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10 Gallon Igloo Cooler Mash Tun w/stainless domed false bottom: $100 Clean and in perfect shape. Holds temp within 1 or 2 degrees over a 90 minute mash. Comes with everything pictured. IMG_5561 by fishinjay, on Flickr IMG_5560 by fishinjay, on Flickr Milwaukee MW102 PH Meter w/ everything...

After 15 years of brewing, due to health reasons I've got to sell - and I have a lot to sell! I'll keep this page updated. If it's still listed, it's still for sale. Spend at least $100 and you can rifle through my miscellaneous box of valves, books, clamps, hoses, etc. and take as much of it...

I'm new to electric brewing and currently use a 120v biab system. I want to start sparging to improve efficiency and I already have a spare kettle with a 120v 1600w element in it. Can anyone recommend a controller so I can set the sparge temp and not think about until I'm ready? I was...

Such a bummer. With 5 minutes left in the boil I tossed in a teaspoon of yeast nutrient. I've done this dozens of times before with no problem, so I don't know why this time was different. Within seconds I smelled a terrible burning stink coming from my kettle. Immediately shut down the boil...

If you have tried this I have a few questions: What was your ratio of lavender to alcohol when making the tincture and how long did you let it soak? What kind of beer did you put it in? How much tincture did you use per 5 gallons of beer? How did it turn out? I'll be kegging a...

I'm planning on modifying my Kolsch recipe to make a lemon-lavender version. I've never used lavender before so referred to the BYO chart for using spices. (https://byo.com/images/stories/brewspices.xls) Under the heading "When added to brewing process" they say lavender should "steep." What do...

I recently bought Beersmith to try and help me with my brewing because I've found that in some cases I am missing my targets by huge margins. I figured using the software to help me plan would be a big help. What I am finding as I enter in the recipes I have used in the past is that most...

I know, the first tip would be "don't rush your beer through the process." Believe me, I'd rather not.:o Skip to the last sentence for my question, or read on if the back story interests you :mug: I thought I had my pipeline pretty well managed, but I blew a keg last night that was supposed...

http://www.downtoearthnw.com/blogs/down-earth/2013/sep/18/bozeman-company-recycles-beer-bottles-picnic-tables-and-benches-yellowstone-national-park-visitors/#more nice use for recycled glass! :tank:

I think I'm having a particularly dense moment, but I've read and re-read these instructions about 10 times and I can't seem to wrap my head around how to do this. Has anybody ever taken pictures of this process? :drunk:

I've been brewing now for about 5 years. I made about 1/2 dozen extract brews before moving into all grain brewing, and I feel I've got my processes and equipment pretty well dialed in. Still, I consider myself a rank amateur because all I know how to do is follow recipes. I'd like to begin...

I brewed the Bee Cave Hefe recipe posted by EdWort and everything went well with all the targets hit exactly, except SG was at 1.051 instead of 52. I made a 800 ml starter with WLP 300 and pitched it at 68 degrees into 5.25 gallons of wort in a better bottle. I use a chest freezer, beer heater...

FREE BEER! OK, I've been having trouble with a few of my brews and I can't seem to figure out how to fix it. Reading a few books has told me that you can often figure out what went wrong by the type of off flavor you are getting. The trouble is, I don't think my palate is refined enough to...

I've been brewing about a year and a half now, and I've had a consistently off flavor noticeable in most of my beers. The best way I could describe it, is that it is a lingering aftertaste that is kind of a cross between wet cardboard (oxidation) and astringent (over sparge). It really doesn't...

Sorry to post this here, but I wasn't sure where to put it, and this is brewing related! I'm wanting to pick up a chest freezer from CL to use as a fermentation chamber, but transporting it to my house has made me hesitate. I have a Toyota Tacoma with a Snugtop shell on the bak, which makes...

I've been thinking about this and wondering: In your opinion, are there certain styles/recipes that are less sensitive to mash temps and fermentation temps when it comes to producing the final product? Or another way to ask this would be: Are there types of beers whose mash/ferm temps...

After fermenting for a couple weeks I've noticed my Belgian Strong is cloudier than it usually is at this stage. Then I realized what happened: I forgot to add Whirlfloc to the boil. d'oh! :o My thought is that when I reach the point where I would normally bottle, I can move the beer into a...

I've seen in a couple posts people mentioning that it's better to use your refractometer to check on your gravity throughout the sparge and to "brew to hit your target gravity rather than brew to hit your target volume." Essentially they were saying it's better to have 4 gallons of beer at the...

I'm using my first lager yeast, Wyeast California Lager, while fermenting a California Common and for three days I had vigorous blow-off. Now a week into it the blow-off is over and I have a regular 3-piece airlock installed, but this thing is still swirling and bubbling like mad. It's pretty...

I ordered from AHS, which takes about 7 days to get to me in Idaho. I'm estimating that the delivery came around noon and I picked it up off my porch around 7:00 pm. The high that day was ~90 degrees. I'm wondering if that amount of heat will screw up the smack pack? I smacked it about two...