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When I finish my boiled, I typically go straight to my cooling process (2 immersion chiller setup -- 1 in wort, 1 in bucket of ice water). It takes me about 10 minutes to chill to mid 70's and then I dump my wort through a strainer into the fermentation vessel. I probably don't get all of the...

I just got the information of my water from my water company's lab, and entered it all in the EZWaterCalculator excel sheet. I remember watching a video by Bobby_M on youtube that showed how to use it, but his had a line with a drop down for different styles. My version doesn't seem to have...

I'm open to sharing if anyone has a decent library. I'm not overly concerned about movies as my library is pretty large, but I don't have the spare space to devote to TV Shows..

So I've had a keg of Amber Ale I brewed in November sitting in the kegerator. I don't like it. Most of my friends don't like it. It was a kit I got from my LHBS (they didn't have what I needed for my recipes so I told him to put together one of his). It was bland. I needed to make room for my...

I've never entered a competition, but felt like it might be a good way for me to start getting more accurate critiques of my beers to help me improve. While most of what I brew falls under a pretty specific category, Black IPA does not. My understanding is it's in discussion to add it as...

Grain Bill -- Mash at 150°F for 60 minutes 11.0 lb - 2-Row 0.75 lb - Caramel/Crystal 80L 0.4 lb - Extra Special 0.3 lb - Chocolate 0.3 lb - Victory 0.3 lb - Black Malt 0.3 lb - Roasted Barley Hop Schedule 1.0 oz - Northern Brewer - 60 min 1.0 oz - Cascade - 30 min 1.0 oz - CTZ - 30 min 1.0 oz...

I recently made a pink peppercorn saison, and overall, I am happy with the final product. However, it does have a little more of a sour/tart finish than I would like. The beer finished at 1.004. Color and carbonation was spot on for what I wanted. I used WLP568. This was a 1 gallon test...

My stout wouldn't carb up and I noticed I ran out of co2. I switched out the tanks and got impatient and did the "quick carb roll method" .. I'm not an expert at it and I was afraid of overcarbing so I didn't do it for very long. I let it settle out for a bit and poured a glass, I got about...

I'd like to move my brewing into the garage from the kitchen. I have a question about the turkey fryers. I have a large counter area in the garage, but it is the laminated wood countertop. Is it safe to have the fryer sitting on top of that? I've seen some wooden brew stands, but most I have...

As a federal contractor with perhaps the worst government client ever, sometimes I end up on random stop works because they haven't done their job in exercising options quick enough or adding mods to add hours. Usually it pisses me off, but today I got to use my new mash tun. Decided to brew...

Since I started doing all grain, I've been using a 5 gallon drink cooler. It's been ok, but many of my recipes are 12+ lbs of grains and it is a tight fit, usually causing me to have to go lower on water than I would like to. It also meant I was fly sparging by hand, which over the course of...

About 4 weeks ago I brewed three 1 gallon test batches of three different beers. Saison, IPA and Oatmeal Stout. The Oatmeal Stout was my attempt at converting my PM recipe to AG. I did hit my gravities on the Saison and the Oatmeal Stout, however attempted to hit the 1.080 of the IPA twice...

(TL;DR -- New to batch sparging -- 2 out of 3 recipes were close to desired efficiency -- 3rd recipe came very low on two different attempts -- is it low efficiency due to smaller batch size, technique, need more grains, aliens?) Full story: I'm in the process of doing 1 gallon test batches on...

I'm putting together a Black IPA recipe, trying to recreate a recipe from a local brewery. One of the best beers I've ever had. I know the ingredients, but I am obviously not sure of the amounts. Just like their finished product, this one sits at an expected 6.7% / 90 IBUs. It is high on the...

A few months back myself and a few neighbors got together just to jam a bit. Turned out we're not bad. So we've made it a thing. We've considered some open mic's and realized we should get a name. We've considered things like "The Neighbors" .. I'm the only one really into beer, so things...

I developed this recipe as a partial before I moved to AG. It's the only recipe I still use with extracts since I love it, but I'd love to help reduce the cost of making it. I think I've managed to convert it over, but I'm not too sure if I evened things out going from the DME to AG. Really...

This has been on my mind for a while.. figured I'd post it up and get some other people's thoughts on it. I've been brewing for a while, but really serious about it for the last year. I've only made one beer that didn't go as planned, but after adding more sugar and recapping, letting sit...

Getting the basement and cigar lounge ready for Super Bowl party and decided to use some old palette wood to build a sign at the bottom of the stairs. Do you have a personalized sign for your bar/brewery? Let's see em!

Anyone ever do a pour on resin glaze over pennies for their bar or table top? We want to cover our bar and new back counter with it, but are not sure if we need to glue the pennies. I've seen a ton of people say too, but I've also seen a few very nice step by step tutorials (one based on...

I am currently fermenting my second batch of cider. I bottled the first one backsweetened with Xyla, however have since switched to kegging. I've read a ton of things. Some say I need sorbate. Some say sorbate and campden. Some say just campden. I went to my LHBS to pick up sorbate as I only...