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I have a recipe and brew instructions that comes directly from Bell's. I'm trying to get it dialed into Beersmith and having issues with the following mash instructions offered by Bell's: 1. Keep the mash at 150 °F for 45 minutes. Use a floating thermometer to monitor the mash temperature...

On their website, Bell's sells a Hopslam all grain kit. They also list all the ingredients (see below). Because shipping would be almost $20 and the kit includes some stuff I don't need, I'd like source the stuff at my LHBS. What I don't have is the brew instructions. I was wondering if anyone...

So it's been a few months since I used BeerSmith2. Was thinking about doing a batch tomorrow, fired up the app and I get a message telling me that the application hasn't been activated. I activated it 2+ years ago! Even more disturbing is that all my recipes, equipment profile, everything...

I've had a Blichmann Floor Standing Burner for about a year and half. I've done several cooks on it with no problems. On my last cook I fired it up and no matter what I did with the damper setting, all I got was a nasty yellow, sooty flame. I had a spare propane tank on hand, swapped it out -...

I'm fairly new to AG brewing. I've done 8-10 batches and still feeling my way through the process. One thing I've noticed is that my mash temps are consistently coming out low. Most of my batches have been IPAs and call for mash temps around 156. I use BeerSmith and mash in a 10 gal round...

I've got a batch that I'm ready to cold crash and subsequently keg. And in further search of clear beer, I'd also like to use gelatin. My question is on sequencing. I'd rather not transfer to a secondary. Typically, I cold crash in the primary and then keg it. I'm wondering if I should add...

Come hell or high water this Saturday, I'm doing my first all grain batch. I've got my converted Igloo 10 gal MLT leak tested and ready to go. The only additional upgrade I need is on the brew kettle. I'm thinking I should probably get something with a 9 gal capacity (brewing 5 or 5.5 gal...

I searched the recipe forum and found the following recipe posted by Cheshire Cat for what looks to be a very yummy Chocolate Stout: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/double-chocolate-oatmeal-snout-126638/ I just wanted to see if anyone has any others that they really like. I'm not...

So last night I went to keg a pale ale I dry hopped last week. This was the first time I used pellets instead of whole leaf. I also dry hopped in the primary. When I took the lid off the fermenter I noticed a lot of hop particles floating on the surface. I thought they were ONLY on the...

I've been mixing up 5 gal batches of StarSan and keeping it in a sealded Homer bucket. The last time I opened it up I noticed I had some black fuzzy mold taking up residence on the inner surface of the bucket up near the lid. Is it safe to assume that as long as the pH of the StarSan is...

A couple of months ago, I stopped in a brewpub in Boston and fell in love with a pale ale called "Bambino." Loved it because of the strong hoppy aroma & flavor without too much bitterness. I might describe it as a slighltly lighter, crisper version of a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I was so...

Every step of the way on this Saison has been a battle, so why would bottling/carbonation not also give me fits? I've had this in the bottle for 4 weeks now. When I was at the 2 week mark, I opened a bottle and barely a perceptible "pfft." Ok.. patience. Now 2 weeks later, and the same...

Last night I FINALLY bottled a Saison that I began brewing on 12/1/13. It was an extract recipe: 1 lb Caramel 40L 6 lbs Briess Golden Light DME 2 lbs Table Sugar 1 oz Centennial 9.2 - 60 min 1 oz Hallertau 3.6 - 30 min 1 oz Czech Saaz 3.9 - 10 min 1 oz Bitter Orange Peel - 5 min...

I got my nearly new Kegco 10lb CO2 tank filled yesterday. Got it home, checked the weight on the scale to make sure it was about 10lbs heavier than the empty weight and it was. Then I left it standing on a flat hard surface (tile floor). A bit later than that, I left the house - was gone for...

In my travels, I found a brewpub in Boston called Boston Beer Works. One evening this past week, I ordered up their Bambino Pale Ale and liked it… a lot! I went back the next day at lunch to talk to the brew master. Gave him my compliments, identified myself as a newly-obsessed home...

I'm really interested to learn how closely others tend their kettle and how much fooling around with it they do during the boil on extract brews. I ask this because I typically find myelf overing over the kettle like a mother hen. I try to keep it partially covered with lid to minimize...

Ok, not exactly earth-shattering news here... it's been suggested and validated on numerous posts prior to this, but I just thought I'd share my experience. I have a relatively new dual faucet kegerator from the Beverage Factory. I kegged a couple of batches and things were fine.. sort of...

I would think that the kind of fanaticism that goes into home brewing would align very well with the kind of cult like appreciation us Big Green Eggers have for that craft. Although I have to say, since I’ve gotten involved in home brewing, my BGE game has suffered a bit. Anyway, a great...

I need to get a new batch going and it's simply too brutal outside to cook up a batch, and I've promised SWMBO that I won't stink up the house by cooking indoors. So I'm thinking about doing a no boil beer. I did a Coopers Australian Ale a while back and it was decent.. not great, but decent...

I've read some threads here that touch on this, but not really dwell on it, so here goes. I'm a brand new kegger. Kegged my first batch last weekend. It had been 4 weeks since it was brewed and FG was in range. I kegged it, chilled it overnight, and force/burst carbed it. Waited a...