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Hi Y'all, So I have been brewing all grain 5 gal batches for some time now, and am noticing that I have a lot of trub after my boil (or its not trub and I'm doing something wrong). I use hop pellets and wirlfloc in most batches, and I have an immersion coil that I use to chill (30 minute chill...

Hi Y'all, I was looking to try my hand at growing a little bit of hops and barley. DIY hops is covered in a lot of detail on here, but I haven't seen much of anyone working on there own germination floor or kiln. Does anyone have any links to someone who has made a small scale kiln and...

Hi All, I was going to be doing a batch sparge tomorrow and I was watching conflicting information on one part of it. When you drain after the mash: A) Do you drain until all of the water is out of the mash tun and the drain runs dry, then add your sparge and drain completely again? B) Do...

I have been noticing recently with my cider now beer that after its been in the secondary for over a month, i can't get it to bottle prime. My last two ciders and 1 beer did not carb up after 3 weeks of bottle conditioning. I add the correct sugar to the brews at bottling time and the ferm...

Hi Y'all, So I have been tinkering with a swamp cooler for a few weeks now, and I wanted to ask what is the best material to use for the evaporation? I have tried a cotton towel, but it doesn't seem to wick too well. I also tried a synthetic exercise shirt, but the water only travels up 1/4 the...

Hi Brewsters, So I brewed up Phils Belgian as my first real brew, and I do believe I donked up the hops. The recipe and instructions were: For 5 gallons (18.9 L) • 6.6 lb (3.0 kg) | Golden light liquid malt extract • 2.0 lb (0.9 kg) | Golden light dry malt extract • 1.0 lb (0.45 kg) |...

Hi brewers, today I brewed my first extract beer with hops added (I did a pre-hopped extract before). I added 2oz of cascade leaf hops for bittering and 1oz of cascade leaf hops for finishing. In the end, it was so sloppy with hops, that I had no chance on decanting the wort off the settled hot...

Hi Everyone, Just wanted to introduce myself, I'm Ted and I am starting to brew beer at home (In Toronto, Canada). My background is microbiology (I make vaccines for a living), so I'm good on the fermentation side, but the actual brewing of the wort is a challenge for me. I'm sure I'll have...