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Just weighed the hops (pellets) at 1 lb 1 oz. the hops are 4 and 1/2 years old as well. Kept in the freezer in a quart mason jar. Still had a nice fragrance when I opened the jar.

Yea I know and I feel bad for letting it go to waste but I was always telling friends and myself that I will brew next month and it never happened. I even went and purchased yeast two times and never got around to it. I threw out all my washed yeast jars when I moved and it seems like that's...

I was big into brewing for about five years and I don't have the time to brew now due to a lack of pure laziness.:( I can go on and on about why I quit brewing and still want to keep my equipment in case I decide to start up again one day. Well to get right to the point i am giving away about...

Got ya. A no on strips for stouts.LOL Makes alot of sense.

Been looking into buying a PH meter. Lets hear some Pros and Cons of meters curently on the market. Or are the PH strips worth going with?

I use the Cali. and the American Ale yeast as well. Try the American Ale. Like Zen said add some wheat, or some flaked oats works for me. Or mash around 154.

Started adding 10% flaked oats to my Wit and it made it..... I guess you could say creamier..... its hard to describe, it just made the final product better. I already use 50% wheat in my Wit and toned it down to 40% to add the 10% flaked oats. As Machine Shop Brewer stated above it really dose...

Decided to do my first Stout this past Sunday a Southern Star Burried Hatchet Clone. During my boil I was checking my gravity trying to boil down to a 1.088. Well to make a long story short I boiled down to a 1.089 and started to chill my wort. After all chilling I ended up with a 1.079. I...

I make 20 gallon batches as well. I use 16 3/4 lbs barley and 16 3/4 lbs wheat. I mill the wheat with the barley and mash at about 151 152. I never have used rice hulls and have not had a stuck sparge yet, but keep in mind that I use a manifold in my mash tun not a false bottom. You mak have...

Right now I am using a 1/2 inch copper manifold with 1/2 inch copper running to the valve that is threaded onto the bulk head (no dip tube). I think when I drilled the hole for the bulk head I drilled it to high. I did this in case I wanted to fit a false bottom with a dip tube in the MLT in the...

OK fellas lets start of with my "short" story. Befor I begin let me post what I need to know befor I tell my story so you don't need to read the whole post befor I get to the point. How far off the bottom in a rectangular MLT should my false bottom be and dose anyone know of a source for a quick...

I can take a pic but Ill need to e-mail it to someone to post.

I have had a kegerator for over a year and have been home brewing since Dec. Well I didn't install the drip tray and now I have a hole in my garage under my fawcett. I don't know if it is from the erossion of the dripping of the beer on the floor or the acidity of the beer? If it is from the...