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Awesome. Thanks so much guys!!!

Hey Guys, Been brewing for a while and became pretty used to the process. Just moved my fermentation to from a colder room in my house to an actual converted freezer ferm chamber. Does this control, and fermenting at a lower temp 62-64 compared to 68-72, make the fermentation take a...

Thanks Porter!

Hey Guys, Made my first cider 2 weeks ago, I see that aging of 4 weeks or more is recommended...but I have seen fermentation through, hit my numbers a few days ago and bubbles have been done for about a week. I am looking to back sweeten today with some concentrate and keg either tomorrow...

I would have to say the mill, especially if you are looking to get better efficiency and more flexability when it comes to storing grains versus being rushed to brew the premilled grains before the quality starts to drop. I bought the monster mill and saw my efficiency immediately increase.

I have owned both and 100% say that blichmann is far superior. When in doubt, go with the blichmann, their products just seem to work exactly how they are supposed to, never any surprises.

Sorry if somebody already suggested this, but I just kegged a beer I have dubbed Fo' Shandy or (faux shandy) as I didnt use lemonade, but instead used a good bit of Sorachi Ace hops in order to bring out the lemon. I also added 3lbs of mixed frozen berries and I have to say it turned out...

I have access to Heady, Pliny, Tropicalia, Hopslam - do any of these interest you? I have been looking for Westy for a while. I know my trades aren't nearly as hard to find as what you have, but I have access to some special cigars as well that I could throw in if you happen to partake.

Adding Berries to my secondary. 5 gallon wheat beer. Will these work? http://www.fooducate.com/app#!page=product&id=A2C2C126-DAA8-11E2-A48E-1E047F2017A1 How much for 5 gals? Looking to heat them up to 170 and hold for 20 mins then refreeze and add to beer. I read this method...

I have had great luck with Vanilla Beans. Just order off Amazon from Beanilla; Pick your flavor (madagascar, mexico, indonesia). For a stronger beer like a porter use 4. I just used 3 in my cream ale. Split open and scrape the innards, chop them up, sanitize however you like, I prefer a...

Awesome - thanks for the info! This helps!

Hello all! So I am going to ask some questions I should probably know the answer to, but I need to swallow the old pride and make sure I am proceeding correctly. I have had my nitro tap for the last 10 months but only used it once and was not 100% happy with the results. May have been the...

m00ps you were right - it took off last night. Thanks again!

Sitting at 68. Yes on the carboy. Using a big mouth. Thanks - I am hoping its just an odd pumpkin thing and will pick up. Thanks all!

Good morning all, I did a Dunkelweizen with pumpkin this past weekend, it is the first time I have tried a pumpkin beer. I used the Dark German Wheat yeast smack pack, and it seemed underinflated when I pitched. So I gave it a day and nothing. I had some extra Safale-05 so I tossed that in...