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I weighed out about 10 lbs of mangos on the scale at the grocery store, figuring that I would lose a few pounds to peeling and the pits. I didn't weigh again after making the puree. My recipe was: 8# 2 row pale malt .75 20L .5 Biscuit .25 White Wheat 1 oz Hallertauer 60 min 1 oz Hallertauer...

Ok, so here is my preliminary review after my first brew with the OneDerBrew has been in the fermenter for about three weeks. I am probably doing something wrong, but that is a byproduct of woefully inadequate instructions included with the fermenter. Upon initial inspection, I saw the ridge...

Beaks, I am sorry I jumped on you. I think I was in a bad mood that day. Hope you will accept my apology. Thanks to everyone for the input. I am going to go with the canister for the flexibility. Also hoping to get an extra fridge in a few months when my folks move, so I will be able to control...

Really? You bothered to post just to imply that I must not be a very good brewer if I feel the need to filter. Yeah, if I had a conical, and could afford and had space for an extra fridge or chest freezer for cooler fermenting and cold crashing, I could probably produce crystal clear beer. Since...

I just ordered mine (Christmas present from SWMBO). Really looking forward to trying it. When I get mine, I will look for the ridge in the cone to see if the issue has been fixed. I was also very curious about the expansion to 20 gallons. To the folks who have been asking what the point of...

OneDerBrew fermenter and an Amazon gift certificate I will use on a filtration system. Plus a bag of artisanal grits that I haven't decided whether to use to brew or make shrimp and grits.

I am looking into buying a filtration system. Does anyone have any input as to whether the plate style filter or the canister style filter is the way to go? They appear to function pretty much the same and cost pretty much the same.

Thanks for the tip on the new place in Buford. I will have to go check that out. Up until now the closest places have been in Lilburn, which is just a joke, and Gainesville where he discourages all grain brewing and doesn't carry base malts. At BMW, when I was told they were out of GP and...

I have been using Brewmasters Warehouse for almost two years now, both ordering online and visiting the store in person. I have always been very happy with the. Teir brew builder on the website is a great feature that Northern Brewer and Midwest could learn from. Last week I stopped by to pick...

Ok, who can explain the principles at play here with this screw-up on my part so I can dazzle my wife with the scientific explanation when she asks me what the hell happened to our kitchen? I was taking a short cut in making a yeast starter by putting my erlenmyer flask with DME and water...

Yes, perhaps "funk" wasn't the best term to use. What I was trying to describe was that charactaristic saison slightly sour earthiness. It was very present and made for a great drinking beer. To sterilize the mangos I peeled, diced, and mashed them. I hadn't worked much with mangos before and...

Another update: After one week primary, one week regular secondary, and two weeks on the mangos, I just racked this beer into the keg and am force carbonating it. About half of the mango purée was sitting at the bottom of the Better Bottle, and half was on top. My new keg came in the mail...

Update: After one of the quickest starting and most vigorous primary fermentations I have had to date, I let it sit in primary for one week, then transferred to secondary. I took a hydrometer reading and it was down around 1.016. It also tasted great. Perfect Saison peppery-sour. It sat by...

I recently tried this with a small-batch BIAB stout I was brewing. Since I was using a no-sparge BIAB method, I figured there was probably a good amount of sugar still in those grains, so I just steeped them in a new pot of water for about an hour, tossed in some hops, and boiled it, then used...