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I wanted to share my recent build as there’s not much on here of late on managing kegerator builds in more modern household refrigerators. This is not a super detailed build thread, it’s a pragmatic build using as much hardware on hand as possible. Goal was to get the brewery back up and...

About 18 months ago, my lay down temp control chamber gave up the ghost. I hated to drag another freezer in the basement, so i built a DIY window A/C glycol chiller. The chiller DIY went pretty smooth, and I’m surprised more people don’t do this. My plan was to use the anvil brewbucket and my...

I’ve been away from the forum due to a very crazy year. Completed my first full year electric,and am quite happy with my basement setup and resulting beer. Thanks to Texas wine, wilser brewer, brundog, Bobbym, and the English guy from Houston (name?)for all the advice over the years. I’m...

pbw, starsans, vinegar. Nothing really works to clean a nylon bag. I love my process, sanitize bag with starsans or white wine vinegar, add fruit, , and mash into corny keg for secondary, pull bag after 7-10 days, ready to drink. Really happy with the product. I can use the cheap homebrew...

Quick question, just went eBIAB. The new rig works great, but I planned to stop my pump in the boil mode. Problem is, when I do this, the probe cools. When it hits below the ezboil ramp config (200F default), the controller calls for 100% power, resulting in boilover. I see three...

i did a simple recipe...unpasteurized juice from local orchard, and US05, fermented at 68 in a glass carboy. No use of campden, Ksorbate, or anything else. Maybe decided to keg too soon, after 30 days, and it hadn't really cleared up. It's got a nice potential, but it's too dry and...

I guess I'll go first with a plan for my first ever LODO on my standard, KISS 10 gallon, pump free, BIAB setup, asking for pointers/opinions from those that are deeper in this. Sadly stuck with a 1/2" x 25 ft copper IC for now. I'm omitting some steps, since I'm trying to avoid buying new...

Help me pick yeast by 1 pm tomorrow: Wanted WLP 775, or wyeast 4766. LHBS has neither. Limited to their stock, and need to pick tomorrow, I'm thinking WLP 002, S-04, Notty, or maybe for the heck of it, try Ecy 17 burton ale. My buddy's family has an orchard, and he's giving me 5 gallons...

Need a dark lager for October fest, and I'm pretty sure it's too late to make a drinkable Marzen that will be drinkable end of September. I think I'm going to make a dunkel, but might be too late for that too. I have a chamber and have successfully made a Heeles and Pils using the brulosophy...

Yesterday's brew day was the best yet, great yields, hit gravity on my biggest beer to date....but finally got burned for using second hand 5 gallon fermenters (instead of 6.5). was worried I left too little headspace with my good yield (planned on less than 4.5 gallons, got nearly 5). I...

Would love to do SS, but they are pricey. This is $67. Now that I've done 2 batches outdoors, I definitely need a brew cart. Im BIAB...im not planning to mount the burner/kettle on the cart, just thinking refractometer, brew salts, pH meter, scale in the drawer, sanitizer bin on top shelf...

My first lager, a Munich Helles, was a great success, but kicked last week. Going bohemian pils to be ready late summer. Let me know what you think: Batch size ~5 gallon BIAB Water- RO with Kai pils profile (used on helles, and was great!) 9 lb weyermann floor malted bohemian pils 1 lb...

Short story is I brewed a batch at Amarillo hopped saison, put it in the freezer to cold crash, then totally screwed up my back. I have the 5 gallon carboy wrapped in foil, so as not to suck in a bunch of starsan. It was in primary for 14 days, now it's been at 34 degrees for 14 more, all on...

Been meaning to try one of these. Couldn't find one on the menu in Worcester (surprising), nor the "famous" ones here in my local beer stores in NJ. I did try one from a respectable local brewery, and here are my notes. Poured for can, cloudy with hop debris. Not exactly enticing. Hops...

So, BIAB #2 and #3 were great successes, then I got sloppy. Like my other botched batch, (stalled, sweet stout), I had some time pressures due to a family event later on my brew day. I must not have mixed my strike water before I mashed, after dough in, It read 155.7....and since my...

I'm approaching all grain batch #5, and doing an IPA. im leaning towards a Pliny the elder or zombie dust clone, since I hear they are awesome beers, but I can't find them to drink. Or, maybe I'll go with a dogfish head 60 or bells 2 hearted here in the forums, since I love both of these...or...

My wife and I have gone down the brewing rabbit hole, she's making good booch, and I'm trying to make respectable beer. Just jumped into kegging, and she scaled up to a 3 L jar. So, we're out of bottles and kegged the last batch. It probably went a few days past optimal, a bit low on pH...

So, my first brew in this pot I made an extract xmas ale kit. It's still young but has a bitter taste. I figured it's because I added some family secret spices to their gingerbread spice kit, and maybe the cloves made it bitter.. Kind of a soap taste. My last brew, I flushed the valve during...

Nothing earth shattering here, but not many have used composite decking for the collar, probably with good reason, as it has some drawbacks. Some pros is if you just built a deck as I did, you probably have free scrap. Also, I really don't like the time involved sanding and poly coating...

Have a busy day tomorrow, but want to squeeze in a brew day. Doing first ever hefeweizen. Not afraid to do an overnight mash (~7 hours) for a standard ale, but worried with a wheat beer, just because I don't know what I don't know. Afraid maybe it will end up too low FG, too thin. Can...