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I've had this for a couple years, this weekend it quit spinning. Power light comes on, nobody's home. I am not that electronically inclined, so I'm not sure where to start diagnosing a fix: motor, fuses, circuitry, etc. Here are some pix of the guts: Is it worth fixing? Can it be...

I got one of these devices in December, and maybe I'm not completely efficient about my brew process, but I average about 8000 steps during a typical brew session. Brewing is healthy exercise!

I've had a problem with my last two batches using a 3rd (and then a 4th) generation of washed Bell's yeast, and wanted to see if anyone had insight on what might be happening: I've been using a harvested Bell's yeast strain for a few years. It's a great strain, I use it primarily for my house...

My wife accuses me of never wanting to throw out anything. And she's right. Lots of excess parts & equipment in my workshop/brewshed/garage. I usually hang on to things well past their useful life, just because I might be able to figure out a use for them. Someday. Like a B&D 7 1/4"...

I'm brewing up an ESB tomorrow, and have a starter of WLP007 Dry English ale getting ready to go. I have some second generation WLP023 Burton Ale yeast that I was thinking of adding to the starter overnight and pitching both together. Any thoughts on what kind of profile I'd end up with for...

Have been brewing this beer as my Christmas Ale every summer since 1995--something always changes year to year: one year it's the hops, next time I adjust the spices, or swap out the yeast... Haven't bothered to convert it to AG, it's just easier to brew as an extract. Entered this version in...

I brewed up the following cream ale recipe a few weeks ago: 4# Pilsner (2 Row) Ger 3# Rahr Two-Row 1# Flaked Corn (Maize) 12oz Cane Sugar 4oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine 1 oz German Tradition hops at various intervals (19 IBUs) It's been fermenting well at 65 degrees with WL080...

Greetings all! After setting up an account in 2010, I finally decided to go ahead and make my first post! Started brewing in 1993 while living in Charleston, SC, after a friend of mine had me sample a "new" Sam Adams brew--a homebrew that he had bottled in a Sam Adams Lager bottle. At the...