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Every year we take a keg and jockey box to the D2 football championship in KC. This year I'm taking a porter with randal.. what fun things should I throw in it?

We will be moving here soon and are looking into properties with out buildings like sheds and garages. I will convert one of these into a 15 gallon brewery. I would like an inline automated electric system with two temp contorlled conical fermenters. I have looked at stout tanks, ss brewing...

I am trying my first decoction with a pilsner. I brew in a 48 qt cooler mash tun and thought the Beersmith recommended amounts to decoct and boil seem low. 10.1 lbs grain decoct 6.74 qt to raise temp from 122 to 153... does this seem right? That is just one step but its the most amount...

I am brewing my Bohemian Pilsner with White Labs Lager Yeast 800. I have brewed it a number of times but always fiddle with the schedule. Anyone has a go to fermenting and lagering schedule for WLP 800? I have temp control so that is not an issue. Thanks:mug:

I have seen folks use flavored syrups like a raspberry syrup in a Berlin weisse and was wondering if this would be done with a pilsner? I'm sure it could be done but wondered if anyone had tried it? Let's me know your thoughts. The process itself is simple just brew your pilsner then before...

I recently added an Ss pick up tube to my keggle now my copper wort chiller doesn't reach all the way to the bottom. Can I place mu copper in before boil then attach the Ss tube to the bulk head between the copper chiller and boil for an hour with it in there? I usually add it with 15 left but...

I have been using gelatin in my kegs to clarify. It has been working great first pint is cloudy but crystal clear after. However I bottle right from my tap for competition beers. I don't use a beer gun I just set psi on 1 and use cleaned bottle fresh out of the freezer. Problem is I get a little...

Woke up this morning and found little white sports on top of my yeast starter. All were right about the same size. I don't use a stir plate I just swirl when I walk by in a 1 gallon jar. I didn't take a pic but my brew day isn't till Monday so I will if t happens again. Any ideas? Mold...

Does anyone own the 60L (15.75 GL) Speidel Fermenter? I need to know what dimension it is at its widest point including the spigot. Websites say its 24 inches tall and 15.75 inches in diameter but I don't know if that counts the spigot. It needs to fit into a fermentation chamber. Also if you...

I am getting a crushed aspirin almost medicine taste on my very hoppy beers a few weeks after they have been tapped. I have used simcoe and mosaic hops on these beers but it happens to all my ipas. When I first pour they taste great. Lots of aroma and tropical notes. After about ten days...

I will not lie I went to wake up some of my yeast and a week after fermentation had begun I stirred my wort far to much. Without even thinking I added air and oxygen to mu fermenting wort. I stored with a whisk pretty hard for 30 seconds before a caught myself. What js going to happen to my...