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Hey everyone, It finally happened! Two years in and I am about to dump my first batch and I’d love to prevent this from happening again. If anyone has tips on what to change I’d love to hear them. This was a kolsch 5 gallon batch, first ever on my new claw hammer system. 1.050 OG with a tilt...

Hey everyone, I am running into an issue on my last two brews and I am wondering if anyone has any guidance. I have recently made two beers that required getting the wort to lower temperatures than I normally do (I usually pitch at around 70F, as cool as it gets in my sink of ice and with my...

Hey everyone, As the title says, this is my first “did I just ruin my beer” post. I am making a Pliny the Elder clone recipe in an attempt to do a side by side taste test (going out to northern CA in a few weeks and will bring some home with me). I used the recipe from the local home brew...

Hey everyone, I am looking to buy a kegerator and wanted to know the best one to use straight out of the box. I don’t really have the time or energy to do a conversion from a mini fridge but also don’t want buyers remorse on a $1000ish purchase.

Hey everyone! I treated myself to an edge star dual tap kegerator, (currently on back order) for Christmas. I’m wondering what additional things or upgrades you might recommend? I’m thinking one, likely two, ball lock corny kegs...maybe a regulator? Any advice appreciated to fill out that...

Hey everyone - I am thinking of moving up my volume from 2.5 gallon all grain BIAB to making 5 gallon batches. My issue is that I have an 8 gallon kettle, which rules out doing a straight up 5 gallon BIAB because there isn’t enough space. I am waiting to pull the trigger on a mash tun eventually...

I am new to Homebrewing and have a question about bottling. I have a doubly dry hopped ipa that is due to go into bottles today and it has quite a bit of hop material floating on the top. Can I siphon with this? Should I do a cold crash in the fridge to help it drop?

Hi everyone, I’m new to Homebrewing and I have a batch due to go into bottles in a couple of days. I’ve heard that doing a cold crash (i.e. putting your fermenter in the fridge) can cause some of the solids to drop out of the beer. is this doable or recommended? Right now I have a one gallon...

Hi everyone, I am brand new to home brewing and I have completely done a deep dive into making beer at home. I am wondering what equipment others have found helpful or wish they would have had early on. Right now I have a pretty rudimentary system (regular pot instead of a stainless steel...

Hi everyone, I am brand new to home brewing and just finished my third batch ever. The first was a disaster for a lot of reasons (old yeast, sucking up the trub during bottling, maybe infection, etc.) but my second batch was a brown ale that turned out to be drinkable! I just tried my third...