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Try putting aluminum foil on top of the mash. I switched from a 10 gallon to a 7 gallon water cooler and there is a minimum of space between mash and lid.. 3-4 inches of air doesn't allow much heat to dissipate into the air. Lose 1 degree if that and I stir mash every 15 minutes over 60 minutes.

Monday is my 'clean the cabinets' day. Piecemealed the thing below to use up odds and ends. Am I going to end up with a keg of horse pee, or will this pass muster? If you experienced guys see something that isn't going to work out, please shout it out at me; drinkable beer comes before my...

Looking into doing something to cut down on the pellet and trub in my fermenter. Keep reading about hop spiders and mesh containers. Seems the issue concerning everyone is immersion chiller getting in the way and losing some utilization of hops by lost circulation. How about attacking at a...

This brew has been carbed up for couple of weeks now. All nice small foamy bubbles. Last couple days there's a lot of large bubbles in the head. Normal 10psi and co2 tanks are full. Any ideas what's causing the larger bubbles?

3.5# Pale Malt 2-row 3.5# Morris Otter 2# Vienna 1# Dark Munich .5# Biscuit Malt .25# Crystal 120L .25# Caramunich .25# Roasted Barley 1.5oz Wilamette 60min 1/2oz Challenger 15min 1/2oz Challenger 5min Washed 810 yeast Primary 4 weeks Secondary Age in Keg

Full 1lb of flaked barley?

First draft is below. Trying to use up some bulk grain buy 2-row, that's why no pilsner and don't have lager fridge yet. Needing some honest harsh opinions :: Will this come out as a quaffable brew for playing BlackOps2 or sewer water? BEER SMITH FILE 5 lbs Pale Ale 2row 3 lbs...

SilicaGelProducts, Amazon associate. I ordered "20 - 2,000cc OxyFree Oxygen Absorbers for Dried Dehydrated Food and Emergency Long Term Food Storage " and recieved a flimsy cell phone cover. Wow. Even if it was a mistake; I'm not at all sure it was, do you want to trust a company that...

Wow, tastes as good as it looks. Light strawberry flavor and aboslutely NO harshness!

Been watching this, but not sure if they are actually up or not. May give a call. Yep, that's me asking about grain prices on their page. :) 2910 Gilmer Road Longview, Texas 75604 Closed until tomorrow 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. Phone(903) 576-1876...

There is one on Gilmer in Longview, My Brewing Solutions. There is one opening in Town Oak Square in Shreveport end of October 2012. http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Brewing-Solutions/267045126740687

Well, I'm off to build these things. Havent' stained the first 'test' one yet. I figure after they are stained I"ll put one of those clear baseball card pouches on the front square and print out what each beer is when I keg it. -- I did not come up with this, read about it on the net...

My regulator has a check valve and 50-55psi safety valve built on. Integral pressure relief valve for safety: Pressure Relief Valve Releases at 50-55 PSI Since it has the 50psi safety outlet, could the Co2 manifold be built out of schedule 40 PVC which has a rating of 120 to 810 psi...

I'd love a code too!