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Looking to sell my home brew system, you must pick it up in the Pittsburgh area, Plum/ New Kensington to be exact. $550 obo You will be getting the 2 keg brewing system. both kegs have heating elements in them. the hlt has a sight glass one pid controller box the mash tun made from pex ( i had...

Looking for a plastic conical fermentor that will hold 10 gallon batches (12-15) capacity. Looking for a decent deal. Thanks.

i have had my beer in the keg at about 10 psi on co2 for a few weeks now, and its still not carbed very much. should i turn the co2 up higher or what? i bottled 1/2 of the batch with corn sugar and the bottled stuff is perfect. suggestions

This is similar to another post on here, but not exactly. Im making a 10 gallon batch of lager and i went to the home brew store and they only had one packet of each type of yeast. is it ok to pitch just one pack of yeast in 10 gallons? Im using wyeast 2035 american lager. keep in mind, im...

This is similar to another post on here, but not exactly. Im making a 10 gallon batch of lager and i went to the home brew store and they only had one packet of each type of yeast. is it ok to pitch just one pack of yeast in 10 gallons? Im using wyeast 2035 american lager. keep in mind, im...

Who filters their water before brewing, and with what?

those who are familiar with ingredients, will this make a decent lager possibly? i have some ingredients at the house and this is what i came up with 10 gallon batch 17 lbs of 2 row 3lbs of vienna malt .50 citra hops @60 mins 1 oz of cascade hops @30 mins wlp810 yeast

I am looking for an ag honey recipe, that when finished, will have a nice honey flavor. Any suggestions for me to work with?

I have 2 ball lock kegs that I bought a few years ago but never used. I cleaned them out, then replaced all the o-rings in them. both have been pressure tested. $50 shipped to Con. U.S. local pick up i will take $40 each thanks

my city mails us a yearly water report, im wondering if they say any info that is useful to home brewing. I know NOTHING about water reports yet, let me know what you think. right now i use a brita water filter for all of my beers. judging by this report, is that necessary? does it even give...

im trying to brew my 2nd batch on my 1 pid 2 element system, and i cant get the elements to turn on. when i put the 3 way switch to the left or right, it flashes sometimes and does nothing... if i unplug the power to the element the light will turn on... any idea? EDIT: i think i had two...

Who has the best price on silicone tubing? I need the usual 1/2 id. Thanks

Ill soon be needing to add some ball valves and an rtd sensor to my home depot 10 gallon mash tun. Has anyone else done these mods to them without leaks? If so, how? I plan to make my system a herms and i need to add a ball valve on the top and id like to add a temp sensor on the side so i dont...

I plan to start harvesting my yeast out of my primaries soon, and this whole process of knowing how much you have and how much you need for your next batch confuses the crap out of me. Alot of programs tell you to use so many billion cells? Do the original yeast vials say that on them? My lhbs...

someone gave this old broken kegerator to a co-worker of mine a few years ago. Its apparently from the 70's. i was told that the compressor was shot, but who knows for sure, i do know that when i plug it in, it blows the gfi breaker on my outlet... so if anyone can help me diag it, i'd...

This may be a stupid question, but im gonna be doing my first 10 gal batch here soon and i was wondering if i need to pitch twice as much yeast as i would for a 5 gal batch? Thanks

I live in pa and im wondering the best way to keep constant temps for my brews. Ill be doing 10 gal batches and fermenting in a sanke keg. I have an old fridge i could lager in, but i brew in my basement and id like to find a way to keep ales from getting too cold. I cant afford a fancy dual...

how do i get the pid to manual mode? i feel like im missing something.. i put the mode to zero and etc. but it still just shows me the temp to set it at and will only show the A beside it. ive read the directions and other threads pertaining to operating the 2352 but for some reason its not...

i'm wondering if this beer will turn out well.. i suppose time will tell, but i wanted to see what everyone else's thoughts were. i made a 5lb batch of cream ale based on a recipe on here by someone else. it was 8lbs of 2 row 2lbs of flaked corn .5 lb of instant rice i tried to...

i finished my control panel the other week and did a test run with water and it went great. did auto tune and etc.. now i'm trying to heat up my water in my hlt and my element indicator will start to flicker after a few mins then shut off (as does the element) occasionally it will flicker on...