My Adventures in Home Brewing
Posted in Equipment, TopTier Brewstand on Jan 25th, 2012
After using the TopTier for over a year with gravity as my wort transport method of choice, I decided that it was time to change it up. While gravity is pretty awesome, sometimes it can hinder my brew day. There have been times when the siphon was weak due to hop particles getting jammed in [...]
Posted in Brewing, TopTier Brewstand on Oct 1st, 2011
After nearly three years of brewing (and two and a half years of all-grain brewing) 5 gallon batches, I decided to step it up a notch and brew my first 10 gallon batch of beer! That’s right, 1/3 of a barrel (well, almost [a barrel is actually 31 gallons]). Doesn’t sound like much or to [...]
Posted in Brewing, Equipment, TopTier Brewstand on May 16th, 2011
Filtering your water before you brew can never be a bad thing. So, there were two reasons that I bought this water filter. One and the most important was to remove chlorine. So now I can start the brew day with clean, filtered water. The second was strictly a laziness thing… I was tired of [...]
Posted in Brewing, Equipment, TopTier Brewstand on Jan 11th, 2011
Well after sitting by itself for a month and a half, my Blichmann TopTier stand finally saw some action on a brew day. At the last minute, I decided to brew my Black Stone Stout (for the fifth time). This would be the fourth time I’ve brewed the stout in a year. If you remember, [...]