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So according to the Iodophor Bottle, it says a cap full of sanitizer per 2.5 gal of water. If you add too much, does it make the sanitizer not work as well? Also I was just futzin around MoreBeer.com and they say Iodophor is a 5-10 minute contact time, I think the bottle says 2 minute. what...

I've been thinking about this for a while now..... Imagine a 10Gal rubber maid cooler, with a hoop screen outlet port. (It seems like everyone is doing this now...) but what if you put a thermocouple in there with a hot water heating element, and a PID controller that was programmable for...

So...I made some root beer this Sunday. It is supposed to carbonate for 2 days. My batch yielded 6 Grolsch bottles. Today i was supposed to burp them to check carbonation. There was a krausen layer on the bottle. I ignored it, and burped it. I was on the phone with my girlfriend, as i...

Hey, I am trying to make a temperature controlled mash tun with a hot water heater element that is able to do step mashes automatically. Does anyone know of a controller that could work? It needs to be a PID controller, and programable.

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OK, I feel pretty retarded....I've been part of this forum since 2006 and I still don't know what "SWMBO" means. Please enlighten me. I'm gonna feel pretty stupid on this one i think.

I am looking for a recipe for Root Beer. No extract wanted. I've been drinking Virgil's for quite some time, and I figured that I would try my hand at it. Anyone out there have a good recipe??? :rockin:

What is the best way to cellar beer? I have beer in 12oz and 750oz bottles, some have caps and some have corks. are there different techniques for the different packaging styles? What make a beer good to cellar? I presently have World Wide Stout by Dogfish Head and 2 bottles of oak aged...

About a month ago, I posted a question on the Mead forum wondering about fermentation vacuum. It was just as i put the Mead wort in the primary, and pitched the yeast, i noticed that i was pulling a vacuum in my bubbler. There were some good responces, but everyone thought that i did not cool...

I made my first mead on saturday late afternoon finished around 7pm. My girlfriend's parents gave me 8# of honey for a birthday gift, and i was going to make a 1/2 batch (since i have only had mead once and it was overly spiced and didnt taste of honey at all). I used the recipe in the...

I have found a few lager recipes that sound pretty good, but, to ferment i actully cool my whole apartment to fermenting temperatures (really nice but expensive for the summer!) and cannot cool to lagering temperatures, for obvious reasons. WHat would happen if i used an ale yeast and fermented...

I am in the middle of brewing right now...(boiling, about to add the malt extract in like 10 minutes) and i just tried my new lauder tun / sparger. I have a 5 gal rubbermaide cooler out fitted with a plastic false bottom. I got a little out of the tin, and then it stuck. I had to pour out...

Ok, so i've made 6 batches so far, and had to toss 3 of them. (6th one is conditioning now). According to my homebrew shop, i had a lactic bactera infestation. This normally comes from baking. I was mashing in the oven to keep a constant temp. My last batch i mashed on teh stove top. My...

Whats happenin everyone. This is my first post here. Im just looking for some better techniques (especially with mashing), but figured i'd check out the forum. I've made about 6 batches so far, but had to toss 3 due to a lactic bactera issue (i beleive it was from mashing in my oven) I have...