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I've got a Kegco Sanke-D coupler that I use with commercial kegs when I can't keep up with brewing enough. (Which happens too often lately!) The coupler I have is this one. Lately I can't get a beer out of the thing without major foaming. If I just pour a pint out I would typically end up with...

Just thought I'd put a post in here pointing to the "for sale" forum. I've got a extra Cabernet wine kit I would like to find a buyer for. Minnesota - Wine Expert Kit - New kit looking to find a new owner

My boneheaded mistake is your lucky day! I recently decided to try wine making. I ordered a kit from MoreWine. I must have hit the "add to cart" button an extra time, and then they split my order and for some reason the total I saw wasn't the total. The mistake was all mine, but it was a...

I'm a 5+ year homebrewer. I've decided to give wine a try. I have ordered a WineExpert kit from MoreWine. I plan to use my 6 gallon glass caroboy that I don't use anymore to ferment in. (I have a 7 gallon conical and a fermentation chamber, but was planning to keep those open for beer while the...

Well, I went and did it now. I splurged on a brand new glass front refrigerator to hold my 7 gallon conical. I debated for a long time about getting a glycol chiller. I decided that for me, the contained box to hold my fermenter which minimizes heat/cool losses outweighed the flexibility of the...

There is a really interesting article on prohibition in the AP this morning. Learned a few things from the article. The leaning of the people who wanted prohibition is common knowledge, but I hadn't heard of some of the social impacts to certain groups that the ban had. Interesting article and...

I have the SS Brewtech 7 gallon unitank. I've been using a bodged together glycol system using a chest freezer and a pond pump. I opened the freezer yesterday after doing several batches and several months to find the thing had been condensing water and growing funky stuff. This setup was only...

I have a Blichman gas burner. I have the natural gas conversion kit and use it in my indoor brew location. Currently I use a simple inline gas on/off valve from the hardware store to turn the gas on and off and the needle valve from Blichman to adjust the flame. I'm currently doing some...

I have always been doing DIY temp and brew controllers. My brewhouse is run by a Craftbeer Pi, and my fermentation is a self created Arduino with a simple temp control algorithm and 3 line LCD. They have both served me well so far. I'm happy with my Craftbeer Pi for now. For fermentation I'm...

I have a Steelhead Pump from Northern Brewer. It is from before the buyout, and I believe it would be considered a v1.0 pump, not the new one they sell. The last couple brews I have trouble getting the pump started. When switched on it seems to "lock up" in position. When gently pushing the...

I'm working on getting up to speed with yeast counting. My lovely wife indulged me by buying a microscope for me for Christmas. It seems to be a pretty good microscope for the price, but I don't have much experience with them. I can get it to work quite well. I had some prepared slides from my...

I'm just getting started with yeast culturing and storage. I decided to get some glass pipettes as I was interested in being able to sterilize them in my pressure cooker. I am not a big fan of disposable equipment. The tip of the pipettes are very tiny. Way too small for a tubing brush, a pin...

I had originally planned to brew next weekend, but due to life switched at the last minute to brewing today. I picked up a pack of Wyeast 3783 Trappist High Gravity yeast at the LHBS. I've been a little concerned about the yeast quality control at this shop lately. Which makes me a little more...

I'm just getting started on doing some yeast harvesting, storing, etc. I purchased some glass petri dishes that can I sterilize in my pressure cooker. I'm following the processes outlined in the Yeast Book by White and Zainisheff. The plates I prepared came out of the pressure cooker covered in...

I think it's time to replace my old inherited pressure cooker. I've been using it to can wort and and to sterilize equipment. I'm just getting into yeast ranching and will be using it more. I'm looking at the All American Pressure Cookers and thinking they look like really high quality units...

I've been tinkering with Arduinos and Raspberry Pis as my brewing and temp control solutions for quite some time. I started out with a homemade Arduino setup, then graduated to the CraftBeerPi software. I've had a great time tinkering and learning along the way. The CraftBeerPi system is a...

I now have 4 brews through my 7 Gl SS Brewtech Unitank. It's been a great addition to my process. It does seem to be more work for fermenting and cleaning than glass carboys, but provides me lots of options for oxygenation, dumping trub, anti-oxygen control, testing gravity easily, and it looks...

So, to those of you who like cloudy NEIPA, this is nothing against you or the beer. It’s great that we are innovating and continuing to take this thousands of year old pastime into new territory. That being said, it seems like the new obsession with these beers is lowering the bar for every...

I'm just setting up for using glycol to cool my fermentation. For budget reasons I'm using my old fermentation chamber/chest freezer as my glycol cooler for now. My plan is to use an old aluminum pot in there with about 3 gallons of glycol:water mix at 1:2 parts. I set the whole thing up with...

I succumbed to the irresistible draw of stainless steel today. :rock: My 7 gallon SSbrewtech unitank has been ordered! I couldn't bring myself to buy the proprietary heating system. I am a tinkerer and didn't like the idea of having to use their controller. I respect that they are protecting...