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I grow a ton of Nugget hops and right now I'm planning this year's fresh hop brew, most likely an all nugget IPA. I'm just trying to breakdown which additions I use wet and which I use dried. Also, yes I know ~5x weight for the wet v. dry. I've taken to the 60-10-0 schedule for my...

I have a vienna lager fermented with Wyeast 2124 bohemian lager about 2 weeks into lagering. I did a d-rest but my hydro was off by 5 points and I think it was too late--lots of diacetyl. I'm going to try and fix it by krausening in some fermenting wort and was hoping for some feedback...

I just converted 3 pin lock kegs to ball lock and figured I'd check if anyone wants the post sets here before they go to ebay. I have two sets for corny kegs (mid/right) and one set for firestone (left). Throwing in a new set of seals with each. Asking $10 per set shipped. UPDATE: Corny...

I just wanted to share that I finished my electric build and documented the whole process in pretty explicit detail over on instructables.com. My goal was to put together a system as simple/cheap as possible. The whole thing including electric outlet installation ran me about $300. Hopefully...

I picked up a couple kegs recently and on one of the lids, the little grey plastic covers on the end of the posts for the locking mechanism are worn all the way down to the metal. It's bad enough that when I lock the lid, it's not held tight enough and air escapes. Does anyone know what these...

I've been planning things out for a while and want to get the parts ordered pretty soon, but figured it's best I put the plan up here for comments first. I'm looking at doing a single 5500W element run by PID/SSR. This is all 240V wiring as I'm using a 30A 3wire GFCI line cord. The only thing...

I don't need the extra height offered by a collar and I'm not worried about ever converting my project back to a regular freezer. I want to put the faucets through the freezer wall as it's easier and I like the look better than the collar. My only concern is the freezer elements. Do these...

Ebay has a ton of cheap PIDs available for around $20 with thermocouple (model REX-C100 when that link dies). I'm wondering if I could use this to run a chest freezer as a fridge. I know when doing this you skip the SSR and just tie the freezer into the PID output. The specs say it's rated at...

I'm going to be doing a batch of beer at my uncle's cabin tomorrow. I'll probably be brewing Saturday afternoon and making the two hour drive back on Sunday morning. My concern is that with all the jostling the fermenter will be doing in the back of my pickup on the two hour drive home, am I...

I used the following grain bill for a sweet stout (5 gal). Grains were steeped at 155 F for 30 min then extract/lactose added followed by 60 minute boil. 6# Golden light LME 1# Lactose 1# Black Patent 12oz Crystal 75 OG came in at 1.050. For yeast I was using Safale US-04 rehydrated in a...

Right now I have a strong IPA (1.072 OG) that I moved to secondary three days ago. It spent a week in primary on re-pitched slurry (Wyeast 1056) and fermented strong the whole time. This is my first higher gravity beer, but my previous batches have tended to become significantly clearer after...

This will be my second homebrew batch. I have all-nugget IPA going on a week in the primary right now and already can't wait to get the second started. I've been growing my own hops for a couple years and get crazy yields off of my nugget plants (3 second year plants = 7 lbs of dried hops)...