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So I've been doing the method of yeast starters where you make a huge starter, split it (to save half for your next starter) and then do another run with the other half for your current batch. This is nice because you don't have to worry about washing or pitching slurry calculators and what...

Has anyone tried to use this DIY for kettle etching? It includes a 9v battery and some vinegar. https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/3113-etch-your-kettle-projects I'm going to try this on my next day off as I have everything required (as most people probably do). I was curious if anyone had...

So I think I'm going through too much co2. Before I go through and retighten everything I wanted to make sure that this isn't just the norm. I force carbonate and run 4 kegs currently. It's hard to know exactly what percentages of the kegs have been dispensed, but I will say half of each of...

I'm looking for a build where a guy kept a bucket of coolant in his freezer and recirculated it via lines driller through the side for an external fermentation chamber design. Can anyone remember what the thread name was or who the author was so I can find it and share the idea with a friend?

So I've made two wheat now. And they were both kind of bland. My other beers come out great, but my wheat beers just seem pretty boring. I've had wheats that were good (commercial) are their key ingredients that you guys put into your wheats or do I need to accept the style more for what it is?

I've been using the same pot and burner for a couple years now. The last 2 or 3 batches I've done I haven't gotten a strong boil even though I'm cranking the gas wide open. The aluminum pot I'm using is a bit warped on the bottom and I'm getting a ton of carbon build up on the burner and the...

I have some of this around and before i pitch it this afternoon, has anyone ever done this with bad results? My logic is that most of the esters will probably be masked by the 5 oz of hops and the 1450 still has a malty profile... Fwiw the recipe: 10# mo 2# vienna .5# carapils .5# c60 60...

So I've been wanting to do a late addition IPA and decided on simcoe and amarillo. With a quick search, I found this other recipe https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/late-hop-ipa-179503/ hops are pretty much identical to what i'm wanting to do, but grain bill is a bit different. I'm just...

So i brewed a simple belgian ale recipe last sunday, 9 days ago, checked my gravity today as activity has been over for a couple days, and holy 1.000 batman! I wanted this to finish dry but wow not quite that low. Mashed at about 149-150, i pitched a starter at about 62 and let it rise...

So ive only ever brewed either extract steeping or all grain. With my 5 gallon mash tun im limited to about 14 pound grain bills with a pretty thick mash (about 1 qt per lb). Logic tells me, to get the bigger beers i very seldom want to make, i should just make up the base grain with some...

So i want to give this stuff a try, but im not sure how to factor it into my recipes. A guy at the lhbs said he puts a pound of it in pretty much every 5 gallon batch ( i sampled two of his beers and both had amazing head rention, nice dense lingering foam). If i already have a solid recipe...

So I'm just finishing up what I think I'm going to call my chocolate milk stout recipe. I have just a couple questions before i go to pick up ingredients for this tomorrow. I'm looking for solid roast flavor, but not too terribly much astringency. Now i understand this is subjective, but...

Ok. Well here goes nothing. I just pitched an entire quart of unwashed slurry, hopefully there enough yeast in there to do the job! Seemed like a lot of break material, but after i racked the beer off yesterday i swirled everything up nice and good and kept a quart of it for today. Wish me...

I have this kegerator that i got for a steal of a deal. Ive had a witbier in it for about 3-4 weeks now. It sits very cool at 33 degrees and have had it about 10 psi per the set it and forget it method. Ive used the keg lines balancing calculator and my line is supposed to be 4 feet to be...

So im going back to college and im taking a public speaking class. Our instructor tells us to just pick a major thing about ourselves for our introduction speech. Im a proud parent of two wonderful kids, a veteran of the US Army, and a surviver of a very aggressive bone tumor. What is the...

so here's what I have so far. I've taken what I like about other recipes and what i thought might be a good citra / simcoe blend with a strong malt backbone. I've been following other recipes until recently, and most of what I've come up with on my own have been very malt forward or yeast...

So my last two brews were the hoppy amber from here and the dirty honey blonde. Im a pretty consistent brewer, just not quite to the stage of feeling confident completely formulating my own recipes from scratch. Iw ould like to make something between a pale and an amber. Not too hoppy, maybe...

I understand that this ill have a range of answers, but thats what im hoping to gain. I just picked up an already converted fridge to kegerator with a tap and its going in the garage. My question is how much should i expect my power bill to increase? I live in florida and its not a super...

Just had a thought as im using my new kegerator to also freeze water jugs for my son of fermentation chiller... Am i crazy or would it help maintain temps to have frozen jugs in the freezer portion amd to fill an empty cornie with water or something? I hear the thing kicking on and off pretty...

Any recommendations for this? Doing a wit with coriander and orange peel. Im looking for fruity, spicy orangy. I plan to ferment in the mid to high 60's. Anyone with experience with this yeast have anything to add? I was reading a thread saying this yeast shines with extended secondary...