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This beer is drank and we never had a single problem. Though we have been vomiting blood lately. /I kid I kid

I'm making a strawberry ale tomorrow as a matter of fact. I picked up 8 lbs of fresh strawberries from Costco yesterday. I'll put the chopped strawberries in 1 gallon of water with a crushed Campden tab and 1/4 tsp of pectic enzyme for 24 hours. That will be put into the bottom of the primary...

I have a big funnel which fits in the top of my carboy which has a nylon mesh screen in the bottom. I set a colander over that and pour from the kettle through the colander which goes through the mesh. Only problem is I still have to sometimes massage the wort through the mesh screen with a...

My thermometer cracked against my wort chiller. but just the outer glass part.. it filled up with some wort but the inner thermometer was not broken. I'm hoping the batch is OK? I would think it was ok. I ran the wort through a fine nylon screen when I put it into my primary to get out any bits.