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Christmas was great for me this year! I got two Chugger SS pumps. Family members didn't communicate to each other who was getting what. :rockin: SWMBO thinks I don't need both but I heartily disagree! First thought, I'd use one pump for the brewing side and the other pump for a...

So my 10 gal stout is ready to keg, despite the high FG. I was attempting an imperial stout with melted bittersweet chocolate added at the start of the boil. However, using a new mash tun, I didn't have a baseline for max # of grains and ended up a nearly overflowing mash tun. Needless to say, I...

This isn't a query but more of a funny story. On Sunday, I made a 10 gallon single malt IPA to showcase a blend of hops, and pitches two different yeasts; London ale and pacific ale. This was the first time I used an aeration wand, the kind that you hook to a drill and it will stir the heck out...

I'm getting ready to make a starter for next weekend's brew session. I notice that BeerSmith gave me a different yeast calculations, needing 254b cells, for an Ale @ 1.069 OG 5.40g volume. YeastCalculator.com says I only need 69b cells for the exact same measurements. So I went to MrMalty...

I know, RHAHB but it's getting frustrating. Every time I try to make a fruit beer, something goes wrong. I've tried: Puree - I boiled 8 lbs of frozen peaches, chilled, and pureed them. Added it to a a split 6 gal batch (3 gal of Peach Pilsner, 3 gal of just Pilsner), there was almost no peach...

First time kegging, ever. I got some kegging equipment for my birthday a couple weeks ago and in perfect timing, my IPA and Porter were ready to be kegged. Cleaning and sanitization - no issues, no leaks. I spent a good several days scouring the web on different components of kegging and then...

On Sunday night, I brewed a Honey Lager and pitched a yeast starter. We were supposed to get hit by a cold front late in the night which would have brought temps down for getting my garage to the right temperature for fermentation. Before I went to bed, the temperature of the glass carboy was...

I just started a 1 gallon yeast starter in a homemade spin plate with my lager slurry collected from a last batch. It's in a 1 gallon glass carboy but I can't tell if the bar is spinning. I managed to feel the fan going but I don't see the tunnel. I know for sure if its not by morning, then...

Hello all! I'm returning to the brewing scene after a long hiatus and in the past, I've always brewed ales, porters, and stouts. Now, for my return, I decided to brew a Pilsner because I really wanted to get my technique down and Pilsner is quite unforgiving with off-tastes. :) I'm still...