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Hi, Can anyone tell me how brewing competitions group the different styles into categories? For instance, I entered a competition at a local brewery this past weekend. This contest allowed entries from 27 styles. There were about 40 entrants with about 80 entries (you could enter up to 3...

Any big difference (when making a Hazy IPA, or other style I suppose) in using Pilsen vs 2-row base malt? I always use 2-row…just curious if anyone has an opinion. Cheers.

Just getting into crushing my own grain and recently purchased a Crankandstein. Found an old dusty table in the basement and it seemed to be just the right size to mount everything. The drill is a harbor freight Bauer low speed drill/mixer (0-600 RPMs). It conveniently had a place to screw a (3"...

Any opinions for a good yeast for a 7% Chocolate Stout? I prefer to use White Labs. Thanks!

I use Brewfather online for my recipes and it gives me a guess at OG and FG. For whatever reason I haven't determined yet, I'm always a 2-4 points low. ....But this last beer I did I was 16 points low! Just wanted to get some opinions on why my mash efficiency was so off. To me the most...

Hello, I've read a ton of posts about adding whole coffee beans and plan to do this to my stout that has just finished fermenting. My question is, if you toss them loosely into the conical, do the whole coffee beans ever drop out? If so, do you just dump them out the dump port before...

I have a Blichmann Therminator for sale. It was used 6 times. $100 + shipping.

I was previously using a wine fridge which I converted to a fermentation chamber for my brew bucket (controlled by a BrewPi). Worked great until I added a Spike CF5 conical which needed a bigger fermenting space. My main inspiration came from Boerderij_Kabouter and this build: Side-by-Side to...

Hi, I'm looking for pH meter for $200 or less that won't die (unable to calibrate, etc) after a handful of uses. I'm had 2 Milwaukee pH 56 so far (one a warranty replacement) and they've both stopped working after a handful of uses. I've stored them in the proper solution and handled it with...

About a year ago, I decided I was done hauling 5+ gallons of wort out of my garage, through my kitchen, down the stairs and across my basement to where my fermentation chamber was located. I probably spent a 1/2 year (on and off) cleaning and throwing away "stuff" in my basement in order to...

Hi, Just purchase a new stainless steel 10 gal BrewBuilt kettle. This is the first time I've ever owned a stainless kettle. I cleaned it with a no rinse power cleaner and then mixed up a gallon or so of star san and wiped it down with that. When I got done with all this, I noticed...

I created a yeast starter last night. 2 cups water and 1/2 cup DME (about 500ml of liquid) and pitched a Wyeast pack into it (for a 1.065 OG beer). After some reading this morning and looking at brewers friend yeast calculator, I'm now realizing the volume is only about half what I should have...

Just getting into all-grain (5 gallon) brewing (one batch so far) and I'm already questioning the best way to do this. I purchased (2) 10 gallon igloo coolers (one for a mash tun, the other a a HLT). I also have a turkey fryer (aluminum boil kettle). I found out pretty quick it's not all that...

I'm preparing to do my 1st all-grain recipe. In doing so, I've checked some online Mash calculators and I don't understand the numbers. If I'm shooting for 6.25 gal pre-boil, then why do I need around 8.25 gallons of water between my strike water and sparge water? Where does the missing 2...

16 days ago, brewed a homebrew shop's local kit. Style described as a "farmhouse ale" (OG 1.052 - FG 1.008). It was a combination of malt extract (LME & DME) and steeped specialty grains (for an hour). Used Wyeast 1056 and created a starter the night before using a oxygen pump on it for 14...

Is it OK to leave my bottled beer in a 65 degree basement where I bottled it or should I haul it all upstairs where it's more like 72 degrees? Or doesn't it make any difference in the final product? Thanks!

Earlier today I moved my beer from the primary to a bottling bucket. 7 days ago I had dry hopped my APA with whole hops just tossed through the carboy hole. I'd say probably 1/2 of them sank and the rest were still floating on the top after a week. I attached a muslin bag to my siphon with...

Hello! I'm fermenting a Brewer's Best Oatmeal stout right now [OG:1.056 - 1.064] and [FG: 1.016 - 1.020]. I used the yeast that came with the kit: Windsor 'British style beer yeast'. I cooled my wort down to 70º and then added almost 2.5 gallons of room temperature water to get it up to 5...

Hi, Background: I'm using a Windsor British style beer yeast that states 64º - 70º for fermentation temps. I clearly had rapid fermentation/krausen in the first 24 hours. It's now day 6 and there are still faint signs of activity in the airlock. I have my carboy sitting on the concrete...

Hello, I'm just over 24 hours into my fermentation. The air lock is now full of wort/beer and really active. Am I in danger of blowing the airlock off or would it have happened already. Do I need to hook up a blow off tube? This is my first 5 gallon batch so I'm not sure what to expect...