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Does anyone know when the VIP tickets will go on sale for the Yakima Fresh Hop Festival in October? The website just says June 2016...

I bought a Mash Tun/Converted Keg from a guy, after I got it home and started cleaning it up, I realized there are some rust spots on the home-made mesh screen. I am told this is a product of poor MIG welding skills... Is there anything I can coat the area in to protect my wort from the rust, I...

I had an IPA turn really sour on me a few weeks ago and it just dawned on me, I had been letting it ferment in my dark basement closet. What I didnt consider until recently... the basement is consistently in the mid to high 50s. Could the sour taste be a result of temperatures to low for the...

So I prepared a fairly generic all-grain IPA. After 3 weeks in the primary I racked the beer to my keg. After another week of carbonating I decided to give it a taste, because I am impatient. It tastes as tho I am sucking on a Sour Patch Kid while drinking a beer. This was very much...

I have a chance to sell and upgrade my wort chiller. I currently use a 50' copper immersion chiller for my 5-10 gallon batches. Is a counterflow chiller the obvious upgrade? I assume with my pump already available this would facilitate whirlpooling. My concern is sanitation. Are they easy...

The listing's title reads "Beer Cooler Food Grade HDPE 2". It appears to be a poor man's Big Mouth Bubbler, on crack. Is there any reason I cant just drill a hole in the lid, throw a grommet in said hole, and insert my airlock. Would this not result in a stackable, 13 gallon, easy to...

I am pouring all my own beer for our wedding in a few weeks. I am about to move the beer to the corny kegs. Can I transport full and carbonated corny keg without hurting the beer? or would it be best to just bottle all the beer and store it in coolers.

Is there any reason I cant start using my corny kegs as a primary fermenter? I have about 7 glass carboys... hard to store, hard to clean. It seems to me the used corny kegs I find for around $50 are about what I would spend on a big mouth bubbler. My thought being they are similarly easy...

I am looking at my 10 gallon batch of pliney extract clone and realizing I only have about 9 gallons in the fermenters. I think I miscalculated the hop absorption. I added the yeast and its been sitting in the fermenters for 16 hrs or so now. Can I still add some filtered water without...

So I bought a freezer and made it into a fermentation chamber. My first brew to enter the chamber had a fermentation overflow. I changed the airlock out for a blow off tube and wipe out of the beer/wort that flowed out. A week later I added another brew to the chamber. Now another week later I...

I am about to pick up some additional ball lock corny kegs off craigslist and the guy wants to sell me his 5# Co2 tank as well, but no regulators. I already have a 5# Co2 tank for my 3 keg freezer/kegerator setup. Has anyone ever thought man I wish I had a backup tank? If so is $40 reasonable...

Does anyone have experience with these home use tanks? http://images.craigslist.org/01515_24rreH2e0x5_600x450.jpg It appears to be a deal at $40 + $20-$60 to certify it + cost to fill at the Scuba shop. Is that a reasonable price? Will it work to oxygenate my wort?

My plan has been to hook up a thermostat like this to a freezer. In Seattle I am looking at $100 for a used chest freezer + the hassle of moving/transporting. I just saw this counter height mini fridge for $30. Is there that much down side to using this instead of a freezer? I am assuming...

I need help! I consistently get 55% efficiency out of my all-grain batches. I am using a 10 gallon Gatorade cooler for a mash tun. Here is my current process: 0. Using a 1.20 qt/lb (water/grain) 1. Add 175 degree water to get mash to 152 degrees 2. Stir really well 3. Check temp - close to...

(Moved from DIY, hopefully this is the right place) I just installed a diy copper thermowell in my 10 gallon gatorade cooler/mash tun. I placed it just below the false bottom. I did this because temperature readings from the top of my mash seemed to be a good 20 degrees below where they...

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Has anyone made this mistake? I would like to use this nipple (male/male) elsewhere in my configuration. Has anyone figured out an easy way to remove this? I imagine the only option is inserting something to create leverage inside the nipple. I have tried a pipe wrench, heat, pliers...

Looking for some suggestions and beer style pairings (some are implied). My favorites so far: Runaway rye Hoppily ever amber beerly beloved - (any beer) Double-I do

Is anyone willing to check a VIN for me? I dont know what I have to offer but would appreciate it. If you are in the seattle area theres beer ib it for you.

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