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    Uninspired Ale

    Hey gents, been doing alot of IPAs lately with London Ale III and have a boat load of this yeast that I want to use but I cant really think about what to brew. Anyone have any cool styles to use this yeast with? Maybe a mild? Scotch Ale? Porter? I need inspiration.
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    New Jersey 10.8 Gallon Firkins

    So this weekend Im going to pick up some used Firkins from a brewery. Their minimum quantity to deal with me was 10. I only need 1 or maybe 2 so the other 8-9 are up for grabs. They are 10.8 gallon. Im basically paying $72 a firkin plus having to drive to load them. If anyone wants one for...
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    New Jersey 30-35 Carboys For Sale

    Roughly 30-35 glass 5 gallon carboys I say roughly 30-35 because some have some cracks, they were all dumped yesterday with very old nasty wine/vinegar. I acquired these through a friend who owns a junk removal service and we would like to sell these as a complete lot, we will not be...
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    New Jersey Blichmann 27 Gallon Conical

    Blichmann 27 Gallon Conical w/ Leg Extensions Got this a couple years ago, used to 10-12 times in the first couples years but haven't used it in about a year. Everything functions on it flawlessly, but could use a good cleaning. Asking $500 but make me an offer, I'm reasonable... located in...
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    ever heard of "Cleaning" a wine barrel with gravel

    Recently I picked up a few carboys from an older gentleman who was every much into wine making. He had a couple dozen oak barrels aging in his basement and we got to talking about sour beers and so forth...In our conversation he told me that when one of his barrels get a little older and goes...
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    On Demand Sparge Water (RIMS+Platechiller)

    My Idea: Run my RIMS tube with a chugger pump through side A of a plate chiller, maybe set at 172F. Then run cold tap water through side B of said plate chiller for fly spargeing. I have tried running cold tap water straight through the rims tube but even with a 5500W element I cant seem to...
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    Calculating volume - On demand sparing

    So how do people who use an RIMs tube as an on demand supply of hot water to sparge with calculate how much water they are sparging with? Do they just calculate the flow rate and time it?
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    New Jersey Pots, Kegs, Carboys & More

    5 - 5 gallon glass carboys $25 2 - 6.5 gallon glass carboys $30 3 - 5 gallon better bottles $15 3 - Short 1/4 kegs (7.75 gallon) $35 1 - Tall 1/4 keg (7.75 gallon) $40 6 - 5 gallon corny kegs $55 1 - 2.5 gallon corny keg $60 Stainless steel RIMs tube (no element) $75 Chugger Pump SS...
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    New Jersey 22oz and 12oz Bottles

    I have at least 8 cases of 24oz Bottles and about 5 cases of 12oz. All bottles were rinsed well before storage and about 60% are de-labeled Asking $7 for a case of 24oz $4 for a case of 12oz if you take them all ill give you a SWEET DEAL!!!!
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    New Jersey 30 Gallon Mash Tun w/ Rims Tube

    30 Gallon Stainless double walled free standing kettle. (used to be a steam kettle) False bottom 1.5'' RIMS tube - inlet and outlet and cam-lock I have the lid for it I can throw in a SS Chugger pump to recirculate ASKING $450
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    New Jersey Plate Chiller, Brew Cart & Carboys

    Plate Chiller - Unsure of the brand, it is on the smaller size but it works. Discoloration is from baking it in oven to clean it. only used a handful of times. Asking $75 OBO Brew Cart - Full stainless steel cart on caster with locking wheels. I was going to mount my electric control...
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    Stainless Steel Heating Element

    anyone have any first hand experience with this element? (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LI2W88G/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20) Is the fact that is stainless warrant the extra $$$
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    New Jersey Carboys

    5x - 5 Gallon Carboys 3x - 6.5 Gallon Carboys Asking $30 a piece, willing to give a better deal is someone wants all of them. Also willing to trade work out a trade for kegs(corny or sanke) or other brew equipment.
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    Critique my barlywine recipe

    Still dont have the hops totally sorted out, especially the aroma and dry hops but what are your thoughts on the grain bill. American Barleywine Batch Size: 11.000 gal Boil Size: 12.375 gal Boil Time: 90.000 min Efficiency: 70% OG: 1.092 FG: 1.018 ABV: 9.5% Bitterness: 68.5 IBUs...
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    New Jersey 50 Gallon Stainless Steel Pot

    So I'm getting some commercial pot is a bulk deal and I can part ways this the biggest pot. It measures 31" (diameter) X 15" (height) according to my calculations last night (had a couple beers so do the math for yourself) its right about 50 gallons. Its pretty beefy stainless and the...
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    Sink Drain/Strainer Basket on Kettle

    Has anyone ever played with the idea of putting a sink drain/strainer basket type setup in the bottom of their HTL or MT? I plan on trying to put one in an aluminum pot with the thought that when I tighten and "crank" down the bottom gasket it would hopefully slightly deform the bottom of the...
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    Lets See Your Unique Tap Towers

    So Im looking to possibly build a tap tower in the near future and am looking for inspiration. So… inspire me!!!! LETS SEE EM
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    Simple 120/220v BK

    So i wanted to make a very simple plug in boil kettle. I am not an electrician by any stretch of the imagination but my idea is to wiring a 220volt 5500 watt heating element into my kettle and have each hot leg on its own switch. I would have them both on to bring the wort up to a boil and...
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    Help: Steam Kettle False Bottom Options

    So I score this 30 gallon Vulcan Hart steam kettle on CL for $45!!! I have already thrown out the idea of building a steam generator for it and making it a boil kettle or HLT and I have decided it will be my new OVERLY sized mash tun that i will eventually grow into. In the future I may...
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    Trappist High Gravity Cider

    So through some miscommunications with my local orchard/cider presser i ended up with a couple extra gallons of raw cider this year so i decided to experiment. I added 3 gallons of raw cider onto a huge Trappist High Gravity Yeast cake (this would be the 3rd generation cake), the OG of the...
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