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Short Story: 5 gallon extract w/ specialty steeping grains (Double IPA) 2 weeks in fermenter, SG 1.018 with HYDROMETER 2 weeks later, transferred to secondary and dry-hopped with 3oz of pellets 1 day later, SG 1.045 with REFRACTOMETER Checked calibration of hydrometer and refractometer...

Hey guys, I'm in the San Diego, CA area and looking for a welder or anyone with experience converting commercial kegs to keggles/ brew kettles.

Wow, worst brew day ever... I... -melt my auto-siphon -cut my knuckle open -burn my arm -get beer through my gas line and into the CO2 regulator -all my hops boiled-over before I could save it -accidentally get half a gallon of hose water in my boil -Find out my hefeweizen I just...

Ok, so let me start of with: Yes, I'm dumb for doing this... ...moving on. I had built a mash tun out of a cooler for my first all-grain batch. There were no SS washers available at Lowes or Home Depot at the time, so I grabbed some regular steel ones, I think maybe zinc coated? I can't...

Hey folks. So I have this dilemma. I have a solution as well. But I would also like some advice and thoughts to round off my experiences. So I brewed a pumkin wheat ale. I created my priming sugar as normal, 5/8 cup of table sugar, boiled in 1-2 cups water for 10 minutes with some extra...

Hey guys, I'm finally drinking a pumpkin wheat ale I brewed and i noticed the last few bottles I had bottled (I know this cuz they were in different bottles) had a lot more pumkin spices than the rest of my batch. I also noticed that when creating my priming sugar (I added an extra amount...

I have just moved up to all-grain, and am awaiting the rest of my equipment before I dive right in. I have read many posts where people talk about brewing their beer to specific efficiencies, ex. 75%, 68%, etc. What determines what you all are brewing and shoting for as far as efficiency goes...

I see most people turn off the heat and wrap their pot/kettle with a towel. What is the adverse effect of leaving the heat on low to maintain mash temp? Don't you have to worry about burning/scorching your towel when wrapping your hot kettle?

Hey guys. It's almost time to bottle my Pumkin Wheat Ale that I created. I wanted to make sure I was using the correct amount of granulated white sugar for this specific type of beer, instead of the simple "3/4 cup of sugar" that seems to be spread as a default. According to Brewzor Pro...