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Been brewing NEIPA recipes with London Ale III for years. Just found that my new pack was punctured and leaked out. So, I’m going to use WYEAST 1084 Irish Ale instead (the only other yeast on hand). I know this strain can sometimes throw some diacetyl so I’ll adjust for that. The starter is...

Just a quick question for anyone who uses the SS Brewtech controllers/elements. I just received a 20 gallon, 2v system. I'm replacing a 15 gallon Brew-Boss single vessel electric system. It's running on a dedicated 30A GFCI breaker. During my initial water-only tests, I'm only able to get 8...

Been homebrewing and kegging for close to 10 years and being a big fan of nitro stouts, I've always wanted to get set-up to serve over nitro at home. I think I'm FINALLY pulling the trigger. I've done general research and I get the basics - I'm buying a nitro tank and regulator, stout faucet...

I started a 30 gallon solara of a flanders red a year ago with a Roeselare yeast cake from an 8 gallon "starter" batch. The 30 gallons fermented down and stabilized at 1.016 in 3 weeks. I mashed high to leave residual sugars so this was pretty much as expected. I racked off the cake into an oak...

I burned sulphur in a used 30 gallon red wine oak barrel about 2 weeks ago (thought it would need to sit longer) and now I need to rehydrate and prepare it for a sour solara. I've rinsed with about 3 6-gallon sloshes of campden treated warm water and there is still a decent sulphur smell. I've...

I mashed my Flanders Red a little high at 156 to get some nonfermentable sugars for sour aging. I pitched proper amount of Roselare (per Beersmith) at 66'F then raised to 72'F for the last few days. Been in primary for total 2 weeks and gravity seems stable at 1.019 for the last couple days...

Just got a 10 gallon MegaPot 1.2 from Midwest Supplies. Looks different from the ones I've seen online and in person. This has no lip which is annoying because I sometimes to brew in a bag with a handy bungie. Going to be a little less stable without a lip. And the MegaPot logo is not laser...

Anyone ferment in the low 60s. Doing a pale ale. My house is about 74. My basement is about 62. I've read many say try to keep it under 70, but nothing about going as low as 62. Anyone have any experience with fermenting with California V in the low 60s? White Labs says ideal temp (66-70)...

After many, many goes at a house DIPA, I've landed on a recipe that I really love and I intend on making over and over. The recipe calls for a certain percentage of 6 different hops to be added at different increments of the boil. It's a bit of a pain to separate these 6 hops for all these...

Both Mr. Malty and Beersmith recommend 3 packets of Saflager 34/70 for a 5 gallon 1.068 OG maibock that I'm about to brew. I planned on using 2. I've got 2 on hand so I guess I'm off to buy a 3rd. This is my first lager. Really? 3 packets?

Made 1.5L yeast starter and due to space in my fridge, I split it into two mason jars. But them in the fridge for 4 days while it cold crashed. I put the top on the mason jar and apparently, carbonated the starter. I just decanted and it's carbonated. The decanted beer is in a glass and it's...

I've been brewing for about a year and I'm completely all-in. I moved to all grain after only 3 batches. I'm kegging. I've got a temp controlled lager fridge. I'm loving brew days and I'm really enjoying my beer. BUT, the problem is, I've been pretty much using the same few hops for the...

Let me preface by saying, I am relaxed, I'm not worried, and I am having a home brew, but I am just curious... I don't know how this happened, but somehow today I was way over my mash temperature and in an attempt to lower it quickly, I went under by 4 degrees. I've been using this equipment...

I just finished brewing up a hop burst type of IPA. I wanted something close to Heady Topper or Resin - something super hoppy but more sweet than bitter. It came out amazing. I got tons of praise from beer snob friends. The keg went quickly and I want to brew it again this weekend. I can't...

So, I've been keeping saltwater fish for close to 20 years now. Ever since the first time I saw the Blichmann HopRocket, I was thinking I could make something similar. In the fish hobby, there are products called "Media Reactors". They are usually plastic and PVC enclosures. Water flows into...

Hopburst IPA is about to go into secondary. I sampled today and it's got a very strong Simcoe cat-pissy flavor and aroma. It's pretty much drowning out the other hops (Amarillo/Citra/Columbus/Cascade). It's only 2 weeks old and I plan to keep it in secondary for another 2 weeks, then in the...

I tried Heady Topper for the first time last weekend and have since been obsessed with putting together a hop burst type of IPA recipe. I'm trying to hit what we (think) we know about Heady Topper, which isn't a lot. The idea, would be to load up the late additions with hops but NO early hop...

Finished brewing about 10 hours ago and totally flaked on the fact that it was a high gravity beer, 1.078. No starter and only one WYEAST liquid pack on hand. I went ahead and pitched the yeast since my LHBS was closed and I had no spare yeast on hand. I was thinking of grabbing more yeast this...

I tried my first AG batch a week ago. This was an Arrogant Bastard clone with an OG of 1.066. I used a starter and pitched WLP007 7 days ago at about 68 degrees. It began fermenting immediately, and violently. I needed a blowoff tube. After about 3 days it slowed way down. I took a SG...

So, I'm a noob. I've done 3 extract recipes and just decided to jump all-in with an all grain set-up. I tried my first batch yesterday and everything that could go wrong did, including a defective propane tank and a digital thermometer that died while mashing. At any rate, the real problem...