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This is my first Saison. Started at 1.057 on the 18th with Wyeast 3724, it's down to 1.015 today, sitting at 90 degrees. I'm wondering if I should just let it go slowly, or throw in Wyeast 3711. I still have not added the 1 pound of cane sugar. Any suggestions?

Hey guys, my buddy is building me a temperature controller for my fermentation chamber (freezer), and it's pretty slick so far. He wanted to know what features and options he could add to it to make it better. So I wanted to ask you what the perfect temperature controller could do for you? What...

I continue to have acetaldehyde flavors and aroma in my beers. I am trying to figure out where I am getting this off flavor from. I thought I was racking the beer off the yeast to early, so I let it sit longer and still had the problem. My last two batches, I let sit for 3.5 weeks in the primary...

I have not been able to find any answer on here or by listening to the brewing network. I want to brew an American Pale Ale, then an American Amber Ale, and then an American Brown Ale. All three will use Wyeast 1056 to ferment with. The process I have imagined, would be to cold crash for a...

I have a Robust Porter that has been aging in a wine barrel for a few months. We took a taste of it and it seems to have a lacto infection. It is cloudy, has that lacto flavor, and is a little sour. Is there a way to fix this? Can I throw another bug in and make it a sour? Or should...

I have searched page after page on here and cannot find answers to my questions. I have a used five gallon single malt whiskey barrel that I want to put my Barleywine in to pull out some flavors. I know to ferment out and then transfer to the barrel. 1. Do I cold crash in my carboy first...

I am turning a small 80 square foot closet into a beer cellar. I have insulated the walls and added shelves. I have a portable AC unit that is supposed to cool a 250 square foot room to 61 degrees. I cannot get the closet below 70. I even tried another AC unit and no change. I have the exhaust...

I turned a closet into a beer cellar. Any idea how to get it down to 53 degrees? I got a portable AC unit, but it only goes down to 61.

I am about to convert an interior closet into a beer cellar. I am curious what people think about aging corked beers regarding humidity levels. I have read it does not matter as long as it's not bone dry in the closet. I have also read that you need to keep it at around 60% humidity. I don't...

Let me start off with saying I am lazy. It takes about 30 minutes to heat up 12 gallons of water to 166 degrees for mash in water. I want to start the burner and walk away until it reaches the correct temp. Does anyone know of a probe or sensor that has an alarm that will go off when the...

Let me start off with saying I am lazy. It takes about 30 minutes to heat up 12 gallons of water to 166 degrees for mash in water. I want to start the burner and walk away until it reaches the correct temp. Does anyone know of a probe or sensor that has an alarm that will go off when the...

I am planning on having a single tier brew stand built soon. I want to run this on natural gas and want a suggestion on what burner would be best. I will need one for HLT and one for the boil kettle. I am using a cooler for a mash tun so I will be installing heat shields. Would this burner on...

I have read a ton of threads on here about finding gas leaks and regulator gas leaks, but I am still not able to find mine. I recently added the dual secondary regulator from beveragefactory model T1672ST. I started loosing gas and sprayed everything over and over and I cannot find any...

I want to make a my first high gravity beer. I would like some help with the mash. I am shooting for 19 lbs of grain, OG 1.095, FG 1.020, efficiency 70%. I am taking a recipe I have made a few times, and multiplying it by 1.5 to make it a bigger beer. I usually mash at 154 for this beer, and it...

I have a great recipe for a blonde ale which I have made twice now. I have also made a black IPA twice. One ingredient in the black IPA is Carafa Special II. Could I take my blonde ale recipe, and add Carafa Special II to gain the dark color but leave the same crisp light flavor? Will the Carafa...

I was force carbing last week and forgot to bump the gas back down. I left it at 30psi for 6 days. Last night I shut off the gas, bleed the gas off the keg, and then put it back on the gas at 12psi. When I pour a pint it comes out 95% head. What is going on, and how can I fix this?

I made a Blonde Ale a few weeks ago and it just finished carbing three days ago. It turned out perfect, even better than expected. I need to have this same beer at the end of June for a wedding. Will this beer stay in the keg, exactly as it is, and still be good at the end of June? Or will I...

So I kegged my Imperial Brown Ale today, and after I connected it to the gas line I realized my relief valve was not working. The keg is filled with gas and beer, and when I pull up on the relief valve, no gas escapes. I am not even sure what the problem is since the valve is moving. I took the...

This is my six tap kegerator I am working on. Currently I have four regulators outside, expandable to six or more. I also built a tank holder on the outside at the bottom. I can add six more taps to the front if I want and more regulators. This freezer will hold twelve kegs. Any thoughts on...

Does anyone know if its possible to connect the 4 regulator kit (T1694ST) and the 2 regulator kit (T1672ST)? From looking at the pictures, each regulator has a small brass connection between them. Can I just add another one of those brass connections to make this a six regulator setup...