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I have been brewing for several years, this year I tried to build up a supply of kegs of beer so I wouldn't have to brew in the heat. Stored them at room temp. Bad idea, ten gallons oxidized on me - so much that I don't want to drink it. So, I'm thinking a freezer that I can use a Johnson...

I BIAB and do primary fermentation in a Speidel Fermenter. I always keg after 14 days and secondary in the keg. I have no idea how to check if the fermentation is over, I have always figured it would be over in 14 days. I don't bump up the carbonation, I just hook the keg up to about 11lbs of...

I've been brewing this same recipe for a couple of years. This is the longest I have let one sit. I've had a couple of brews where the mash temp got away due to thermometer hanging. But was within range and gravities were fine. This was a modified Marzan. Beer tasted fine, looks great. No...

Please tell me how you are using an induction burner and help me understand if it's a good way for me to go. I would like to look into this further. I use a stainless steel basket and a 15 gal Megapot by Northern Brewing I'm looking for anything that makes a better brew and is a relatively...

I like how I'm brewing a lot Doing it with a Northern Brewer 15 gallon 1.2 megapot https://www.northernbrewer.com/products/15-gal-megapot-1-2 an Edelmetal burner and custom stainless basket (instead of a bag) from Chad at Arbor fab. The ID of the Megapot is 15 7/8, the OD of the basket is 14...

I drink from copper that's solid so couldn't see anything in the mug. Getting down to the last few swallows I felt something in my mouth, so spit it out on a napkin. My wife identified it as an earwig. Didn't know what an earwig was or how and when it got in my mug. I hadn't been outside...

The rule of thumb is half the kettle size for BIAB. My problem is I keg with 5 galllon kegs. After getting tired of having a keg and a half I came up with the following procedure: I am using a 1.2 megapot from Northern Brewing it's a 15 gallon pot that has some leeway above 15 probably...

I started out using PBW because professional product and all that. I have two Spiedel plastic fermenters, that when using PBW always left a faint beer smell although they had been thoroughly cleaned. A buddy of mine, swears by Oxyclean, so I tried that. Guess what? No residual beer smell...

I have been disposing of spent grains in our compost heap. I do squeeze the bag, and let it drip over the brew kettle but knew I wasn't getting it all out. As I went to larger and larger grain bills, it was getting harder to carry to the compost heap. My wife said, put the bag and all in a...

I'm new to brewing, thinking about BIAB - would often want ten gallons final - so I'm thinking allowing a bit for leaving some wort in the kettle and losing some to trub in the fermenter Would 20 gals be about right? What sort of features are desireable? Spigot and what else?

I'm from upstate SC. I like russian imperial stouts. In SC you can't really find them after April and before thanksgiving, so I decided to start brewing them. Starting with extract brewing, going easy at first. Ken

I searched the forum and found an all grain recipe and some asking for an extract recipe but no recipe. I do know that a kit can be bought from the Maltose Express. If I can find a recipe I would rather support my local home brew shop when I can. Anybody got an extract clone of Brother...