Also.. check your math. If you half the volume, the abv will double (assuming all the alcohol remained)AlaskanAg99 said:
I'd love to cut 50% of the water out of a 9% beer. I haven't done this before so I'm not quite sure what's feasible. I'll probably try to freeze it twice. 5 gallons of a 14% beer would be sweet.
I am a member of the North Texas Home Brewers Association. I haven't been able to attend a meeting in the 2 years I've been a member, but there are plenty of other benefits, the most valuable to me being 10% off at Homebrew Headquarters in Richardson. The membership dues pay off pretty quickly for me.Ornlu said:
Any of ya'll Dallas-ite's in a home brew club? I just moved to Denton and would like to join one, but having trouble finding info.
Ah, a brew club that doesn't depend 100% on facebook. I think I'm gonna join their spring meeting. Funny enough, it's like 5 houses down from my brother. Thanks for the heads up.fav13andac1)c said:I am a member of the North Texas Home Brewers Association. I haven't been able to attend a meeting in the 2 years I've been a member, but there are plenty of other benefits, the most valuable to me being 10% off at Homebrew Headquarters in Richardson. The membership dues pay off pretty quickly for me.Ornlu said:
Any of ya'll Dallas-ite's in a home brew club? I just moved to Denton and would like to join one, but having trouble finding info.
http://www.nthba.org/
Look into the BIAB method. Since you already have a 10 gallon pot, you'll be able to get by without much additional equipment I would think. Mainly just buying the bag for the grain. It's been too long for me to remember what I needed to go this route, but after switching, I would recommend the BIAB method to extract for any new brewer because it's really not much more difficult and you just need a little bigger pot and a few other items. I have gotten by with an 8 gallon pot, but it was tight and I would suggest 10 or larger for anybody switching to it.Seven said:
Y'all help me out here. I'm setup right now with a newbie kit basically just doing extract kits. I've got a 10 gallon pot to boil in that I've always used plus a plethora of other big pots at my disposal. I was looking to upgrade into a mini mash setup by adding a 5 gallon tun but everything I'm researching points me to I can do all grain setup how I am now with the only addition being a 10 gallon mash tun. I know setups can get much more complicated but for a very basic setup I can build a 10 gal tun for what looks like $60-80, then I can mash and filter then do sparge water from another larger kettle into the tun then start the boil. Am I missing something? I would think it would be a lot more complicated and expensive. I see posts about all the needed extra equipment and all the stuff being way expensive so I'm a little apprehensive thinking something isn't right
Seven said:
Y'all help me out here. I'm setup right now with a newbie kit basically just doing extract kits. I've got a 10 gallon pot to boil in that I've always used plus a plethora of other big pots at my disposal. I was looking to upgrade into a mini mash setup by adding a 5 gallon tun but everything I'm researching points me to I can do all grain setup how I am now with the only addition being a 10 gallon mash tun. I know setups can get much more complicated but for a very basic setup I can build a 10 gal tun for what looks like $60-80, then I can mash and filter then do sparge water from another larger kettle into the tun then start the boil. Am I missing something? I would think it would be a lot more complicated and expensive. I see posts about all the needed extra equipment and all the stuff being way expensive so I'm a little apprehensive thinking something isn't right
