completed work on the larger brew system and have now put two batches through it, one five gallon and one ten gallon. Both batches went very well, and I am continuing to learn about the system and how to make it as time and effort efficient as possible. The write up for the big system is in the second post of the link below. A post about the ten gallon brew day is near the end of the thread. </p> <p>It is good to brew again. I ran out of my own beer and it was just no good. </p> <p><a href="http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/modular-electric-brewery-177852/" rel="nofollow">http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/modular-electric-brewery-177852/</a> </p> http://hopjockeys.org/forums/topic.php?id=52#post-97 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:28:27 +0000 RyanC 97@http://hopjockeys.org/forums/ <p>Just curious what everyone is brewing. I've been out of the brewing loop for a while and thought this would be a way to get caught up with everyone.</p> <p>The only thing I have going right now is a bock that has been aging at 29F for the last 7 months. When I am able to do so I plan to transfer it to kegs to freeze concentrate it to make EISBOCK! </p> http://hopjockeys.org/forums/topic.php?id=48#post-91 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:18:18 +0000 John Fansler 91@http://hopjockeys.org/forums/ <p>I hava a flat beer. Due to experimenting. It was carbonated at one time. Could I add just a little corn sugar to it to get it started again before I rebottle. </p> http://hopjockeys.org/forums/topic.php?id=25#post-54 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:16:02 +0000 jason_m 54@http://hopjockeys.org/forums/ <p>I went to Butler and picked up some ingredients for my brewing this weekend. I'll be making an American Pale Ale. Again, I'll be following the all grain recipe from Brewing Classic Styles. </p> http://hopjockeys.org/forums/topic.php?id=24#post-50 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:00:21 +0000 jason_m 50@http://hopjockeys.org/forums/ <p>Brewed another Cream Ale. The exact same recipe as last week. The only difference is that I didn't chill the wort at the end of the boil. Instead, I opened the valve at a full boil and drained it into a Winpak drum. It is sealed tight.</p> <p>I am waiting for it to cool on its own and I will rack to a fermenter, oxygenate, and pitch.</p> <p>I am interested to see how the two beers compare. One was brewed traditionally with an immersion chiller. The other, same recipe, same procedure, but naturally cooled over night in a food/heat safe container.</p> <p>Here is a link that talks about the method:<br /> <a href="http://www.brewersfriend.com/2009/06/06/australian-no-chill-brewing-technique-tested/" rel="nofollow">http://www.brewersfriend.com/2009/06/06/australian-no-chill-brewing-technique-tested/</a> </p>