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I have been brewing with my buddy for about 1 1/2 years now. Our beers are always great and we almost always hit the og/fg. We brew 10 gallons and split into two kegs. The 3 times that I have brewed myself (5 gallons) I am never even close to the og/fg. For example, today I brewed Sip of...

I have been making starters for the last year using a commercially produced package with a 'known' amount of yeast cells. My brewing buddy got a mason jar of fresh yeast from a brewer and we used it in our last batch. There was about 3/4 of a cup left and so i made a one liter starter today and...

Third attempt at transferring beer from glass carboy to keg with co2. First attempt was great. Second attempt was a hazy NEIPA and something got clogged so had to do a traditional siphon transfer. Third attempt was going well yesterday although very slowly. Pressure was set between 1 & 2 psi...

I brewed the recipe below based on a BYO article by Gordon Strong. It's not exact as I was limited by the ingredients my LHBS carried. It really was excellent though and I have had a lot of good feedback from friends. It's just the kind of NEIPA I was hoping for. I'm going to brew it again ASAP...

I had a good response on a previous post and I have ordered a chugger pump with the center inlet. Next question - My drain valve is 3 1/2 inches from the outside bottom of my keggle (boil kettle). How many inches above the drain will I place the pump outlet for the most effective whirpool? I...

I want to purchase a pump for whirlpooling and moving the water up to the hot liquor tank. I am interested in buying a chugger but I am undecided between the following two I and don't know the difference other than the inflow on the first is 3/4" and the configuration of the inflow/outflow...

I have just brewed my 11th batch and while the beer is great I have a question about whirlpooling. I started to whirlpool about 4 batches ago and have run into the same problem each time. I use a keg (keggle) for a boil pot. I have a valve placed at an appropriate level from the bottom. To...

Still a new brewer (10 batches to date) and I am trying to design an NEIPA using Beersmith 3. There doesn't seem to be a style guide for NEIPAs there yet so I am using one for an IPA (from the Beersmith 3 style guide). The color does not meet the threshold for an IPA and I am unclear of the...

I've been brewing since Nov. '17. Most of what I have learned has been on this site. I built a keezer with a twin tower thinking why would I need more than that? I wish I knew then what I know now. I didn't want to drill another hole in my keezer lid but I really wanted a third tap. I...

I am looking for some fish tap handles - preferably trout or salmon for my keezer. What I would really like to do is re-purpose something. I have scoured the net for commercially produced taps and other ideas and I am always looking in stores etc. but I can't find anything that is economical...

I brewed my third batch of IPA and cold crashed it in a secondary fermenter after 14 days ie. 7 primary - 7 secondary. It was crystal clear. I kegged it but I still had about two litres left and so I continued to siphon into a clean growler. What now? I have never bottled beer before. I read...

I'm a recent retiree. I fish, I golf, work around the house, but finally, I have found my true passion - home brewing! When I tasted my friend's home brew last spring I was in disbelief that a beer of such high quality could match any craft brewery beer. I was hooked and this Fall I set to work...