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Hi guys, we upgraded our system to get into electric brewing, we've probably got a dozen run throughs on this system and counting. Got a few mods we are gonna add to improve this setup, let me know what you guys did if any. Here's my take: Coming from your typical 5 gallon banjo burner and...

We are looking to build our own HERMS 1bbl electric system, I'm aware of the prebuilt system from Blichmann, Spike, HG, Stout, ...but we are curious if we can save some money by building it ourselves. One of us is pretty good with electronics, so after looking at this...

I live in a small town in Texas with a population of 5,100... but including the small communities within a 5 mile radius of city limits it's estimated at over 25,000. We also have a lot of thru traffic from two bigger cities of over 80,000+ each. As some of you may know, Texas is one of the...

Well it's that time of year for us in the south.... allergies!:drunk: unfortunately for me I took an allergy test and I'm highly allergic to grass pollens like johnson, Kentucky blue, perennial rye, bermuda, bahia, timothy, redtop, orchard, and cedar tree pollens... and mildly allergic to...

looking for a good way to get into lagering on a budget? Keeping fermentation down in the 50's as recommended without spending thousands on a walk-in freezer/frig. I know you can put a johnson control on a frig, but alot of frigs have a hump bottom, and some wont even hold a 6 gallon...

I have a co2 double regulator system very similar to this http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/double-gas-regulator.html one of the regulator bodies is not working right... northern wants $53 just for a replacement body:mad: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/cornelius-regulator-body.html Any...

I've been looking around, sending emails....trying to see if anyone makes a decent pot that holds more than 32 qt, and has an outside diameter of 13.5" or less. ??:drunk: no flimsy 1 or 2 mil thick junk

I've got 3 beers going right now. All of them are All-grain.... 1st is a pale malt and white wheat, 1.040 grav, with safbrew-wb04 2nd is a munich, 2 row, 60L, and caraaroma, 1.060 grav, with whitelabs german bock lager 3rd is a hoegaarden clone, with pale malt base and whitelabs belgian. I'm...

I've been brewing on my electric stove in my 5 gallon pot which is a 12 inch diameter. As you all know, its a pain to boil anything over 4 gallons in a 5 gallon pot. I bought a 6.5 gallon pot that was a 15 inch diameter....and it sucks cause it is so much bigger than my heater element. I can't...

band's new vid.... homebrew drunkenness!

Anyone tried it with success? Reusing the commercial, screw-on lid, plastic bottles like Budweiser has?

THOU HATH RETURNED! :mug: I haven't brewed in about 2 years, and now I got the fever and I'm getting back into it! So I've bought the goodies, and I think I'm gonna call this one Missing In Action Pale Ale/Wheat! -MIA Pale Wheat- All-Grain 10 lbs Pale Ale Malt grains 1 lb White...

Latitude N 32 Longitude W 94 What's hop grow best? We have a very hot and humid and low rain summer (46in rainfall per year average, but last 4 years been about 26in per year). last year we had 47 consecutive days over 100 and indexes usually between 105 to 120

I was reading info on the TABC website....and they have a Brewpub license you can get for $1,362 dollars. Would that be the only license I need to get to start an operation? Or am I need even close? I'm Just curious how deep I would need to go in the permit/license area for a Texas...

I've heard this a few different times from people, and searched on the web....but can't drawing any facts that beers with high IBUs can deteriorate teeth enamel. Any know heard this or have any knowledge on it? l:D Hell, it may all be a myth and I'm worrieed about nothing.

well...lost all my CO2 again. Apparently I had a very slow leak, couldn't even hear it...on my corny kegs. I even have new o-rings installed, i got hit with this early last year too. Damn I wish they used a better connection system on these kegs!:mad:

just in case you wanna hear our musical drunkenness!!! :mug: http://www.jonnypecker.com album out 3-27-10 :tank:

I haven't brewed a beer in a year.... just getting back into it. Doing a partialG pale ale with nottingham. Just finished, and I poured into the keg just a minute ago. How much Co2 should I put on it and do I let it sit at room temp(65f) or just let it sit in the frig??? I just need a...

I'm gonna get supplies to build an electric boiler this weekend.....it is wayyy to hard to boil 6.5 gallons on my stovetop. And I don't really wanna go propane. I can run an extra 240 outlet off my breakerbox... so I think I'm gonna buy one of these 4500 or 5500 watt 240v elements Product...

I was doing a mash in my cooler at 155f....checked it 30 minutes later, it was at 154f ...then 3 hours went by, and I realized, I FORGOT ABOUT IT!!:drunk: I'm going ahead and sparging it out right now like nothing happened... Did I mess it up bad? Or will everything be ok?