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I am located in North County San Diego (Oceanside) and I am moving to Vista in a few days. I picked this kegerator up from Booze Brothers Brewing right before they went commercial and were selling their home variety gear/equipment. I've not used it very much over the past 2 years as I'm not a...

I had some requests to post it up again. When I went to find the original post I realized it wasn't the Peanut Butter version I had posted, but only the Imperial Stout version of this recipe. The only difference is the Vanilla, PB powder and cacao nibs. This recipe has a lot of wiggle room...

So I went into my garage today to pour a beer with a buddy of mine to find my growler sitting out of the kegerator with an airlock in it. OH CRAP! When I was shifting around my kegs earlier this week I had taken out the growler with my yeast slurry from my last Pale Ale batch so I could have...

So I saw the other thread and instead of further distracting from the intended purpose of that thread (showing cute cuddly pics of our dogs) I figured I'd start a new thread. This topic can be a touchy one and can easily get heated and out of hand so please keep things civil. We are all...

Who uses it? Who doesn't? I haven't used it and curious to see if it makes a difference. I've never used it simply because my HBS said it's not necessary given our water profile and what not.

Forgive me if this name isn't original, but I haven't seen it anywhere before. The backstory is pretty simple. I have about 14lbs of pellet hops in my freezer and after reading Mitch Steels Q&A regarding hop additions I wanted to try a multitude of hops in a single beer but keep the IBU's...

So I'm contemplating using a plate chiller and a pump. Every time I think of the time I'm sitting there waiting for my wort to cool using my immersion chiller I think I should pull the trigger and buy a pump/plate chiller to get it over with. Even when I use double immersion chiller (one in...

Ok so I've got a few batches under my belt all grain, but I've gotten new equipment seemingly on each batch so it sometimes feels like I'm starting all over each batch since the new equipment throws off the process and expected results. With that said, I'm finally to a point where I think...

To mash your pale ales? My last batch I did 151 and I think it was too dry and needed some more malt backbone so I'm going to head upwards of 154 next time. What do you like to mash your pale ales at?

For those of you who mill your own grains, what is your setting? I just picked up a Barley Crusher with the 15lb hopper but haven't used it yet. I need to go get some feelers to measure where it's at now, but what is your setting?

Anyone have any ideas on how to clone this amazing beer? It's by far the best Espresso Stout I've ever had. It's so intense that I can't really drink an entire 22oz bomber at one sitting.

This is what I brewed yesterday and pitched it with a big 2L starter that I ran on a stir plate for almost 48 hours. It's been quite the bomb in my fermentation chamber. 17 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 80.0 % 1 lbs 8.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.1 % 1 lbs Oats...

So I brewed two IPA's and a pale ale recently and it was time to keg my first IPA. I had racked to secondary for my dryhopping and then racked to my keg. I use pellet hops and I had just thrown them in my carboy instead of using a bag or anything. Well, I went to try the first pint or two...

So I brewed a week ago tomorrow (last Saturday the 30th) an IPA. OG was 1.079 and I was using San Diego Super Yeast. I created a 1L starter, being the super yeast, and oxygenated it well, the yeast took off quickly. I took gravity today and it's at 1.020. I pulled it from my fermenation...

Ok so here's the background: Started brewing all grain about 2-3 months ago and have done a handful of batches. Started out in the kitchen with a cooler as my MLT and just recently did my first batch on my new brew sculpture three tier gravity system. I kept my cooler MLT in that setup, but...

Three Tier Gravity beer stand. Beer stand only, no pots or accessories. This is before I installed the burners and plumbed it. The burners are BG-10 high pressure bayou classic burners. $1000.00 I'm in North County San Diego, but will deliver to anywhere in San Diego County, or you can come...

From a dude that's opening up a new brewery in North County San Diego. I had just seen their sign while driving by the other day and was wondering if they were a brewery or something else. Anyways, fast forward to today and I was cruising craigslist and I see the kegerator. I stop by to...

So the goal of this IPA is to tinker with some new hops that I've not tried, namely... you guessed it...Citra. Ultimately my goal is to have that clear crisp light bodied IPA that smacks you in the face with citrus and floral aroma and a balanced bitterness. I would love to hear your thoughts...

So I brewed what I was attempting to make a Peanut Butter Stout on the 3rd of November. Had a Snafu with the mastun...We forgot to put in the manifold and had to perform emergency surgery with 160 degree strike water sloshing around on our hands...not fun. Anyways, other than screwing up my...