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So recently I acquired the ever popular Johnson A19 temperature controller. Being in east Texas I only have need for cooling my fermenters. I have the controller equipped on a standup fridge with four five gallon fermenters inside. My probe is attached to one of the buckets with a tightly taped...

Revvy you wouldn't happen to have a partial mash or extract with specialty grains recipe version of this would you? Would love to try this out but just don't have the equipment for all grain at the moment. I have done quite a few partial mashes however so if it could be scaled down to something...

Hello all. Recently I did a few partial mash batches following the stickied instructions posted by deathbrewer. However I did squeeze my grains in hopes of extracting as much sugar as possible. Are there any drawbacks to such a method? Thanks for the help

Hey all. I am planning on whipping up ten gallons of ed worts infamous apfelwein. I plan on following the recipe exactly except fo the secondary. I will be leaving town shortly after brewing and thus will have to leave the stuff in the primary for right at 5 weeks. Are there any problems yall...

Hey guys just finished boiling up my first home brew figured I would give an update. Everything went great. I used the caribou slobber extract kit from Northern Brewer. The kit suggests a 1.050 OG, after boiling/sanitizing with limited problems I took a measurement and hit 1.052 (close enough in...

Howdy guys. I am going to be doing my first brew this coming Saturday. I will be attempting Northern Brewers Caribou Slobber extract kit. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions from previous attempts with this kit/style that I should watch out for, or perhaps any newbie tips? Any advice would...

I am doing a five gallon batch all together, but will be doing a partial boil in a 3.5 gallon pot so weight hopefully won't be too bad. Also have a few buddys that I can always give a swift kick in the ass if the need arises. Thanks for the speedy replies all.

Hey all I am just getting started in home brewing. My question is in regards to moving a chilled wort to a new location. My current living quarters require me to use a kitchen that is a few blocks up the road from where I live. I really want to avoid having to carry all my fermentation supplies...