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I'm getting rid of most of my equipment because I'm just not using it anymore and I need some room in the basement. Prices are negotiable. I'm happy to ship it to you so long as you pay for it. Pump with stainless head $40 Blichman Boilcoil 7.5g/120v $60 Copper wort chiller $30 Bottle capper...

I have an old dryer that is being replaced so I snagged the motor out of it. It's a single phase ¼ horsepower motor. I see a lot of people recommending 1/2 hp motors for grain mills. Do you think it's strong enough to crush grain?

I want to start brewing in my basement. My pot will sit directly below a window and my plan is to make a diy hood like others have done here on the forum and exhaust directly out the window. I have a 120v Boilcoil that I use for 2-3 gallon batches and I am eyeing up a 500 CFM fan for the...

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I brewed my first AG Berliner Weisse 5 months ago and I'm not sure if fermentation is done and if I should bottle it yet or not. This an overview of the procedure I followed: I made a low gravity wort (1.035) & cooled to ~115˚F and held there with electric blanket for ~3 days with a...

So I just bottled a beer on Sunday and I'm a bit worried the bottles might not be safe. I'm considering "unbottling" them but I'd like to get some opinions first. The recipe is a Rye Stout and the starting gravity was 1.065 and after 3 weeks in the primary the gravity was 1.025. If I'm...

Hello all, I am planning to brew my first sour beer this weekend. I am gonna make a Berlinner Weisse and one idea I'm throwing around right now is using my e kettle to keep the wort between 113-120 for 4-5 days. My original plan was just to wrap the kettle in an electric blanket but after...

I bought a used 3-gallon pin lock keg a couple of months back for use as a primary fermenter (and prob for kegging beer down the road) and so far I've fermented 4 batches in it. Ive been brewing 2.5 gallon batches and at first I was worried that I would have massive blowoff issues due to lack...

First of all I wanna quickly thank all the awesome experts on this forum. I've been lurking around off and on for a few years now gleaning information from the amazing contributions here and it's greatly appreciated. So I essentially have 4 questions... 1. Will my wiring schematic work...

i think im finally gonna breakdown and try using an autosiphon. I have a 3 gallon carboy and some smaller 1-gallon wine jugs that I use as secondarys. I want to know if the larger auto siphon's diameter would be too large for a 1 gallon container. anybody here know this off-hand or willing...

Im looking to brew in the next few days and my local pet store does not carry stainless steel diffusion stones. Is there any reason why I cant use an aeration stone of a different material?

So I finally got up the guts to brew and as I reported a week or so ago in another post my first brew was more or less successful. My second brew is currently in the primary and it has been there about 9 days so the past few days I've been taking SG readings. So far I have this reoccurring...

I am very excited because I just tried one of my home brews and it tastes great! I was initially a little discouraged because I had popped one open just after 1 week of bottle conditioning and the taste was very bland and yeasty, "green" beer I suppose. Anyway I am shocked at what just a...

My first beer is officially fermenting and after one day the blow-off tube and bucket are brown with foam deposits. Should I change the water in the blow-off bucket? If so do I need to put sanitized solution or can I just use fresh water? Or should I ditch the tube altogether and just put in...

Ive read in many places about making a yeast starter with DME and I would do that but I dont have any. Cant I just use LME? Will it really make a difference? :confused:

My glass carboy has ridges on the outside and Im thinking that my fermometer wont sick too well because of them. There is one flat area on the side of the carboy without the ridges but it is not wide enough for the whole fermometer. Since I dont plan on making and low temperature lagers (at...

In How to brew Palmer talks about using a Malt Analysis Sheet to determine how much you can expect to be extracting from a certain malt. So if i were to design my own recipe I assume Id need to acquire these numbers the supplier first before estimating the amounts of each grain that i would...

does it generally last the whole length of the primary fermentation? or do you take it out at some time?? also, what size tubing is suitable for a blow-off and how do you affix it into the top of the fermenter?

Could I use a soda siphon bottle and CO2 charger to create my own little mini keg?? any reason why that wouldn't work?