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  1. BrewinBigD

    Plastic 1/6 bbl pub kegs- anyone tried em?

    I'm thinking about switching my kegging setup over to these plastic pub kegs with the sankey D type setup. Has anyone tried them? Can you disassemble the valve to clean them? Also wanna know if the bottle inside can be used without the plastic keg shell. Any input would be great!!! Oh. And...
  2. BrewinBigD

    Repairing or reworking a bourbon barrel with loose hoops

    I have a really nice freshly dumped Jim Beam barrel watitng for 53 gallons of beer to be racked in this coming weekend. the two enter hoops have crept outward a bit as the barrel has sat in my basement. has anyone had any luch re seating steel hoops on a barrel?? ive dumped about a half gallon...
  3. BrewinBigD

    switcing from 4 conductor supply to 3 conductor supply

    now i should know this, but wanna make sure im corect in my thinking. I built my E brewery to match my garages wiring and the circut im on is wired for 2 hot 1 N and 1 g, so inside the controller it is wired as such. i am moving to a new home and will be building the brewery in my...
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    strange LBHS picnic lines.. any clue what pressure to use?

    bought a picninc tap for one of my kegs expecting a 5 foot piece of 1/4 line but instead i recieved a 9 foot, 3/16 dia line. dont really know much about what diameters/lengths require what serving pressure. could anyone help??
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    November 3, Learn to Homebrew Day- Seacoast Homebrew Club

    I guess if youre here you already get the jist of homebrewing, but for those of you who are interested in seeing a group brew or learning some of the hobby this is for you!! Saturday, November 3, A&G Homebrew Supply on High Street in Portsmouth has invited the Seacoast Homebrew Club To brew in...
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    Any New Englanders up for some bartering??

    I have a log of smutty pumkin which is about 3/4 full siting in my kegerator. bought it for a party and served off a jockey box but cant fit it in my fridge tapped. anyone wanna trade soda kegs for some great seacoast craft beer???
  7. BrewinBigD

    Is there an average SG for raw cider??

    This might be a stretch but i Live in new England and was wondering if any cider heads around here knew what this seasons avg SG might be. im sure alot depends on the seasons precipitation, fruit yeild, ripeness when harvested etc,, but looking to do a little research before i thaw my raw...
  8. BrewinBigD

    Barrel aging: i have a barrel, but no stand!!

    So Tomorrow a freshly dumped barrel from Allagash will be arriving on my doorstep. How long can i keep the barrel empty before it will leak, and does anyone have cheap and easy plans to build a stand for one of those bad mammajammas???
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    Wy1056>single step starter for a 1.085 IIPA??

    smacked a pack of 1056 yeasterday and let it grow all day for my imperial black rye IPA (OG 1.085) according to Wyeast, the smakc pack of 200 bil is good for about 1.060. so am i right in thinking that stepping up by a liter for 24 more hours should fire this beer off pretty quickly or...
  10. BrewinBigD

    culturing Smuttynose Homunculus....

    anyone try harvesting yeast from this beer??
  11. BrewinBigD

    first keeged beer, should i have primed?

    im tryingto figure out which method will give me the most consistent results for my kegged beer. i like to brew, ferment, biottle and rink.. i like the flavor the bottle condtioning gives the beer. i also frind the carbonation to have a better mouthfeel that force carbed beer. so, whats the...
  12. BrewinBigD

    Accidentally froze Wyeast 3944. still viable??

    yup, froze my yeast when i got home from the LHBS. i was gonna thaw it, smack it and see if it grows. should i make a starter too after its consumed the wyeast packet??
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    Looking to Sour mash, any good tricks?

    im looking to make a berliner wiesse like beer by performing a sour mash. i will be leaving my mash open in the tun overnight. should i need to add lactobacillus to it or will it just pick it up from the air?
  14. BrewinBigD

    Tea infused strike water??

    has anyone ever done a tea infusion with their strike water before mashing in?? im dying to try this but want more info!
  15. BrewinBigD

    Anyone ever expirement with tea-infused strike water??

    Wondering if anyone has tried this before: striking your grains with,,tea. essentially what im trying to do is brew a blood orange red hefe, and im thinking about infusing the mash water with red tea leaves while the water recirculates to strike temp, remove the tea(bags) and mash as usual...
  16. BrewinBigD

    building a kegerator. need measurements?

    So im gonna try and build a 2tap righ out of a wine cooler from home depot. Useable fllor space is 12x19", 27 insid height. Anyone know the height/width of ball lock, pin lock, and 1/6 bbl kegs? This will determint how i build the fridge. Thanks!
  17. BrewinBigD

    can an AUBER PID controller power 2 SSRs?

    55G system, (dual 5500W elements). question is does anyone knpw if the SSR output on an Auber syl-2352 has enough nut to switch two SSRs in parallel??
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    Beersmith: i want to enter my mash efficincy, not estimate!

    is there any way to tell this rediculous software what i want it to use formy actualmash efficiency? all i can sem to do is get an estmiated efficiency. i know fom the start what my eff will be and id like my software to do the same instead of waiting for me toinput info after the mash.
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    Noob hops grower, any advice from the seasoned pros?

    Just picked up my Mt hood and centennial rhizomes yeasterday and theyre still in the fridge. I was planning on sprouting them indoor for another week or tow until im sure we are out of the crazy new hampshire weather. I wanna build a basic trellis to grow them up. Could it be as simple as two...
  20. BrewinBigD

    new equip.. bad total efficiency?

    So im trying to figure out where i went wrong. i brewed for the first time today on my brand new 5 gallon E herms setup and wound up missing preboil gravity, (est was 1.037, i measured 1.032) and OG was 8 points off too. (est OG 1.048 measured 1.040) with the setup the mash efficiency should...
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