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I haven't brewed in over 5 months due to the fact I live in the frozen tundra of WNY. However, in my downtime I've made significant upgrades to my gas fired 2 keggle / cooler mash setup (Chugger pump, camlock fittings, whirlpool arm, stainless brew table). Now...weather is warming and I'm...

In effort to shorten my carb time, I'm planning to do my 7 day dry hop in the keg while simultaneously carbing to 2.4 volumes. I've already cold crashed and gelatin fined the beer in my primary for 5 days. I just racked to keg and let it come to room temp ~70 overnight. I've found my dry hop...

3 days ago I brewed my first large batch (11 gal, into two 6.5 gal carboys) all-grain 1.069 OG IPA 92% 2-row pale, 8% crystal 20l, mashed at 149. At 10pm I pitched hydrated S-04 into one carboy, and 1.8L chilled & decanted WLP570 starter into the 78°F wort. Shake the each carboy for 5...

I bought a fresh Fermenthaus brand white "laboratory" rubber stopper and accidentally pushed it into fresh wort. I used it to seal a carboy while aerating because it is not drilled and wort wont splash through. It was sanitized. If you are familiar with these stoppers they have a strong...

This is the first time I've used my aquarium in a cooler fermentation chamber and wanted to experiment with the Danstar Belle Saison yeast which is known well for doing good things at high temperatures. I had DME + sugar ingredients laying around as well as 2 packets of Danstar Belle Saison and...

Hello all, this is my first post. I'm a huge beer enthusiast - most fond of Trappist/Belgians, Westmalle Tripel being my favorite. I travel abroad often for business and have had the pleasure of drinking many different beers in their native countries. My wife bought me the 9l Brewferm Kit and...