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    Wine Resources

    Hey all, Been brewing beer for a while and dipping a toe in wine. I was wondering other than this forum, are there any go to resources to learn more? I've been struggling to find high quality resources of either websites/blogs/youtube channels/etc. Any good recommendations to learn more...
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    White Claw Experiment - Strange Numbers

    Hey guys, Following the trend in the world of potent potables, I have several friends that love White Claws. I saw Adventures in Homebrewing had a white claw kit and it was only $20 so I figured I'd give it a shot and see if I could make em. From the very beginning I had weird results. The...
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    Fixed Efficiency Issues!

    I've posted a few times about efficiency woes. I have been really frustrated, thought I was doing everything right. Tried improving my crush, milled it extra fine. I sent in a water sample for analysis and started adjusting my water profile accordingly. Added a sparge step at the end...
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    Pot Moving Ideas

    I'm looking for a solution to my BIAB problem. I really want to be able to hang my grain bag above my pot after mashing, but I brew indoors and have the vent hood above the pot and low ceilings. There's just not a good way to do it where it is. So my thought was to create a way to be able to...
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    Black Trub In Last Pour

    I had a keg kick recently and the last glass that came out with all the trub from the bottom of the keg was really dark, almost black. I have never seen this before and was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to what causes this and if it's a problem. The keg tasted fine the whole time and...
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    Another Efficiency Issue...

    Hi all, I've done about 5 or so brews on my new BIAB system and seem to be consistently getting low numbers and am trying to trace down the cause. I know the first response is always on the crush. I am getting it from the LHBS and in the order I put comment to crush at 1.026 which they promise...
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    INKBIRD IPB-16 Temp Probe

    Folks that have the Inkbird IPB-16 how are you using the temp probe? I was looking into picking one up from Bobby at BrewHardware but wasn't sure the best way to use the probe. I have a pot with a 1.5 TC fitting in it for the temp probe, but wasn't sure if people recommended using a thermowell...
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    New Custom Spike Kettle

    I'm in the process of switching to electric and am looking at getting a custom kettle from Spike. I'm planning on starting with an induction burner to get my feet wet, but want to be able to use the kettle for a traditional three vessel system brew kettle down the line. So I want something...
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    Color Change

    So question about beer color. I made a sierra nevada pale ale clone, and first of all its INCREDIBLE, very close to the original. My question lies with the color of my beer. When I bottled the color was spot on. Just where I wanted it to be. Now at drinking time after 3 weeks in bottles...
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    Quick Fermenter Size Question

    Hey guys, I'm looking into getting into wine and had a quick question. I have fermenting buckets for beer and they are I think 6.5 gallons. All the things I have read call for 8 gallon fermenters for a 6 gallon batch. Is it possible to to do 6 gallon batches in the beer fermentor or do I...
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    Moving Bucket After Brewing????

    Hi all, So I just received my first brew kit for christmas and had a quick question. As you may guess I'm very excited to get started in the obsession and want to taste my first brew as soon as I can. The only problem is that I am returning to college in 5 or 6 days so my question is...
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