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Hi guys, Being the dead of winter here in NewEngland it's too damn cold to brew in my garage, so I'm spending money of upgrades instead of ingredients. With the amount of spare time I have I'm sure it will take a year to put this together (especially since I'm making a fermentation chamber at...

I am getting ready to try my hand at a Barleywine next week. Ingredients are on the way! The recipe I have is for 6 gallons and uses 25 lbs Pale Malt and 2 lbs Crystal Malt (40L) and a bunch of fuggles hops. So I got to thinking, there are probably going to be a lot of sugars left in the mash...

Here's an AG version of a recipe I first made in 1997. I made this in January and am really enjoying it now. It's a smooth, full bodied, sweet stout. The Molasses flavor comes through the grain just enough to now overpower the rest of the flavors. BeerSmith Recipe Printout -...

I have asked myself. So during my Christmas vacation, I made a Molasses Stout AG 10 gallon batch. Well I ended up with 9 gallons, but that's beside the point. I decided to see if I could notice a difference in using dry or liquid yeast. I put 5 gallons in one fermenter and 4 in another...

I've got a recipe for a rye malt ale that I have made twice and have loved. I'm planning on doing it again and was thinking about the quantity of Rye I'm using. Base Malt 2 Row 62.92 % Rye Malt 26.97 % Cara-Pils/Dextrine 6.74 % Caramel/Crystal Malt 3.37 %...

This is my first year growing hops and the spot that we had picked turned out to not be as sunny as we thought it was. The Magnums are doing well, but the Willamette was only about 4 inches high. It's healthy, but not getting enough sun. So Sunday I was talking with my neighbor about helping me...

So here is it 2PM in my neck of the woods and the hops that I planted this year, Magnum and Willamette, are not in the sun yet. It turns out that the sunny spot that my wife and I set aside for them is not as sunny as we thought. Damn those oak leaves! Two of the Magnums are up, one at 18"...

I am currently using my MagicChef 7.2 CF freezer un-modified to hold my kegs with picnic taps. This is creating a cleaning problem from the drips in the fridge, so I have planned out my collar for the freezer to add 3 or 4 taps to one end. The questions I have regard the plumbing. I plan on...

I picked up a Magic Chef 7.2 CF freezer last week. It has an oder in it that it not pleasant, but I can't identify. The previous owner used it to store venison in and I think that's what the oder comes from. I've tried bleach, soft-scrub with bleach, Baking soda, and Borax. Anyone have any ideas...

I'm new to the world of keging and was trying to get a set up so I had 3 gas lines running from my CO2 tank, 2 for serving and one so I could just shut the others off when filling another keg. Anyway I messed up when ordering and got the gas lines with the 1/4" swivel nut connectors, but a 3...

I took the plunge and moved to all-grain and did my first lager at the same time. I know, I know, I'm changing to many things at once, but it's more fun this way. Anyway I'm making a black lager which started at 1.063 2 weeks ago. Last night it was 1.022. BeerSmith predicted 1.020 for a FG...

I bought an Igloo 50-Qt square cooler last week for $10 and am trying to put a manifold made of CPVC pipe (1/2 inch) in the bottom. I've got a hole on the side level with the bottom for the drain, and had the pipe cut when I realized I had a choice about design. Better late than never, right :)...

Hi all, I'm getting back into brewing after a long break. Last year for my BDay, my mother sent me a SS Turkey Frier and a propane burner. I made two brews with that and loved it. When I took a break, I had just gotten into mini-mash brews and am picking up from there. I've loved all...