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Hi, I am hoping someone here can point me in the right direction. I couple years back someone made a thread about them making a completely self contained brew setup. Oxygen purging, self cleaning, basically put the parameters in and walk away. I would up losing track of the thread, and no...

So, I'm starting to make plans to build an electric set up. I was inspired by Kal's brewery, but I want to make a couple of changes. First I am going to make a whole thing with tri-clamp connections, and I want to set it up with a RIMS system rather than HERMS. My goal is to have three pid...

So I broke a couple of rules with my IPA. I started it on 12/8. Fermented low @ 60 for the first few days, then once i started to hear the bubbling slow, i raised it up to 63, then again to 66. as of today it was fermenting for 9 days and I heard no activity. I ferment in Kegs with a blowoff...

I want to make a Scotch Ale for the holidays. Ive been reading a lot about crystal malts and I just need a little help. I'm not super confidant in reducing down the first runnings for a caramel flavor. Kind of what i'm looking for is to make the beer with a solid caramel flavor, but i do not...

I downloaded beersmith 3 a while back. One of the first things i did was basically wipe the slate clean and just input the ingredients i use with numbers from the manufactures . I've recently decided that I don't want to go that route and would like to reload everything back to factory settings...

When I made my last brew I put it in the fermentor at about 79, sealed it up added the themp probe to the thermowell and let it cool the rest of the way to 62 before pitching the yeast(WY1050). The next morning I had active fermentation however it had appeared that the compressor died on the...

I made my IPA today. Though it was probably my smoothest brew day(thanks to my friend who came over to help) it was also the one with the craziest issues. I was going to brew Friday, but held off a day so I could have more time to prepare, which was smart since I ended up needing to get another...

Hey all I came across this blog post talking about makin Keptinis. I have to say the idea of baking a mash in an oven really interests me. But it really makes me think about different styles of beer that you don't hear about very often. Does anyone have any recipes, links or stories of beer...

Hey all, I caught the bug to start looking at an electric system when I get out of the condo (or maybe before if the stars align) I was looking at The Electric Brewery for Ideas and direction, but to have the mash process totally separate from the HLT, so I was thinking using a RIMS Rocket...

Hey all, The past couple brews I've done I have suffered from a lack of a decent cold break due to issues with chillers. I'm brewing this weekend and I have a question regarding my plan to chill my wort. I'm making an IPA and want to do a 30 min whirlpool hop at 165 before chilling the wort...

Hey everyone I thought this would be the best place to put this as the GBF guys are the ones putting the most thought into Spunding and other thoughts. I cold crashed my IPA last night. I ferment in corney kegs with a blowoff tube attached to the gas post, this time into a water bottle spiked...

Hey Everyone this might not be the right place to put this, But I'm curious about what the max amount of sugar that can dissolve into water is. I found a site that says that it is 500g of sugar to 100ml of water. I did all math with the unit converter and was pretty loose with rounding but when...

I had my first brew on my new brewstand a couple weeks ago. I waited until now to write about it so I could taste the product, and let me tell you it brings a whole new meaning to RDWHAHB. I started building my brewery set up back in May and I waited to brew until it was all done so I could run...

I made my first starter the other day. I had some issues with it boiling over, and pitching the yeast when it was still on the warm side due to time constraints. All the issues were my fault and could have been avoided, but I think it was a worthwhile experience. The long and short of the...

I was looking for something malt related online the other night, cant remember what but it led me to this. https://drinkdrakes.com/john-gs-jibber-jab-why-do-us-brewers-care-less-about-malt/ I read through it a couple of times, read the links and it really got me thinking, do we in the...

I am wanting to do a White IPA in the next month or so using about 50% un-malted wheat. I know I would need to do a cereal mash on the wheat which would involve boiling the wheat to geletanize it. Afterwards I am wanting to do a step mash just on the wheat and take it through the beta-glucan and...

Hello all, I finally got a friend actively excited about brewing, and a few weeks back he went out and picked up a used whiskey barrel from one of the local distilleries. He wants to make a beer to age in it, but neither of us really know anything about barrel aged beers. I'm planning on picking...

Hello all, I'm working on my American IPA recipe and I'm starting to seriously look at my water chemistry. I use water from an artisan spring near where I live. The water tastes great, and is free, and I figure if there is anything living in the water, it gets killed off in the boil. This is...

I posted last week about Pitching the yeast late. I have pitched on Wednesday, after adding yeast nutrient and oxygen to the juice. By that night there was slight evidence of a krausen, and by the next morning there was about 1 -2 inches of solid krausen on the top of cider. It has sit around...

It's my first attempt at making a cider this year, and apples ripened early in Washington. I wasn't planning to press cider for at least 2 more weeks, but got the now or never call, and pressed 6 gallons of cider on Friday afternoon. I went out and bought campden tablets and pectic enzyme at...