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Please visit the link below and click the nominate button so that my daughter (who has Rett Syndrome) can win a bike. Thanks in advance homebrewing community !! https://www.friendshipcircle.org/bikes/2014/03/Lydia-2/

Please take a look at this recipe and give me your thoughts. Thanks, Greg Cheers!

Here is my report from Ward Labs on my well water: I have started looking into water chemistry. Honestly, I find it very confusing. I like to brew a variety of beers and am looking for an easy solution to ensure that my water is not getting in the way of my beers. Any suggestions/ideas...

Recently started using a march pump and am using high temp silicone hosing and camlock QD's. I am using the pump to move mash to boil kettle, recirc wort with whirlpool arm while chilling, and moving cooled wort to carboy. I sanitize the hosing and pump by recirculating during last 15 minutes of...

I pitched a rehydrated package of safale 04into a brown ale about 8 hours ago at 66. I plan to ferment at around 62. But now I'm a little confused. The fermentis info says ideal temp is 59-68. However, brew shop sites (MBandNB) show higher ideal temps (64-72&64-75). Should I ferment a little...

So, I brewed a Surly bender PM clone with WLP007. Primary for 3 weeks, then bottled. Initially, it had a bit yeasty aroma, but then was great after about 4 weeks in bottle. Then at around 7-8 weeks, I now have a quite strong clove taste. Definitely not intended. The bottles are not over...

Nothing fancy, just brewing an all grain stout in the kitchen.

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I'm getting a march pump for my setup and need to get corresponding quick disconnects. I have no experience with these, but have been researching online. What do you use? And what would you recommend for versatility and ease of use? Also, anyone have a good resource (video or thread) on using...

I usually cold crash my starters depending on my brew schedule. By putting the starter in the fridge and dropping the temp so fast, are we causing stress on the yeast that will affect our main batch? At first thought, I would think yes, but... So many people do this. I also would think that as...

I crush my grain at LHBS. I usually purchase two batches at a time, so sometimes I have a crushed grain bill stored for a couple weeks before it gets brewed. So I was thinking, why not use desiccants to preserve freshness? I thought I would use a handful placed in a muslin bag, then throw the...

Need a 20-25 ft hose to connect to my immersion chiller. I would like it to be easy to store as I am limited on space for brew equipment. I've looked at some of the coiled options, but fear they may pull to much against my chiller. Anyone have any luck with this situation? I could get a regular...

Brewer's Friend Heading Recipe Stats Hops Summary Print Amber Added By: bigskygreg Method: All Grain Style: American Amber Ale Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 7.5 gallons Boil Gravity: 1.045 (recipe based estimate) Efficiency: 70%...

[/ATTACH] Brewer's Friend Heading Recipe Stats Hops Summary Print bouncin' brown ale Added By: bigskygreg Method: All Grain Style: Mild Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 7.5 gallons Boil Gravity: 1.037 (recipe based estimate) Efficiency: 70%...

Okay so I have just been doing ales due to lack of lagering storage. I use swamp cooling with ice packs. I fermented my last batch with German Ale yeast at 55 degrees no problem for 4-5 days then allowed the temp to creep up slowly. My problem with this is it is labor intensive. I have to...

Just opened my first bottle of a Surly bender clone. It has a smell like trub. It's kinda a yeasty, hop gunk kinda smell. It tastes quite good with no discernible off flavors. This was my first time not using a secondary vessel. It was in primary for 3 weeks, bottled for 3 weeks. I used...

I know the the current general consensus is that transferring to a secondary vessel is not necessary, but I am still pretty new and trying to figure things out. So my question to the forum is: if you don't usually use a secondary, but sometimes do, when and why do you? I know a lot of...

In other words, "if I get better efficiancy via biab, batch sparge, fly sparge, etc. can I expect better quality? Or just better efficiency? Thoughts?

I currently have an economy 5 gal pit. I have done about 8 partial boil extract recipes, I have also done 3 partial mash recipes using a 3 gallon rubbermaid cooler for MT, I want to upgrade, My biggest dilemma is buying crap that doesn't get used long term. I want to have the most effective...

looking through my posts, some of then are incoherent. Sorry about that. However, some of my questions are decent (I think). I have lost more too. Rock on and keep brewing, that;s my philosophy. If you brew it, they will come....Right?......Right....Oh, wait, it's all mine...