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Ladies and Gentlemen, I have some off flavors after modifying my brewing equipment. I made a HLT out of an old cooler and a hot water element. As it is water and not acidic wort or beer in the HLT I saved some cash and used a regular 110volt hot water element and brass fittings. I left the...

Hey HBTers, I'm sampling my Cascadian Dark Ale and although I'm really enjoying it I would planned for more Aroma and Flavor from the hops. I added the same Hops additions for my IPA recipe and the OG was the same so I was expecting the same sort of Aroma and Flavor. The bitterness is find...

I'm designing a E-Herms Systems and acquiring parts but a recent brew caused me to question my current plans. I want to try to whirl pool due to the large amount of cold break I noticed in a brew (also first use of whirl flock). I current use a CFC for cooling and the question is; Do people who...

When I first started all grain about 6 months ago I asked the question on here how do I know the mash is done and all sorts of arguments started. I don't want to do that this time but rather talk about the effects of mash time and temps. People who do over night mashes claim that they don't see...

I just brewed my first India Black Ale/Cascadian Dark Ale and my run off was disastrous there was sooooo much trub. I don't think it was my screens fault but rather it was cold break. Anyway the point of my post is I'm designing my brew system and I wanted to know more about whirl pools and...

I just did a brew from my old recipe list when I did extracts and so I took a guess at the mash temp. I went with a slightly warmer temps as it is heavily hopped and could support some more residual sweetness. My target temp was 156. Additional information that may be helpful My MLT is a...

So I just got my kegs, I got them from Keg Connection, just a heads up for those ordering from them they missed the order that came in on Paypal and I had to chase it up... then they left of the faucets off the order! Anyway I got a picnic tap and a 48inch line to get me at least pouring...

Well no it isn't but it sure saved cleaning it:cross: My normal thing is to rack the beer off the mess rinse it out and fill it up with water to let is soak. I went to clean it this morning and found it complete destroyed. My only guess is that the ground water was at 50ish degrees the air...

I have been slanting yeast for a while but my latest slant from WLP001 took a bit longer than normal to get going. I was going to write it off until I saw stopped to plate over night and got some flocculation. Anyway it is not going to be ready for my next brew of a Cascadian Dark Ale so I...

After having my brew stuff shipped along with inconsequential things (bed, tv pots pan etc) from Hawaii to Waynesboro PA, I finally have my kit back in one piece and I just made my starter for my brew. My Wife thinks I'm obsessed just because I was pulling apart the boxes with the glass...

OK I'm off work sick today, so I have nothing better to do but tell you all about my brew day from yesterday. I brewed a pumpkin ale, my first pumpkin ale and my second AG beer... and my first stuck sparge! 12 qts of a batch sparge in 7 quarts out. With some coaxing I got some out. I put a...

OK I did my first all grain and I'm warming up for my second and I just want assistance in walking through my process, with some tips on where to improve. Specifically in information to obtain for note taking so I can better measure my brew to help the elusive repetition. Equipment Square...

So the wife thought that a trip to Maui (not that far when you live on Oahu) was a safe beer free destination.... ha ha ha! God Bless Maui Brewing Company. For those mainlanders if you ever see their IIPA or the Cascadian Rye Dake Ale then we Hawaiian Islanders are doing something wrong, not...

Is it more necessary to add Finings to AG batches? Be it irish moss, gelatin or whirlflock. I just did a my first AG batch over the weekend, it was a hefe and hence I thought that I should not add any fining agents as I wanted some haze. So with a really healthy starter it fermented out in 30hrs...

Greeting HBTers, My question to the collective knowledge is.... Aside from stuck sparges is there anything else I need to watch for in a wheat beer mash? I know it is kinda stupid but this is my first all grain batch of beer. I mashed some grain on the stove as a practice, that...

HBTers, has anyone here done a forced fermentation test. I'm suspecting that my LHBS DME is not fermenting out completely. I have had several brews that have not been attenuating as I think they (high 60%ish) should and it is getting progressively worse. On this brew I over pitched...

OK this is getting ridiculous, I made a 500ml starter in my 1000ml flask put it on my stir plate and it still over flowed. Just about every time I'm making a starter stepped up from a culture I leave over 50% head space and then it still over flows. I thought it was only a small amount of yeast...

I'm just playing with doing an all grain batch. As a practice without risking wasting time and money on a whole batch. I mashed 2lb of pale on the stove, just to understand more about the processes. Although I successively made 3 liters of wort that I canned for using as yeast food on my yeast...

I hijacked some ones thread to ask about boiling dead yeast and using it as a nutrient I have some more questions and did not want to offend. The discussion moved to using dead or extra yeast as a nutrient after boiling it and to add to starters/wort for yeast nutrient. Is there any reason...

HBTers, I'm making my first batch with my own yeast harvested from slants and I'm getting nervous. I have two 1L conicals that I have each filled with stepped starters that I canned in my pressure cooker starting with 50ml -> 150ml -> 500ml then 900 ml on a stir plate (note 900ml on a stir...