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Ok, So I bought a used 5 gallon bourbon barrel and plan to brew this recipe for a big imperial stout that I plan to age for 9 months to a year in the barrel. my target was to be close to 12%abv and have a nice chewy stout. I'm shooting for a 6 gallon batch so I have enough to completely fill...

I use my temp controlled chest freezer fermenter to cold crash after fermentation is done. I made a 6.8abv brown ale and in the midst of taking another fermenter out so I could cold crash, didn't see that my temperature probe fell out of the chest freezer i use. Long story short... is that in...

So first time throwing my hat in the ring. And I have no idea if i did good or bad. Ultimately I was just looking for objective feedback from people that aren't "friends". My pale ale scored 32.5 in category 14B with 38 entries. My chocolate milk stout scored 36.5 in category 21a of 52...

My first batch of beer ever was a hefe and it had a good combination of banana and bubblegum flavors yet I have not been able to replicate it since. I used wyeast 3068 everytime and get plenty of banana but not that bubblegum I am looking for. I have pitched cold for clove and warm for banana...

Just got this plastic conical for free from a friend who has his own nano. It was just sitting outside unused. Any suggestions on cleaning. I'm thinking hot ass water and oxyclean.

Came across this news article. Interesting.... http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57603766/

Any feedback on this recipe? There's a lot going on, but I think chocolate and raspberries pair well and I do like a milk stout. Chocolate Raspberry Milk Stout Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer OG: 1.091 Type: All Grain FG: 1.023 Rating: 0.0 ABV: 8.95 % Calories: 297.47 IBU's: 29.86...

My friend hooked me up with a laboratory stir plate from her work when they were reducing inventory. My question is how do I slow it down? On its slowest speed I get a vortex to the bottom of a one liter starter. Here are some shots of the unit and the rather simple control board. I was...

So I made a 10 gallon batch of a pale ale base. I split it into 2 5 gallon batches with the idea of then dry hopping one with Simco and one with Citra. I had an eight once package of each. And everything went fine. Where is the problem you might ask? Well I package the remaining hops in Ziploc...

Am looking to get a chest freezer to make a fermentation chamber. I can get the 8.8 cubic foot one linked below for free from a rewards program at work. Any one use this or have any idea how many fermentation buckets I could fit in it at a time? Since it looks like home depot carries it, I...

I've been acquiring all the electrical tid bits needed to get my E-build going and now its time to get a move one. It will be a single tier 3 vessel build with a hot liquor, mash tun, and boil kettle. The initial build will only have one pump and I will continue to batch sparge for now...

Am very close to starting construction of my control panel. Besides the 220 elements I plan on two pumps and also an exhaust fan w/light. All the wiring diagrams I have seen show running every 120v item (PID, ETC) off the same leg of the 240. Wouldn't you want to spread that out, or doesn't it...

I'm looking to make some apfelwein but don't want to buy a bunch of small packages of dextrose from LHBS. There is a Heath Hut that may carry it near me, but I was wondering about the possibility of using corn syrup... Since dextrose is corn sugar and corn syrup is liquid corn sugar, is it...

Any one have any fast and easy suggestions on patching a 1/2 inch hole in a keggle? A buddy gave me this for free. He had run a pipe out of the bottom and used it as a HLT. I can use it for now (gonna swap out new plumbing though) cause he gave me his brew stand which he had modified to allow...

I just found out I can squeeze a fourth corny in my keezer. The issue is that they are all wedged in tight which means tight against the keezer wall. My concern is I often see frost and frozen water on the sides. Am I at risk of a freezing issue? My keezer is set at 40 and of course there...

Northern brewer posted these to their Facebook page. $50 seems like a pretty good deal for a flow control faucet. I did notice that they are chrome plated brass, not stainless steel. Good deal for the cost,or stay away? http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/us-flow-control-faucet-forward-seal.html

Everyone has their way to soak used bottles... Mine was in 5 gallon home depot buckets, but emptying them out can be heavy. Given I had some spare plumbing parts laying around, this cost about $20. I used a 10 gallon garbage can and rather than make a bulkhead, the people at home depot showed...

Recently brewed an agave wheat that started at 1.072 and should finish at 7.07%. I usually let the wheat beer this is based on sit in the primary 3-4 weeks before kegging and it turns out great. My impression is that the higher the gravity, the longer it needs to age. Any thoughts on how...

I'm working on assembling what I need for my transition to AG. My question is which is better... High temp silicone or thermoplastic? Neither are particularly cheap. My LHBS (northern brewer) only has the thermoplastic and my other goto for ordering (Midwest) wants $3 per foot for silicone...

Ok, so I just got a refractometer for Christmas and admit that I don't really know what I am doing, but it doesn't seem like rocket science. I made an agave wheat beer tonight. My refractometer read 1.066 but my hydrometer read 1.072. Both readings were from the same sample that I got to a...