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Hey, posted a build log over at a new thread here.

A while back, I posted a thread in the Equipment/Sanitation forum regarding modification of an off-the-shelf peristaltic pump so it could be used for homebrewing. The original thread is here. Several months later, I finally got off my lazy bum and tried to make this idea a reality. For...

Yeah! I got the pump in the mail a few days ago (bought the Ace one) and I've been playing with it a bit. I'm gonna do a full write-up once I get some free time to mod it. But here's the basics so far. I took it apart. It IS a peristaltic pump. It only pumps in one direction. If you turn the...

Yeah, I've seen the DIY ones. I might try to make one of those, but I think the idea of an off-the-shelf option (with limited modification) might appeal to more people.

I've been looking at adding a pump to my brewing setup, and for some reason (sanitation and self-priming, mostly), I keep coming back to peristaltic pumps in my head. The problem is, the peristaltic pumps I've found for purchase are either absurdly expensive, or have a flow rate too low to be of...

I just moved to Seattle a month ago. I was gonna say that I am unemployed, but... I just accepted a job cooking at Schooner Exact Brewing Co. this afternoon. So, I work in a brewery, but not making beer.

I was about 45 min into the mash. I don't run my grain super fine because I'm using a Home Depot paint strainer bag. Whether the mash had fully converted or not, here's what I did: I added an additional pound of week and an additional pound of pilsner malt, and about a quart ot cold water to...

I started my first BIAB batch on new equipment. I was about halfway through my mash when I noticed the temperature dropped a few degrees. I turn on the heating element and then completely forgot to check it and just walked away to wash out a primary bucket. By the time I realized what I had done...

I have a bunch of wild hops that I discovered growing around my house last year. I've transplanted some of them to a better location, and I'm attempting to tame the rest of the wild ones in their current location. But I was chatting with a college buddy who also brews, and he was jealous of my...

Glad it came out well. It's amazing how a little time will improve almost any beer. I've never brewed with darker wheat malts. I wasn't sure how much color they'd contribute.

My roommate and I were bottling a Ginger IPA. I had to leave to catch a meeting I forgot about, and he finished up the bottling. He mixed up the clean, sterilized bottles with the oh-dear-god-what-is-growing-in-there dirty bottles... We ended up tossing half the beer because of the dirty...

I was looking for a good 15A recipe, but after looking at yours, I have to ask: wouldn't the Caramel Wheat and Dark Wheat make this a 15B Dunkelweizen? Either way, looks tasty. Let us know how it turns out.

Thanks for the help. Hit the OG fine, right at 1.060 I guess I just had a TON of trub/hot break/barley flour/stuff floating around in the kettle. Should'a just had a homebrew and relaxed...

****... just stuck my thermometer in a pot of boiling water. It reads about 206 degrees. Which means my mash was 146... I'll see what the gravity is before jumping to conclusions, but 146 seems a little low for a mash... Hey! Word filters! I guess I can't swear here...

Yeah, the grain bill is tweaked to keep the numbers simple. about 40 min into the boil. it's getting a bit darker, but not the inky black I've had from stouts before. It's still just brown. Grains were stored un-crushed, sealed in plastic ziploc bags in a storage tub at room temp. Didn't...

OK, here's a pic of the boil in progress... And I've got some water heating up to calibrate my thermometer.

I've been doing a 1-gallon BIAB, and I'm nervous I've messed something up. I'm making an oatmeal stout, based off of this recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/classic-oatmeal-stout-88634/ My grain bill: 1# 6oz Maris Otter 10oz 2-row 5oz Rolled oats 3oz Crystal 60L 2.5oz Chocolate...

My concern isn't with the clarity of the final beer. My problem is that ever since I switched to BIAB, the amount of trub in my primary has tripled. And when your yield is less than 10 bottles per batch, every bottle makes a difference. I would like the majority of my primary to be filled with...

I'm wondering how others brew small batches. What hardware do you use? How do you deal with trub? I used to use a large coffee percolator as a mash/lauter tun. It was great, I could pre-heat my strike water in it, and then just drop in a false bottom (veggie strainer) and a grain bag, and...

I borrowed a copy of Gregory Noonan's "Brewing Lager Beer" from a friend, and in the troubleshooting section, if offered some possible new insight on this issue: Bitter-Vegetable Taste: From deteriorated hops (oxidized B-acids). What sort of hops are you using? How are you storing them? From...