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I brewed an NEIPA today (OG 1.067) and pitched a blend of WLP066 London Fog and Safale US-05. I unintentionally pitched my yeast at about 80F and it sat there for maybe an hour or so before I got it in a tote filled with cool water. It is now sitting nice at 64F and has been for about 4 or 5...

It's my first time using an S Type Airlock. I'm aging some mead. I am using 1 Gallon glass carboys and a size 6 stopper (which went in almost all the way.) My question is, what should the level of sanitizer look like inside the airlock? I'm not used to them. I'm assuming that the pressure will...

My current AG setup is basically a 15.5 gallon keggle, 12 gallon rectangle cooler MLT, and a 5 gallon kettle. I use the 5 gallon kettle primarily for heating up strike and sparge water. I was considering getting a separate 5-10 gallon cooler to act as a HLT and then maybe feed it in during the...

I'm probably overthinking things, but I wanted to get some opinions. I dry hopped an IPA 2 days ago (Sunday) and this morning (Tuesday) I noticed that about half of the dry hops have already settled. I don't think I've ever had this happen before. Usually they stay on top of the beer and sit...

So it looks like I got a lot of hop material in my bottles of my latest IPA. When I look from a higher angle, it looks like it's not this thick throughout..just against the walls of the glass. I cold crashed for 4 days, but I must have kicked up a lot of material when I was transferring to my...

Hello, I was talking with a friend about putting together a hop spider for my keggle (to keep the hop particles contained), and he suggested that I look into making a whirlpool setup instead. I'm not certain that this would serve the same purpose, but it got me thinking. I just want to make...

The rubber bung that I use on my carboy has gotten stained and has taken on a funky aroma. I don't think it has any effect on the flavor/aroma of my beer, but I want to try and clean it better. I have soaked overnight in PBW solution and OxyClean free on separate occasions and it doesn't seem...

I apologize for the long, rambling post, but I have a few reflections on Saturday's brew day..my 2nd all grain brew. Things definitely went smoother this time. I worried a lot less and just went with it. A few things I definitely need to work on: -Hitting my mash temp. I do preheat the mash...

So I have a 25' copper IC chiller with the standard clamp fittings that hook up to 3/8" tubing. I am trying to hook it up to my garden hose, rather than my sink faucet. What I want to try to do is to get a female barbed adapter and install it either at the spigot or to the end of my garden...

Does anyone have any experience using Mangrove Jack's M03 UK Dark Ale yeast? I am curious how it is in a Wee Heavy.

US-05, Nottingham, S-04, or Mangrove Jack's M03. Anyone have any reasons why I should go with one over the others? Any firsthand experience? Any horror stories? I'm leaning toward the S-04 or Notty. I have mixed reviews..some people tell me Scottish ales should be cleaner, more...

I am going to brew a Scottish Wee Heavy. I am still putting a recipe together, but I am thinking OG around 1.075-1.085. I realize that there are Scottish ale liquid yeast strains (WLP028 and WY1728). According to Beersmith, I would need about 4 packs of liquid yeast (or less if I were to do a...

I have a friend who has a 20lb bag of uncrushed/unmilled Golden Promise malt that he is willing to give me. However, it was not properly stored. He has had the bag since April, so about 8 months. They are uncrushed so the grains are whole. He said "It has been in tied up in the...

Hello, Pardon the noobish inquiry, but I used my keggle for the first time last weekend. It was spotless before, and now it has a sort of discolored stain on the bottom of the inside. Is this normal? I tried a soak with PBW for a few hours and scrubbed it with a washrag, but it wouldn't...

Hello, My first all grain brew is set for tomorrow. I'm brewing a hoppy American stout. I brewed an extract version before and I've converted to all grain. I'm pretty sure I got the process down in my head and I got all my equipment ready to go. I am going to get things clean and mostly...

Has anyone used this before? It looks like a solid thermometer. I wasn't trying to go cheap, but thermometer looks like it performs very well. http://thermoworks.com/products/low_cost/rt600c.html

So I bought a used sankey keg from a friend who cut the top off for me using a plasma torch. There was a bunch of stuff caked to the bottom and sides that pretty much all came clean after an Oxyclean soak, then a PBW soak and lots of scrubbing with a Scotch-Brite Non-Scratch Scour Pad. I got...

I am looking to upgrade my brew kettle and want a 40qt stainless kettle for my 5 gallon batches. Ideally 1 port for a valve for easy transfer to my primary. I am looking at this 12.25 gallon Jarhill kettle on ebay...

I'm a couple pieces of equipment away from doing my first all-grain brew and I wanted to make sure I had the basic process down. I will be using: -A 48qt Cooler MLT that I built using a CPVC manifold -A 5 gallon stainless steel kettle to use as a HLT -A 25' copper immersion chiller I will be...

Hello, I am going to be buying a burner soon and I've been leaning toward the Bayou Classic SP10, however there are some similar models around the same price that could be comparable. I am looking at the SP10, the SQ14, and the SQ84. From what I can tell, differences of each are...