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Our current large batch process works great for carbonating in brite w/stone. Ferment out, cool to 60, dry hop (if required), crash to 32/35, adding finings and then transfer to brite for CO2 conditioning I also do traditional cask conditioning, but I rack beer to cask off of the fermenter...

I've been using some mid-range WineXpert kits with mixed results. For the most part my whites are excellent, but the dry reds are, IMHO, super acidic. They burn going down. I haven't been measuring pH/TA since I assumed it was "good to go" from kit. However, I'm going to be measuring now...

Curious other peoples kwirky processes to handle hitting their mash temps. For example: 1. Heat HLT to 1-2 degrees above strike temp 2. Transfer to MT (1-2 degree loss) 3. Mash in, heat absorption...results in mash temp 4. (now my HLT is ~10F above mash temp). I've also thought about...

Brewed my first batch on my new 20gal system (Blichmann kettles) Everything went great, except for underestimating my efficiency. (87%) :) Any tips on cleaning? I recirculated my sparge water through my HEX so to flush any sweet wort out. Otherwise, don't think the HLT needs any...

Doing a test run on my new 20 gal E-HERMS system...sitting in the driveway...havin' a brew...so I thought I'd share my set up. Most of the brew equipment is based off Kal's setup (bought the HEX coil from him) The brew panel runs off BCS and is based on EBrewSupply kits with some tweaks...

I've got my BCS box all set up and I'm working through the configuration. Curious how others have done their boil/hop workflow. I have a buzzer hooked up to an SSR/output that I'd like to leverage to alert me (in case the computer goes to sleep). If I have a process called Boil/Hop and it...

I'm building out a Kal/EBrew E-HERMS panel (posts on the build-out coming soon). Question on wiring. If I have a 30a breaker in my house supplying 220 to my brew panel. Is there a need to run anything bigger than 10ga in the panel? In the wiring diagram I have my 10/4 coming into a...

I moved my brewery from outside on the patio to the garage (e-herms set up). My fermenter is in the basement, so I can now no longer easily run between the two rooms :) ). I have a CFC and two pumps. I have a hole in my floor joist so I can gravity feed wort down into my fermenter via ~20ft...

I've got a great start on a blonde recipe that's mostly 2 row, a little 20 L centennial and cascade. It's a great lawnmower beer, others like it. For my liking, there's too much corn aroma and finishing taste. I want to stay balanced and keep hop aroma/flavor away as much as possible on this...

Bar recently installed. Equipped with 4 taps, dedicated cask fridge and beer engine. The butcher block top under the faucets slides out for full access to my keezer. The front panel also removes completely for access to the liquid/gas lines to the cask fridge...and if the freezer ever needs...

I've read through the primer. I'm still a water newb, so looking to see if I'm on the right track. I'm going to brew my first batch (IPA) with a custom water profile. I'm using EZ Water Adj spreadsheet. I'll be starting with RO (assuming 0's across the board). Via the calculator, my grain...

Ok...so, I have this friend... who accidently pitched a pkg of yeast into his hot 2L starter. He's embarrassed. Anyway, the yeast is dead, but is the wort bad? Once cooled, can he pitch a new pkg into the 2L starter and just supplement pitching into the fermenter with another new pack (or two)?

For simplicity, I'm thinking of "sharing" the 30A wiring that feeds my dryer with my 30A brew panel. The wiring for the dryer is exposed in the room I want to brew (basement furance room), so I could easily pull it down, put a box/switch in, and feed the new dryer line back upstairs and the...

Until my electric setup is finished, my current brew config is 2-tier, propane outside. My concl. fermenter is inside, approximately 15-17' away from the brew pot outside. My pump is currently placed right below my fermenter. There is a slight elevation change between the BK and the pump so it...

Unfortunately, my wife does not share the same bitter/hopp'd up taste buds I have. I need to make her a beer that she likes to continue to justify the discretionary income diversion... (ok, maybe not that bad) I don't want to lager a beer. Thinking pale ale that is low IBU, but still has some...

I'm looking for a time range of how long it will take for headspace pressure in a cask to mix with beer after a temperature change. For example, beer arrives from brewery (70F) to the pub cellar (54F). Take a pin (~5 gal) of beer. After it arrives and is chilled, what is a reasonable range...

First of all, love my conical...no regrets... The quality of my beer has noticeably improved - not just better, but consistency and things like taking a gravity reading are a 30s process. However, with no other changes, my brewhouse efficiency has gone from +85% down near 60% with almost 0.5...

Not much luck with this in the SMaSH group, so I'll post here: I am looking to do a 4x4 matrix of 1gal batches to focus on malt/hop profiles. Here's what I'm thinking: 5 gallon mash (1 malt), lauter into a pot, then divide into 4- 1.25-gallon boils Single yeast, like WY1056. 1L starter...

I have a 2" x 12" yeast harvester at the bottom of my concl fermenter. Every time I dump trube or pull off yeast and reattach the harvester...there is air that bubbles up through the fermenting beer to the top and out my blow off. After a few seconds, CO2 bubbling in my blow off resumes. Is...

I have a fair amount of experience cask conditioning ales, but want to experiment with making a kellerbier (cask conditioned lager). I will be making a marzen (10gal batch), fermenting in a 14gal conical (with heating/cooling) so racking to the cask at any point in the process should be easy...