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My girlfriend got me a used Danby kegorator off of craigslist. The problem is that the digital temperature controller on the front has crapped out and doesn't do anything now and as a result it wont keep anything cold. I believe that the compressor is still good and it is only the controller...

So I've been making beer for a while and a few meads. I've been kicking the idea of braggot around for a little while and now the itch has really got me. I must make braggot. The plan is to make 5 gallons of a 1.045 beer, split off 2 of the gallons and add 3.5 lbs of honey to that for an OG...

So I noticed that about half-way through the summer there were about a million "are my hops ready to harvest?" posts. My hops are first year, so I wasn't super concerned about getting yield this year. Fast forward to late september. My hops just got over the porch, and are starting to form...

Hey everyone, I got my hands on a whole lot of apples. The guy said that they were macintosh. I'm going to press a bunch of them for cider. I am wondering if anyone with any experience at blending apples for hard cider has any input. I think that the apples taste great as they are. A...

So cider season is almost upon us again. I know people have posted about using caramel/crystal malts to try to sweeten the cider, but I have never tried it before. I was at the farmers market yesterday and picked up two gallons of cider. One of them is going to be a cyser, but for the other...

So this is mostly just for me to blow off steam. I just had to dump a batch for the first time. I am very sad about this. On Saturday I had a long day. I am a grad student and I have lab group meetings on Saturday mornings from 10-12. I had to present this Saturday, and naturally I waited...

Hey everyone, I just ordered some supplies on the internet including a tube of White Labs German Lager Yeast (WLP830, I think). Do to an error on someone's part (either at RebelBrewer.com or at FedEx) my stuff ended up being in the mail for about 2 weeks during this miserable heatwave which...

I'm working on an ESB to brew with some ale-loving friends next weekend. I usually stick to continental styles, so I'm not to sure how to proceed. I basically looked around and came up with this: Malt 4.0 lbs. Maris Otter 2.0 lbs. Victory 0.5 lbs. Biscuit 3.3 lbs. Light or Extra-light...

Hello to all, I've had my first lager, a Czech style dark lager, going in primary for about 2 weeks at ~50 deg. F. The OG was 1.065 and I was using Wyeast Budvar which claims to have 71-75% attenuation so I should be expecting a FG of 1.016-1.020. The gravity got down below 1.020 and the...

Hello to all, This is my first post, though I've been using this forum for research/info for several months now. Thought I'd join up and introduce myself. I've done several beers as extract with specialty grains and I've got a partial mash going right now (first partial mash and first true...