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I recently purchased a variety of equipment from a nano that was shutting down. Included in the lot were these 7 new Auber SYL-2372 PIDs. They had purchased them to power their fermentation control, but never brought any of it online. These have been sitting in a box since purchased in Sept 2015...

I recently entered my Red IPA into a local competition sponsored by a brewery and took first place with a best score being 43, which I thought was pretty respectable. I was able to register under 2015 BJCP guidelines as a red IPA, in category 21B. I'd like to enter the next batch of this beer...

I recently brewed a double batch of Oktoberfest, with 6g into each of two fermenters at OG 1.054. I pitched WLP833 (German Bock, 2nd Gen) in one and WLP820 (Marzen/Oktoberfest, 1st Gen) in the other. The WLP833 came in right on target at 1.013. The WLP820 underattenuated at 1.024. Both had...

Preparing to brew my brown ale* tomorrow for the first time since May. I built up a 3L starter from yeast washed from my last batch. I went to pull 600ml into a mason jar to save for a starter next time I brew and cold crash the rest for tomorrow's brew. That's when I noticed a fruit fly...

I keg and usually have few bottles laying around. I just polished off a delicious sour from Wicked Weed - Medora on Blackberries and Raspberries. The sour was in a 500ml bottle that I'd like to use again, if I can. I have a Red IPA and Helles that I want to preserve for later, before the kegs...

Am going to Raleigh Brewing today for their NeighBREWhood Party. They're giving away free wort for a moderately hopped pale ale. You bring your fermenter and they fill it. Here's the base recipe: 1.050 2 Row C20 25 IBUs Willamette hops I have an expired vial of WLP007 that I was thinking...

Yesterday was my birthday. My gift from SWMBO is a surprise 4-day road trip to Charleston, SC, leaving this morning. Tomorrow, we're going on a Booze & Cruise tour of local breweries and distilleries (http://www.craftedcharlestontours.com/booze-and-cruise-public-tour) Sites may include...

So... I assume the advice might be RDWHAHB, but I'm concerned about a split batch of Helles. I recently purchased 2 new BSG fermenters because they both fit in my True refrigerator fermentation chamber. They have great lid seals and in each of the three ALE brews done so far, I saw vigorous...

I have been trying (and failing) to simplify the process of cleaning the beer lines in my kegerator. I'm sure there's a simple solution and hope y'all can lead me to it. First off, here's my kegerator setup for cleaning: I am trying to create a closed loop system that will recirculate...

I tried my hand at rinsing and collecting yeast for the first time yesterday, gathering four 24 oz ball jars of WLP013 London Ale from my recently kegged brown ale. Based on what I'd read/watched, I was expecting a nice thick layer of yeast in each container. After 24 hours of cold crashing, it...

I brewed two different batches on National Homebrew Day, both of which are now kegged. My Brown came out as expected while the ESB attenuated poorly and I have no idea why. Details: My "Sharktooth Extra Special Biter" recipe...

I bought ingredients to do two batches on Wednesday. Unfortunately, work got in the way and I only got to brew one of the batches. I'm just now brewing batch two. Here's the question.... on Wednesday afternoon, I had a fermentation bucket full of Starsan solution. Airlock in the solution and...

After brewing last Sunday, I left my silicone hoses soaking in a plastic bucket fermenter filled with Starsan solution. When I finally got around to the last bit of cleanup a few days later, I found my hoses in a rusty looking solution. Apparently, while the clams themselves are stainless, the...

My local municipality uses choloramine for disinfecting water 11 months out of the year. During those months, I cannot detect the chloromine and I usually don't treat my water with Campden tablets. In the month of March, they switch to Chlorine. I have been able to detect a hint of chlorine...

I've recently started changing my hop schedules for most of my pale and amber ales... an initial charge at FWH and then all other hop additions late - 15 minutes, 5 minutes and a 30 minute whirlpool once the wort is below 180* Here's the question/dilemma. I want to get a Helles lagering for...

Time to renew the registration on my car. I was thinking of maybe getting some form of my brewery name on the license plate. I can't decide if it's a really cool or really cheesy idea. Thoughts? Has anyone done this? Regrets?

I've got 4 all-grain batches under my belt and am having issues with a lack of hop aroma and flavor. My brews have turned out really nice otherwise. But three have been a brown, Amber and bitter, which are delicious even when hops are understated in an English tradition. My Amber had 2oz of...

Do you stir the beer in your fermenter bucket when you add the gelatin? I have been sanitizing a stainless spoon and stirring in the gelatin solution into the cold-crashed beer. I was thinking that I didn't want it to simply settle through the beer and fall into the yeast cake. Is there a best...

I was asked elsewhere about how I'm liking the Torpedo kegs I recently purchased from Morebeer. Thought I'd post my thoughts here in case it helps anyone. So far, I really like the Torpedo kegs a lot. This was, however, my first foray into kegging. I'm generally a buy once, cry once...

I recently acquired an old Delfield MRPT1S commercial reach-in/pass-thru fridge off of craigslist for $350. Purportedly, it came out of a PF Changs that upgraded equipment (or something). I was due to have a couple of weeks off at the end of the year, so made that my project during off-time...