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    What Type Of Bottle Filler Is This and How Do You Use It?

    So I just bought my first kegerator second-hand from someone off of craigslist a few weeks ago. The kegerator works great. Also, the person I bought the kegerator from gave me a beer filler. I have seen lots of videos of beer guns but this does not seem to be one of those. Can anybody identify...
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    Whats should be the next step in my home brewing education?

    Hey everyone, so I kind of hit a fork in the road when it comes to my home brewing knowledge and I really have no idea what and where I should go next. So I have been brewing for about 6 months, where I have made 7 beers, 6 of them have been all-grain BIAB, and now and I feel like I have finally...
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    What do I need for recirculating mash.

    I have been brewing for a little bit and I am really interested in being able to recirculate my mash. I use the BIAB method in a 10 gallon Blichman Boilermaker G1. During the mash, I just wrap a big blanket around the kettle to insulate it and keep the temp as stable as possible. Built into the...
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    My blowoff tube is not bubbling after 3 days but my fermentation bucket feels warm. What to do

    So I brewed up a honey wheat ale this past Sunday and pitched 1 pack of US-05. My OG was a bit high at 1.062. It's now Wednesday and there is no activity in my blow-off tube. Because I am using a bucket I can't see what is going on inside or if a krausen has formed. However, I felt the side of...
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    How should I add frozen strawberries to my fermentor? Do I need to pasteurize? do I need to thaw and freeze and thaw again?

    I am fermenting right now a double IPA. This Saturday I will be adding 8 pounds of frozen strawberries to my fermentor for the last week of fermentation. What I am trying to figure out is if I need pasteurize frozen strawberries or not. I have seen to pasteurize it and other people say that...
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    Dry Hop question/concern

    So I just added dry hops to my hazy IPA homebrew. I brewed on Saturday and today is Wednesday. I just put in 4 OZ of Ahtanum pellet hops, 2 oz of citra pellet hops, and 2 oz of mosaic whole flower hops(because the homebrew shop was out of pellets). This was my first-time dry-hopping with whole...
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    When Does High Krausen End So I Can Start Dry Hopping

    So I brewed a double IPA on Saturday and pitched a 1.5L yeast starter into. Fermentation kicked off within 6 hours. For my hop schedule, I will start dry hopping 1 day after high krausen falls. However, I am fermenting in a plastic bucket, so I can't see what's going on inside. How long should I...
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    Do I need to buy another pack of yeast even though I am making a starter

    So I will be brewing a triple IPA this Saturday with an intended OG of 1.089. I am using a pack of Giga Yeast Vermont IPA(the pack says it has more than 200 billion viable cells and was package just over a month ago). I will be making a two-liter starter(this is actually my first time...
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    2L yeast starter question

    This is probably a really easy question to answer but I just want to make double-check. So I am brewing a 10% strawberry IPA this weekend and I know I will need to make a 2-liter yeast starter/ this will also be my first ever yeast starter. I am using Giga Yeast GY054 Vermont yeast for this...
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    Strawberry triple IPA???

    So I want to make around a 10% triple IPA and use strawberries in it. I have never brewed with fruit before so I really have no idea how to do it or if this would even be a good idea. Does anybody have a recipe for something like this, what type of hops do you think would work well, do you...
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    California New home brewer trying to get a job at brewery, but don't know where to look

    I don't know if this is the correct forum to post this but it's the best one I thought. So I am a senior in college and got into homebrewing during the pandemic. I have brewed 5 beers so far and have fallen in love with it. Due to classes being online I have lots of time on my hands and I would...
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    How to ferment an octoberfest beer using ale yeast and little to no temperature control

    So I really want to make an Octoberfest beer, but I have no way and not enough time to lager. I know I can use a clean ale yeast like WLP001 or US-05. However, I don't really have a great way to keep the fermentation on the lower end. My apartment can go from 75 degrees down to 65 degrees. Any...
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    Is it bad to bottle a NEIPA?

    So I brewed a NEIPA using Kviek yeast and bottled it a few days ago. However, today a ran across a video saying that NEIPA's should not be bottled due to the risk of oxidation. I don't own a kegging system yet so bottling is my only option. What I am basically asking is, is it true that I...
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    What is the best priced 10 gallon Brew kettle with spigot for BIAB( electric or non electric)

    I am a senior in college who during COVID has fallen in love with beer making. I have brewed 4 beers already, and three of them have been with the brew in a bag method. I am moving back to my campus soon and I will definitely be bringing this new hobby with me. However, I need a new brew kettle...
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