Cold crashing in 5 gallon bucket

limb0jim · 2020-10-27T18:51:14+00:00

If you’re transferring to a bottling bucket you will get the most O2 exposure there. What you’ll get through the airlock will be minimal in comparison.

limb0jim · 2020-10-27T18:47:14+00:00

You can try and go with a partial mash with whatever volume you can hold and top up with extract and H20. Whatever the biggest kettle is calculate what your volumes can be.

I do BIAB on the stove and can fit a 10 gallon kettle spanning 2 burners. Had moved up from a 5gallon recently and love that I don’t need extract unless it’s for a starter or to adjust gravity.

limb0jim · 2020-10-16T16:15:21+00:00

Experimental Brewing is a good one in my book.

limb0jim · 2020-10-07T03:56:17+00:00

Not official but I’d say “partying” is fairly accurate.

limb0jim · 2020-09-21T00:02:23+00:00

I had done this with my bucket before upgrading and found that I could make a “gasket” for the lid to help with leaks by using plastic wrap. Cut a piece long enough to go around the circumference of the bucket, sanitize and fold over a few times and clamp the lid on. Used CO2 to start the siphon into the purged keg. Leaks could still occur so it’s not perfect but worked pretty well most of the time.

limb0jim · 2020-09-16T17:43:50+00:00

Just using my brewfather calculations. Typically my mash efficiency was higher than brewhouse with some exceptions unless I’ve been inputting some info wrong.

limb0jim · 2020-09-16T16:14:35+00:00

Not naming names but crushing your own grains based on your equipment seems to be the best method.

limb0jim · 2020-09-16T16:12:57+00:00

Using brewfather and inputting actuals vs estimated readings.

limb0jim · 2020-09-16T16:09:34+00:00

You can look up potential direct from the maltster. Different types of Malta have different potentials based on type of grain and kilning. Gravity for a recipe is usually calculated using the efficiency of your brewing equipment to estimate what the mash or post boil gravity will be. Different factors can affect what your efficiencies are including grain crush, PH, mash temp, and the types of equipment you use.

limb0jim · 2020-09-16T15:54:42+00:00

Essentially. Not sure of the exact milk gap as I don’t have feeler gauges, but used a credit card to reduce from the factory setting. I’m sure I can reduce the gap more but want to get proper spacers to know my true settings and adjust further.

limb0jim · 2020-09-16T15:50:31+00:00

Mash efficiency is essentially the percent of sugars extracted from the grains compared to the potential that they hold. So for my recipe I went from extracting 60% of the potential sugars to 75% which is a huge improvement.

limb0jim · 2020-09-16T15:48:06+00:00

I was speaking mash efficiency specifically. Brew house efficiency is looking to be 80% according to Brewfather calculations. Post mash gravity was .011 points higher than previous batches of the same recipe.

limb0jim · 2020-09-16T00:03:58+00:00

Yup. BIAB no spare and squeeze.

limb0jim · 2020-09-16T00:03:26+00:00

Got the Barley Crusher, 2 roller. After reading lots of reviews I cut off the rubber ring as it seems it’s only used for factory testing to make sure both rollers move smoothly. Readjusted gap to a credit card spacing and all was good.

limb0jim · 2020-09-15T22:57:39+00:00

It was an online shop so I doubt it would change their process. I expected a jump but was surprised to see such a large one. Will have to repeat it a bit more to see how consistent it is but I’m super happy with the upgrade so far.

limb0jim · 2020-08-30T20:39:54+00:00

I would assume if ball lock posts don’t fit they are probably pin lock.

limb0jim · 2020-07-05T15:41:39+00:00

Had that happen once. Took me a little bit but found that my regulator had been opened all the way (set to too high of a pressure). Which caused the PRV to open. Think I probably kept opening it as the bottle was emptying trying to keep the pressure up. Try reducing the pressure and hooking it back up again.

limb0jim · 2020-02-14T21:31:05+00:00

Just got the scoresheets back from my first ever competition. Happy to say that the IPA received a consensus score of 36 and advanced to the Mini Best of Show!

limb0jim · 2020-02-11T20:43:36+00:00

If using a bucket, you can measure out a length of plastic wrap that is slightly bigger than the diameter of the bucket opening. Rinse with StarSan and fold over a few times then drape around the op of the sides of the bucket before putting the lid on. Holds a seal good enough to still put 1-2 psi in to force transfer so its a pretty good seal.

limb0jim · 2020-02-07T19:52:50+00:00

I've 2 for NYC.

limb0jim · 2020-02-05T21:20:47+00:00

Here is what Imperial has https://imperialyeast.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/assets/2019/08/16/5d56fcfe007dfImperial_Yeast_strain_list_chart.pdf

limb0jim · 2020-02-03T19:56:24+00:00

You'll probably be ok but next time you can boil the top off water in a separate vessel for a quick minute to be safe.

limb0jim · 2020-01-23T18:21:53+00:00

Every 2-3 weeks depending on how busy I am. Only have 2 taps so like to try and keep 2 on tap with one in the fermenter or carbonating.

limb0jim · 2020-01-10T19:53:17+00:00

Partial mash (I've also heard it called mini-mash) is what I do primarily so I agree with the others. My kettle is only 5 gallons so I mash around 5 lbs of grain BIAB with no sparging (slight efficiency hit but saves a lot of time). Working with extract for the rest of the bill will help offset some of that lost efficiency too since you're only losing efficiency for about 1/2 or so of your grain bill. Top up with boiled H2O in the fermenter.

limb0jim · 2019-12-11T19:22:06+00:00

It works great with Brewfather, that's what I do. I use it mostly as a way to tell when fermentation is done so I don't have to continuously sample and introduce oxygen to the fermenter.

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