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Most Home Depots I've been to have a little stand near the exit with prepaid envelopes and test tubes to send your water off for a free sample. While I know they're looking to sell you a water treatment kit of some kind, I was wondering if they do any type of water report. My tap water...

After reading this excellent Brulosphy article shared by others on this site, http://brulosophy.com/2016/02/08/fermentation-temperature-pt-4-lager-yeast-saflager-3470-exbeeriment-results/, I am planning on brewing my first 10gal batch using the same recipe for his Munich Helles Exportbier. I'm...

I'm getting ready to rack my OktoberFAST this weekend. It fermented for a week at ~60F, then another week at ~66F. I then took a sample and it measured at 1.024, higher than I anticipated. I raised the temp to 70F, slightly shook the fermenter and gave it another 3 days. Measuring this...

After switching to kegging, I started using my bottling bucket during brewing as simply a container to avoid putting things right on the driveway. For example, after racking to the fermentor, I might temporarily put my immersion chiller in it while I clean up everything else. On my last...

For my latest brew, an OktoberFAST, I am planning on fining with gelatin. Like many things in brewing, after lots of research, it seems that there are several approaches that yield similar results. I plan on bringing this keg to a party at the end of October, so I figured I'd run my plan down...

I've been kegging my homebrew for 3-4 months now. I built a keezer that can hold 4 kegs. I've been having trouble keeping the pipeline going mostly due to finding the time to brew. I am going to start brewing 10gallon batches with the hope of having a few kegs in reserve so when something...

Some friends are hosting an Oktoberfest party and I'd like to bring a keg of homebrew for the festivities. From my quick research it seems that what is served in Bavaria, Festbier, is actually closer to a helles than the traditional Märzenbier. I know that traditionally a lager would be...

My current 8g brew kettle has a valve. It's the only one I have ever used, so I don't have anything to compare it to. I'm outgrowing it and looking to upgrade with something larger. A friend of mine swears by his auto-siphon and recommends saving money by keeping it simple and avoiding the...

Last weekend I brewed my first BIAB batch, a Cream Ale. After throughly stirring in the grain, my initial temperature was 154F. I put the lid on and covered the kettle with 2 fleece blankets. Every 15min, I uncovered, stirred and took the temp with my thermapen. :00 - 154F :15 - 152F...

I wanted to get some feedback on the ideal kettle size. I currently have an 8 gal kettle and after my first foray into BIAB, I am already seeing the limitations. My first instinct was to consider a 10-12gal kettle, thinking that would give me plenty of headroom. But then I started to...

Anyone out there use Brewtoad? I am creating a recipe but I'm a little confused about the batch size. My goal is to get 5.25 gal of wort into the primary. There is a section in equipment profile that I have set to assume .5 gal kettle loss and an evaporation rate of 1 gal/hr. So in theory...

I have an 8 gallon brew kettle. I also happen to be interested in BIAB. So I'm trying to figure out what is practical for my current setup. According to BIABCalc, I could strike 10lb of grain into ~6.7gal of water. Once I mash and pull the bag, drain and squeeze, what kind of volume should I...

I should start with the disclaimer that this is my very first batch of homebrew. Last night I had two 1L flip bottles explode. The bottom of the bottles blew out. As far as I can tell, I did everything correctly so I'm trying to figure out why I had an explosion. The beer is american pale...

I am going to be brewing a stout this weekend. I used Papazian's Toad Spit Stout as a starting point for my recipe. He calls for Northern Brewer as the bittering hop. For finishing, he recommends Willamette or Fuggles. My LHBS didn't have either of those two. I found several hop...