10 Beer Brewing Tips, Recommendations, and Hacks - Week 7

10 Beer Brewing Tips, Recommendations, and Hacks - Week 7

10 Home Brewing Tips

Tip 61-70

I was working to share the knowledge I've learned over the years and to inform on things every homebrewer should be aware of from Beginners to Advanced and some you may have never heard of.

I will work to share 10 different home brewing tips every week for the next 10+ weeks.

1. Soda Steam
2. Scrub Brushes - Right size for the right job.
3. Long-handled SS perforated spoon.
4. Pyrex.
5. Funnel with filter.
6. Beer Kits - Take your time.
7. Beer Kits - Read, Read, and Read.
8. Modifying Beer Kits.
9. Avoid dumping sugar into your brews.
10. Bulk Priming

These tips will range from cleaning to equipment recommendations to procedures/tricks/hacks/tips used during home brewing.

Links to hardware recommended in this video:
Soda Stream bundle kit with gas and bottles.
Soda Stream basic kit
Soda Stream bottles
Brush Set
Bottle Brush
Carboy Brushes
36" hose brush
Carboy Cleaner
Perforated spoons
Funnels for brewing with strainers/filters

[justinwinslow]

I wanna try the Soda stream! May have to get that on amazon.

[adamgodofwar]

Speaking of priming, I undershot my volume a bit on the beer I'm getting ready to bottle. It left me with an OG of 1.060 and I was shooting for 1.054. I fermented down to 1.008 so my abv is just a fraction under 7%. I used a dilution calculator and if I add half a gallon of water I'll be at an OG of 1.054 and my abv will be a fraction over 6% and more where I wanted it. What im getting at is have you topped up when priming? Boil any bugs out and cool as usual, just with a little more water then normal. I dont see any harm if I don't splash too much when mixing it together, do you? And off topic a bit, when I boiled this wort, I usually lose about a gallon an hour but the day I boiled outside it was a high of 22 degrees and I cooled it outside as well. It seemed to steam like a sauna the whole boil. Does water steam boil off more in bitter cold or could I just see it more. It also steamed even at 95 degrees temperature of the wort so I think my half gallon was lost to the temperature being so cold. I couldn't really find anything online about this but it happened

[tman]

What other sugar other than corn have u used for bulk priming???

[mskdmn]

video on the tv in the background is very distracting.