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A while back I noticed a yellow tint in my water in my BK while warming it up before brew day. Turns out it was left over residue from PBW cleaning several weeks earlier from my last brew. Since then I always rinse twice whenever I use PBW, and I will get that yellow-ish water even in my...

OK, I feel real stupid asking this question, but... For years I have been making my yeast starters from DME, and it has been successsful. But as the price of DME continues to rise, I've been looking at making the starter from grain. Problem is, I've never done that before. As I only need a...

I have been noticing CO2 buildup in my kegs in the Kegerator for a while now, especially when not pulling beer from that tap. Recently I came home from a two week vacation, and the beer was extremely overcarbinated, in spite of the fact that I have my regulator set to 8 psi. I always thought...

One of the final steps I do in the fermentation process is to cold crash my beer to collect the yeast and get it out of suspension. After that, I will dry hop for about five days or so. Question is, does dry hopping into cold beer (about 36 deg F) affect the flavor of the dry hop addition...

Hey everyone, earlier this year I decided to enter some of my brews in home brewing contests. And while I am getting pretty good scores in the 36-39 point range, one consistent criticism continually comes up; all the judges have noted a presence of oxidation in my beer. The first couple I...

I was going to add a subtitle "is my beer ruined" to this thread, but we've all seen too may of those. So, here's my problem and question: I brewed a Pilsner recently for my brothers wedding, and am fermenting it in my SS Brewtech 14 gal Chronicle. (I rarely use the Chronicle, as I have a...

I am using the Imperial Global L-13 yeast for the first time in my Pilsner. Imperial says the temperature range for this yeast is between 46-56 degrees F. I am used to stepping my Pilsner Yeasts from about 52 degrees to 64 degrees, usually two degrees at a time every couple days. I am not sure...

I like to cold crash my beer before I do my dry hop addition. This is because I harvest the yeast, and don't like the vegetative matter fouling up the collected yeast. So, I've been cold crashing it, (which is great for getting most of the yeast to drop out of suspension and fall to the bottom...

I got my Spike Trio in late 2018, and have made over 100 batches. 20-gallon system, with the 50-amp box. I wanted to check something in the box today, opened it and smelled the distinct odor of electrical overheating. It has been about 4-days since I have had the panel on, and I was obviously...

So, it's been about 4-5 months since Brian has posted any videos on his Short Circuited Brewing YouTube channel. Anyone know what is going on here? I hope everything is alright...

About 10 days ago I easily had my most mistake prone brew day EVER. I brew with a 20-gal Spike trio system, and have about 50 or so very successful brews with it. This time, I made not one, not two, but three big mistakes. First off, I accidentally mashed in at 160 deg F (instead of 152)...

After about four years, my two-roller Barley Crusher grain mill appears to be broken, but for the life of me I cannot figure it out. Two brews ago, the rollers started spinning as if there was no grain in it, even with a full hopper. Short story on this is that when set to the right gap, it...

and the NPT connection to my CO2 Regulator isn't the same. I have been using the special reverse theaded regulator with my Home Depot O2 tanks, but this looks like a standard NPT thread, but doesn't work. Is there a special O2 tank I need to get, or do I need to get a different regulator?

This is ironic, what with a post from yesterday referencing Low OG. I did a 15 gallon batch yesterday on my Spike system. It had 32.5 lbs of 2-Row, 5 pounds of Munich, and about five pounds of other grains such as Crystal 80, 20, etc. Beer Smith says my expected OG (at 72% Eff) SHB 1.068, and...

I just got a half barrel Unitank, and will be burst carbonating to 10-12 PSI in that, then pressure transferring beer into 5-gal Corny’s. I will be using a 7 cf chest freezer to keep the beer refrigerated until needed. I expect the kegs to stay stored for 15-30 days. The freezer will only...

I just got my spike brewing setup and the last thing I am doing is taking the screws out of the Chugger heads and rotating them. They are extremely tight, but I loosened six of the screws on two pumps. Two of the screws on one of the pumps are frozen tho, and won't loosen, and the screw's...