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Whenever I pull a sample from the mash for an iodine test, I always seem to get some grain particles in there, which gives me a false negative for full conversion. How do you all pull samples and test without having particles muddle your test?

I'm doing some research before I order my keezer components and have seen a few comments here and on reddit about Perlick 630SS faucets opening too easily, possibly attributed to heavy tap handles. I haven't seen many, just a couple. For those that use the 630, is this something you've run...

Just transferred my Kentucky Common to secondary. The second I opened the top of my BMB, I caught a strong whiff of sulfer and a faint smell of c. diff (for anybody in healthcare that knows what that smells like). Nothing funky on the top of the brew, nothing else out of the ordinary. Should...

I've been dealing with wild seasonal swings in humidity (MN is a desert in the winter, and GA jr in the summer) that I believe have resulted in huge swings in boil evaporation. Through the winter, this wasn't that big of a deal, as I was extract brewing. It wasn't ideal, but I could top off...

I tried Paulaner Dunkel when I was on vacation this past spring and absolutely loved it. Since I'm getting back into homebrewing, I thought I'd try some other s as research (yeah, we'll call it research, that's the ticket) before moving forward on a recipe (very far down the pipe at this...

I've got some minimal experience from helping a friend with a few brews a few years ago, but am still extremely novice. I'm getting ready to buy my own equipment and get started. Between the time I'd helped with those brews and now, I've been lurking here and have read "How to Brew" and...