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Looking for advice on a problematic Saison. Brewed it 4 days ago (mashed at 148F) and it had mild activity in the first 2 days, but then slowed to a trickle of activity. OG was 1.056 and pitched 2 packs of WY3724 (3 months old) at 68F. After 2 days of slow activity, I roused it and raised it to...

May 1st, 2020

Entry registration for the 12th Annual New England Regional Homebrew Competition (http://nerhbc.brewcomp.com/) hosted by Brew Free or Die (http://bfd.org/) will open tomorrow Friday, September 1, 2017 5:00 PM, EDT. Please visit http://nerhbc.brewcomp.com/ to submit your entries. This competition...

Hi Fellow Brewers, The 11th Annual New England Regional Homebrew Competition is slated for Saturday October 22nd at Martha's Exchange in Nashua NH. This is a BJCP sanctioned competition whose proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. Last year we donated $4,000 and we could not do this...

Hi Fellow Brewers, The 10th Annual New England Regional Homebrew Competition is slated for Saturday October 24th in Nashua NH. This is a BJCP sanctioned competition whose proceeds benefit charities in our community, such as American Cancer Society. For the past three years we've donated...

I am brewing a RIS and plan to try the technique of late mash additions of the roast malts to reduce potential astringency. The roast malts (roasted/choc/black) make up 11.5% of the overall grain bill. The predicted mash pH without roast malts is 5.4. I planned to mash that for 60 minutes...

I attempted to make a starter from the dregs of two bottles of Blaugies Saison D'Epeautre and it doesn't look quite right to me. I began with the dregs from one bottle on the stirplate in a 100ml starter. Good activity within a day and a little krausen. Proceeded with adding the dregs...

Last weekend was the maiden voyage with my new HERMS system. It was a fun brew day and I'm really happy with the way it performed. I was surprised that I had an unexpected boost in brewhouse efficiency. Previously I would typically get about 80-82% efficiency with a 60 min. mash and 45-60...

I have this exhaust fan from a microwave and it has an 8-pin plug. How would it be wired to a dimmer switch or potentiometer?

Hi all, I have been researching all the great contributions from P-J, Kal and other builders in order to come up with a design for my 30A 5500W, single PID system. Here is my schematic. Will my smoke test be smoke free? Thanks! Mike

Variety description at Hop Union Here's the of Garrett Oliver discussing this new variety, which was used in Brooklyn's Scorcher IPA. I have used some to dry hop an IPL and it was a quite enjoyable tropical fruit citrus aroma.

I recently switched from brass quick disconnects to stainless Camlocks. I opted for the large ID fittings on the hose ends. First brewday impressions: pump throughput is amazing, probably 3X faster attaching/detaching connections is a little cumbersome, but will get better with practice...

The sticker on the face of the Therminator says to "sanitize and store this end up" pointing to the end with the threaded fittings. However the user manual says "Store the Therminator as shown in Fig. 3a with the ends open and facing down." Which is it? And I can still hear a bit of Star...

I recently made the move to camlocks and have a bunch of very good condition brass quick disconnects looking for a new home. Cleaned, polished and ready to go. 8 x McMaster part# 6739K68 - Sleeve-Lock Socket, 90 Degree Barb, 3/8" Coupling, 1/2" Hose ID (list $8.01 each) 10 x McMaster part#...

$18 total including shipping for two packs of hop pellets: Riwaka 2012, 5.20% AA, 4 oz. Willamette 2011, 5.60% AA, 8 oz. Vacuum sealed and very well cared for in freezer since purchase. PM for PayPal info. Thanks, Mike

I have been thinking about building a mini LED circuit board, rather than having individual large indicator lights. The reason is two-fold, to learn how to build one, and to have a different style of status indicators. The goal is to have 4mm light pipes (salvaged from an old cable modem)...

Just kidding... Maybe one of you folks in the Netherlands can modify this Dutchtub into a Dutchtun.

Anyone interested in a ticket to the Extreme Beer Fest? I have one ticket to the evening session, but unfortunately I will not be able to go. PM me creative trades or best offer. I would hate to see the ticket go to waste... http://beeradvocate.com/ebf/ -- Extreme Beer Fest - Night...

I was curious as to what contribution the Wyeast beer nutrient has to the minerals that we typically track for water chemistry. So I posed the question via their website, and one of their microbiologists was very quick with a response – great customer service! At the recommended usage rate...

Very sad news at our local brewery. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and Redhook community. http://www.wmur.com/news/30946163/detail.html