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I'm gonna brew 10 gallons orange cascade pale ale on the weekend, and woukd like to put safale 04 in one and Burlington ale yeast in the other. How would I control ferm temps on 2 carboys in the sane ferm chamber. Should I just set the chamber to a specific temp and put the Probe in a jug of...

I was shopping online for some hops today and found some cascade, centenial hops from 2016 for a very low price, does anyone think there would be a problem with these. I have hops stored in vacuum bags for years now and have 0 problems, so I think it would be ok as long as they were stored well.

just upgraded my brew rig and started doing 10g batches, so no I have 2 car boys in my ferm chamber at the same time. How should I go about temp control, tape the Probe to one carboy and assume they will both stay around the same temps, or set the ferm chamber to temp and let it go like that.

I fired up my new brewstsnd last night, with bg14 burners and noticed that my sight glass gets way to hot and will melt during an hour boil. I'm gonna make a gear shield and just wanted to hear what you guys are doing to prevent your sight glass from melting

I'm about to install my heat shields and banjo burners on my brew rig and was wondering if I need to make some holes in the heat shields to vent off gasses?

What is everyone using to secure 1/2 black steel pipes to they're brew stands?

Is it possible to use copper tubing for the burners on my brewstand. Would love to hear from anyone who's done it, and if you have pics I'd love to see them. Thanks

The holidays are fast approaching and many of us will be brewing some holiday brews, so I thought it would be great for everyone to post the recipes they will be brewing or have brewed. Thanks

I'm building a 2 burner brewstand and will either be using a cooler or a keg for the MLT, my question is, can I use a 110 v heating element to keep the mash at temperature after heating strike water on a burner. I know I can't put the element right in the MLT, will a rims tube work for this? If...

After 8 years of brewing all grain with some gear I put togather with help from this site, I finally started to build myself a real brew rig, and just wanted to post some pics

So I'm brewing bee cave brewery robust porter, and I'm smoking some meat at the same time and I just cooled my beer to pitch temp and realized I forgot to add hops, can a just add water to the pre boil volume and start the 90 min boil again and add hops at 60 min or is it scrap. I need some help...

I'm at the point in my brew rig build where I need to run the tubing for propane, but have no idea where to start, whst do I need and where can I get it. I'm in Canada so if anyone know a Canadian supplier that would be great, if not, no worries I'll get it from U.S.

I am writing this tonight with great sadness, tomorrow I will have to say goodbye to my friend. This is one of the hardest things I have had to do in my life, I've been very fortunate in life, meaning I have not had to say good bye to many people or pets yet. But this pup holds a special place...

so im finally getting back into brewing after my son was born 18 months ago, and as many of you know, time is a little harder to come by these days, so im looking for a way to still use liquid yeasts, but wanna cut the starter making step, so my question is how man vials or smack packs do i need...

im finally gonna get my brew rig built this summer, ive been looking at some ideas online and i like the single tier setup alot, but i think it would take up a fair amount of space in my garage, so ive been looking at some compact ideas, I like this setup I was wondering if anyone had plans...

Hi everyone, I've been wondering about this for a while, I built a fermentation chamber than can hold 2 carboys and am wondering if I was to brew a 10 gallon batch, or brew 2 beers on the same day, or even one on a Friday, and another on the Saturday, could I ferment both at the same time in...

I'm thinking about adding rims or herms to my current system, and I'm leaning more towards the herms, now bear with me I dint know much about it yet, but would it be possible to use a 5 gallon cooler or 5 gsllon keg with a 1500 watt element to heat up the water with the coil? If so how long...

I recently brewed a batch of beer that was fine until about 2 months after I brewed it and it then formed a thin white layer over the top, not sure if it's an infection or not, but my question is if I Ditch the beer, can I use the carboy agsin or is it contaminated, also started wondering if...

is there anyone on this forum who is a dog trainer, or behaviorist, or even someone who knows alot about dogs? i just brought home a newborn baby yesterday, and for the most part it went well, just that the dog gets really excited/nervous/stressed when the baby cries. i could really use some...

Hi everyone, I'm looking to brew a nice beer to celebrate the birth of my son, who was born yesterday, and also to celebrate the birth of my nephew 1 month ago. I'm looking for something that everyone will like, but also has some flavor. I plan to brew this beer and give it away to friends and...