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Selling off some of my excess equipment to make room for a partial basement finish. Up for sale is: (will be adding more as I come across things). All prices are of best offer New Concord 20 gallon pot - $60 10 gallon igloo mash run with false bottom -$60 Double draft towers x 2 (best offer...

I currently do not use a brew pump and I am curious as to others experience on the need to babysit the pump during the Brew day. I switched over to an electric single vessel brew in a basket a bit under a year ago and I notice a decent difference between measured temp on the top vs the bottom...

I am hoping to get some advice on my next brew setup. I have a couple of goals that I am hoping to achieve with my next setup: Full volume mash Wake up to preheated mash water 11 gallons into the fermenter No plastic Minimal DIY My current setup (major components) 10 gallon igloo beverage...

I have a concerted chest freezer that I have been using for a couple years, last weekend the temp began to creep up a little. It was humid in my basement and some frost formed inside, I unplugged and out some rags in there for a day then plugged it back in. Now I can't get it to go below 50f...

I am thinking of trading in my 10 gallon igloo beverage cooler for a SS mesh basket for brew in a basket. I try to brew 10 gallons most frequently, I would keep the cooler for full mash 5 gallon My thought is I will keep my existing 15 gallon kettle add a pump, 8 gallon induction ready pot...

I took my co2 system apart to add some more lines, did not purge the lines before reconnecting and it seems one keg is nearly completely oxidized and the other seems on its way. Just putting this out there as a PSA and to see if anyone else experienced this before.

I am becoming more interested of late in trying some random 5 gallon brewing tests and was thinking of brewing up something like a new England Pale Ale with tons of late hops, then chilling, transferring and leaving some remaining liquid and all the hops in the kettle then just dumping another...

I brewed up a 10 gallon batch of Dry stout back in December. Same recipe I did last year and enjoyed - this year, not so much. Hit a higher gravity, 1.052 vs 1.046 projected - no big deal I thought, still not sure why I was so off, my guess is my boil was a bit strong, I was doing stuff around...

I bought a house back in April and I am slowly working on renovating it... One thing we are planning is hardwood in our master bedroom, which it turns out we couldn't do because we had particle board. So I ripped up all the particle board, which took forever. Once I got that up it exposed the...

I just brewed up 10 gallons on Sunday, split into two fermenters, both pitched around 26 hours ago. Out of laziness both got us05, which I rarely use, usually use 090. One has airlock activity and obvious fermentation when I opened it up. The other no airlock and smells sweet, no co2 or...

Has anyone here built a keezer out of a vintage chest freezer? My wife recently found an old 1950's Ben Hur chest freezer for $25. I did not pick it up yet and I am not committed to buying it yet but the build sounds interesting - but I am a bit worried I may run into complications that I...

I am curious how people with a cooler setup mash out. My current setup is a 10 gallon beverage cooler and I never paid much attention to mash out, but now I am trying to fine tune my process. I have a 15 gallon kettle, 8 gallon and several others two propane burners but only use one. When I...

I am growing hops for the first time this year and I am not sure when to trim. I am growing cascade centennial and Chinook. The centennial showed signs of life way before the others, since there are multiple growths that all appear to be the same and I am not sure when to call one dominant and...

I asked the town for a water report and received minimal info. I carbon filter slow to ensure I remove all of the chlorine - but the last three or four beers I brewed there like I extracted some tannins, something just does not seem right, beers are fine but feel flat with a taste that stays on...

I have a friend going to to San Diego this week - I want him to pick up a few beers I can't get out here in Boston - any suggestions of what to tell him to get?

Anybody have any input or advice on a new 15 gallon kettle? Blichmann comes with the sight glass thermometer and valve for about 400 while more beer has it for 250 but no valve, thermometer and no spot pre done for a sightglass. I wanted to keep my purchase under $300 but I am not sure if it...

I am looking to bottle one gallon of a recent pale ale to give to my brother and keg the rest. Is there anything I should worry about? For some reason I have myself convinced the one gallon I siphon out will not be properly mixed. I've always either bottled or kegged whole batches. Sent from...

I have an open fermenter and one that has a session and getting transferred to secondary Sunday that is using 05 yeast so I could pitch onto the yeast cake. I'm trying to get some brewing in this weekend and hopefully use only existing supplies. Moving to all grain. After I use up the lme. I...

As the title says I have a pretty strong fermentation going on right now with a winter warmer. I was out for about 6 hrs today and came home and noticed the airlock had some beer and gunk in it and the lid of the bucket had some beer on it. Is the next move to get a new airlock ready and just...