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I currently have a pretty good counterflow chiller made of copper. It seems to do the job fairly well and quickly. But it does seem to use a lot of water in the process. So, before I invest in a plate chiller, I must ask: will a 40 plate chiller be more efficient than what I have? Has anyone...

I have been doing some looking into making Cider, mostly from requests from coworkers. Looks pretty simple and straight forward. Also looks like I can use everything I already have. I have read through the sticky notes in this forum. Is it really that simple? Any step by steps out there?

Anyone know of a really good Cream Ale recipe (All Grain) or kit? I would love to brew a batch and try it out.

Greetings from CA! Some years ago when the job market here crashed, I found myself unemployed. So, having lots of time on my hands and bored senseless, I learned how to make cheese, wine, and beer. Started with glass carboy fermenters and buckets and cheap pots. Made wine out of all kinds of...

I am sure this is nothing new with the folks that frequent here... I have experimented around with Arduino in the past quite a bit. Anyone ever build a fermentation monitor using one (Or Pi)? They have O2 sensors, CO2 sensors, and ethanol sensors. Add that to a graphical display, and you could...

Folks, this one has be quite confused. first time this has happened. I have had slow fermentation starts before, and this is not it. Last sunday (Almost a week ago) I brewed a nice irish red. post boil was 1.050. Brew went beautifully. Smelled heavenly. So got it chilled down to 70, pumped it...

Greetings all, I have been brewing all grain on a gas setup for a while. I always seem to struggle with temperature control, so I want to go electric. I have a 14gal conical fermenter that I modified to have temperature control. It works quite well and maintains temperature within .5C. I am...