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Hi All, I have a coffin top keezer that I'm planning to keep outside in a large screened in porch. I'm looking for ways to winterize it so it can still be used during the cold months. I read about people using their temp controller with a 100 watt light bulb or heat-pad to warm the freezer...

I just finished up fly-sparging an 11gal batch of Munich Helles and had the wort in the kettle on the burner. I took the time to clean out my new cooler mash tun while I was waiting to reach boil. I had a bucket lined with a trash bag for the grain. After all the grain was out of the mash tun...

I just upgraded to a 10gal Cooler MLT/HTL coming from BIAB. Previously I was using no mash-out/sparge BIAB to the tune of 75% eff. I want to keep my process simple but plan to experiment a bit in the next coming batches. If anyone has any feedback on these methods please let me know! 1)...

After several hundred gallons of BIAB batches I think I'm at the point where I'm going to switch to a dedicated MLT/HLT. Plus, I melted part of my bag when it hit the side of my burner and I don't feel like making another. However, I have a couple of things that I'm racking my brain over and...

Perusing through the homebrew threads I stumbled upon Kal's Electric Brewery and was blown away. It looks awesomely impressive and professional. I would totally love to do this in the future, however I have one major question about getting power to the system. I saw that basically he built...

Hi all, I recently had a kick-off party for my Keezer. Some friends brought some goodies, one of which happened to be the body of a stout tap. I haven't taken a good look at it, but it looks like 80% of it is missing. I checked out an exploded view on the micromatic website of their stout tap...

It's not really a beginner question but I figure it'll help out someone else. I'm in the process of making a blueberry ale for the lady. I started with a basic ale recipe, with low hops, and added 3lbs of blueberry to the primary after a week of fermentation. See recipe below: BIAB 8lbs...

Hey All! I finally started construction on my Keezer build. I scored a Kenmore 14.8 cuft chest freezer for $150 on craigslist. I was inspired by Jester's awesome build and the many replica's that followed. Here's the thread on Jester's build that I'm using for reference. I'm still waiting...

Hi all! I'm researching my future keezer build. I seen a bunch of nice 7.2 cuft frigidaires, and some other GEs and kenmore. I've also seen a large number of >12cuft keezers. Does anyone have experience with the 9cuft Frigidaire? I'm guessing it'll hold at least 4 on the floor (coke or...

Hey everyone! Just wanted to get some feedback if anyone else had exerpienced this. I bought some Canadian West 2-row through a group buy a couple months ago. Previously I sourced all my grain from the LHBS which primarily used Briess grains. I've been noticing in my BIAB mashes that I've...

I have two beers fermenting, well sort of, and I want to figure out the proper series of troubleshooting steps before doing something else. I know there's a lot of "Help my fermentation is stuck" threads, and most say to RDWHAHB, but I just want to run through the sequence of steps for trouble...

I recently brewed Boar Beer's Scottish 80/- ale this past weekend. I've been doing more research about Scottish Ales, the ingredients, and brew methods. I want to do another go at this after this batch has fermented out with a revised recipe. I have a bunch of CW - 2row from a group buy...

Well I missed my brew day this past weekend. In getting ready I took two washed yeast jars and put them into a 3 quart starter with intermittent swirling (every 3-4 hours). This was done on Saturday in anticipation for brewing on Sunday. The starter wort was low on the gravity 1.020 cause I...

I did a couple of searches, but couldn't find a definitive answer. I have Yooper's DFH 60min IPA clone in a Secondary crashing in the fridge at the moment. After two weeks in the fermenter everything looked great and was pretty clear. I dry-hopped with pellets in the primary for another...

I just dove into my first starter last night and I'm wondering a couple of silly things. I'm sure if I picked up the "Yeast" book by Chris White everything would be answered in there, but I figured I would ask here anyway. I'm doing a starter with intermittent shaking to introduce more...

So I brewed a batch of DFH 60 min IPA last night with my newly sewn BIAB. I'm calculating my efficiency and found a discrepency between the pre-boil and post-boil efficiencies. Let me know if you see anything that looks funny 12lbs American 2-rom (double crushed) 0.75lbs Crystal 60L...

So I have a snow day today and decided to do my first BIAB session. I poured the grain into the bag with my kettle at 120. I began heating to 150F and i totally forgot to put my collander into the bottom of the kettle first. Needless to say the bag melted (it was a nylon bag) and the grain is...

I like to try my hands at yeast washing. I'll be racking a beer in about a week and I want to get setup with the proper equipment. I read the sticky that uses mason jars for the yeast washing. Are there other containers suitable for washing yeast aside from mason jars? Can plastic tupperware...

Hello All I have a couple of questions regarding adding body to a beer. I'm planning on brewing a modified version of Cheesefood's Caramel Vanilla Cream Ale. The end result I'm going for is a malty medium body, smooth drinking summer ale, that's slightly sweet with a hint of vanilla. the...

Hello all! I wanted to get some feedback on my next brew I'm planning. I recently purchased a 15gal brewpot to start in my All-grain endeavors. For this first run I'm planning on doing a BIAB (that's brew-in-a-bag) session. The recipe I'm planning on using is Cheesefood's for the Caramel...