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Ok... probably just impatient as the beer has only been in the keg 10 days but, fined with gelatin after 48hrs... Still too cloudy to see through. Was more like an EC IPA after 5 days, but now just odd to me. I've been brewing for over 30 years, had a recipe way back that was a WC - IPA hopped...

Brewing a, slightly modified Sculpin clone kit from MoreBeer. I like going to my fermenter with +/- 6 gallons, the kit was for 5 gallons. I added 1# of 2-row and ended up with 6.5 gallons to the fermenter. I use Priceless for BIB recipes and it was showing an O.G. of 1.059 (with 6 gallons to...

Hey all in the know... I bought THIS SCR to control a 5500w element on a pot stil..... I mean a hand cleaner making apparatus! I am fairly knowledgeable on electrical circuits including control circuits but I find myself a bit baffled here. Specifically how to hook the wires up to this SCR. I...

Hey guys.... read through several Turkey smoking posts and did garner some good tips, the best being don't wait until Thanksgiving day to smoke your first Turkey! Just pulled a 12 pound bird out of my Masterbuilt digital smoker. We injected the meat this morning with a marinade then put it in...

This is a first for me.... But I need to get this beer cleaned up. We are hosting a family reunion Thanksgiving for my wife's family - The Caffreys - thought it would be great to have this Caffrey Clone on tap. Here is the recipe followed by the process: All Grain Yeast: Danstar Nottingham (2...

Hey all.... I have had to do this before but in the late fall when the house would stay about 65-70. Presently I have an American Wheat and a Caffrey's Irish ale clone 3 days in and happily fermenting away with Brewjackets set to 65* in each fermenter. Have to leave for about a month in 3...

Yep... sad day to see that Dr. John has passed away.... loved that soulful sound.

So... Kegged a NW style Hefeweizen early yesterday morning. 18 hours of force carbing later I figured I would draw a taste and see how it turned out. Well as expected the first 12oz or so was pretty "milky" with cold crash sediment so I discarded that and pulled about 6-8oz to taste. I always...

I brew eBIAB in a 16 gallon, 5500W, PID controlled kettle. I always re-circ as I mash being careful to keep the volume throttled down to find that balance between too little and too much re-circ. Thought I had it set pretty well and stepped away for a nature call. Came back a couple minutes...

Hi all! First post to the wine side of Homebrewtalk. I have been making wine using the wine ingredient kits for a little over two years now. I have gleaned great info from the forum and want to add a bit and then ask for advice. Encouragement for new ingredient kit winemakers. After around 6...

It had to happen...some day, so I guess it was today... This is the 18th batch for my Brewbag. As a one handed brewer I really like the straps on it as I can feed them over the hook on my cable winch and then winch the bag up out of the wort. It has worked flawlessly until today, and it was...

Just got my power bill....yikes nearly $275!! Usually don't go over $200 in the hottest months. Not all due to brewing but.... So the pipeline was almost dry after bottling out of the kegs for a trip to Oregon. When we returned to AZ it was getting hot... really hot for us up here in the...

Just finished brewing what was to be a low ABV Pale Ale. I have been using Brew Target for recipe building for a couple of years now...and I like it. That said this is not the first time I have over shot my OG, as a matter of fact I almost always over shoot what Brew Target tells me. I use...

Well... Brew day started at 4:30AM this morning to beat the heat. I brew on a 16 gallon, recirculating eBIAB rig with a 5500W element that is PID controlled. As usual I brought 5 gallons to a boil and then ran it through the various lines then pumped it through the CFC to sanitize it. All is...

Brewed an American Hefeweizen yesterday. I collected 6.5 gallons of wort... for some reason I was able to pump off more clear wort after my whirlpool than usual. I was aiming for 5,75 gallons but kept pumping until I saw the break material start coming through the tubing. I pitched an active...

Had to share... First post to the "Wine Side" of the tracks! So I am in the local Habitat for Humanity ReStore the other day and what do I find? A 172 bottle, dual temp zone wine cabinet... $1,500-$2,000 unit depending where you buy it. I ask the manager if it works (wasn't plugged in) and he...

I'm in the process of planning a new build in the corner of my garage - brewery section for my eBIAB system, Fermentation chamber and a bar area complete with 4 tap kegerator. I'm pricing components for the kegerator - thinking of using a side by side fridge so I can have the freezer section for...

I hope this is the right category to put this under...thinking you guys will have a lot of experience with system flow control! You would think for a retired Public Works Director this would be a piece of chicken... but this kind of flow control is out of my wheelhouse I guess. What is...

Just got word that my mother who has been in remission from cancer, is not any longer and it has spread horribly. Of course they don't give her a date but are saying it is more in the days to weeks than months.... just lost a brother to the same cancer in October... still a little too raw for...

I moved this over from Kegging and bottling... So I kegged 5 gallons of porter and let it carb naturally (carbing sugar addition) and it was/is great. I didn't want to tie up the keg with a beer I think needs to age a month or so, so I bottled it right out of the keg. Process: I set the...