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OK, I've read some threads on a fermentation chamber. I have a brand new but duplicate small chest freezer that will fit one 6.5 gallon carboys. As a DIYer, I like building things but I'm trying to get my mind around this idea from a practical standpoint. I understand that in the summer this...

OK, with the semester winding down and the summer soon arriving, beer is on my mind! I had a dilemma last Xmas when my father-in-law gave my wife and I a small Magic Chef chest freezer while I already had a full size freezer in my basement. So I didn't want to be an ingrate and say I had one...

It seems to me that the hop shortage panic has been reduced, in my opinion due to economic times. I see few if any brew suppliers limited hops; I see prices coming down and inventories up. It points to a couple of possible things: 1. The hop shortage was more hype than reality where prices...

OK, did my first all grain, Blue Balls Belgian Wit and have some issues I want to throw out and see what everyone says. First though, and this might explain some issues, I had purchase a brand new digital thermometer, the one with a probe for meat that you can leave in a roast in your oven...

After a false start last weekend on my first AG batch (bad thermometer that was reading 191 on a rolling boil so I never started), I plan to tackle it this weekend with Beirmuncher's Blue Balls Wit. However, my digital thermometer under the stairwell in my basement is reading on average 73...

I came across a short piece of copper tubing, 1/2 O.D. about 22 feet. In order to maximize it, I intended to construct the risers out of solid pipe and connenct to the coil itself with soldered fittings, such as a street 45 and 90 elbow on the bottom to connect the longer riser and some elbows...

OK, I got some 1/2" O.D. flexible copper to built my wort chiller. Buddy had some laying around, cut the first couple inches off each end to get rid of two kinks and set out to build it like Bobby_M by coiling it and then soldering some elbow and solid pipe for the water line risers...

So my attempt to find a 5/8 SS fender washer went bellyup. I did find a 1/2 nylon washer that I can drillout to 5/8 but am wondering about issues with it. It'll get scratched and will that result in places for contamination? What can I wash it with before each use? I started a thread...

Yes, I looked everywhere and can't get the Boo Radley of brewing parts: the 5/8 SS fender washer. If anyone has one or even two and would sell them to me, let me know. Or is there an online retailer I can buy one from, not any entire box!

Came across a never used 5-gallon Rubbermaid drink cooler. Going to convert it to a mash tun. I'm not a fan of big, high alcohol beers so I'm thinking I should be OK with this for AGs. What can I max out with the grain bill and water? I've read that about 10lbs of grain and an original...

OK, I think I've earned my extract/steeping/partial mash wings and am ready for the next level. I've read so much on AG over the last couple weeks, I think I've confused myself! My main confusion lies in the mashing technique... single infusion, step, decoction.... If I am not...

I got an email today from Saranac about price increases in their brews. The emial stated that grain will be up 100% this year, largely due to poor crops, decreased acreage actually farmed and the increase in farming of corn for ethanol. Man, I've been brewing for a year and it's been nothing...

OK, I brewed two bacthes a week apart. The first was an oatmeal stout on Jan 5th. It was in the primary for 8 days, I racked to a secondary and it was in there for 3 weeks until bottled today with a F.G. of 1.022. Seems high based on a starting gravity of 1.062. I expected it to be around 1.018...

Is 1 oz. of loose leaf hops equal to 1 oz. pellets? Or do I need to substitute like you would DME and LME?

OK, aside from my wife and I, the rest of the family that heads to the Outer Banks in July is beer illiterate. We usually imbide on tons of Corona on the beach due to the amount we can pound. Anyway, I'm looking to take something these clowns can drink that will be good, but not overpower their...

Last Saturday I brewed an oatmeal stout and today with a ton of leftover ingredients accumulated over the last couple months, I'm brewing a brown ale. But I have to get the stout out of my 6.5 gallon carboy. I've never used a secondary before (only brewed 5 batches so far) beause I just let it...

Started an oatmeal stout this morning and noticed after starting and smacking my yeast pack at 3 a.m. that is said to being a start a day or two in advance. After reading Wyeast's site last night and not putting two and two together until this morning, I realized that this might be an issue...

I've looked around but can't find a recipe or even ingredient list for Youngs Oatmeal Stout. Happened to pick one up a local high end store and it was the best stout I've ever had. What I liked most was that toasty, almost smoky finish. Youngs site doesn't even list the OS as a beer. Any ideas?

Couple questions and some confusion related to steeping and oatmeal in extract recipes. 1. When you steep grains in the extract method, you are not adding sugars or impacting the specific gavity in anyway, correct? Or am I way off. Basically, when you create a recipe with specialty grains...