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So i was stepping up my starter this morning for my october fest i plan to brew this weekend and I couldn't help dry heaving to the smell! It smelt like an elephants arse lmao. Wyeast Bavarian lager, man that stuff is potent! Sent from my iPhone using HB Talk

I'm a bit confused and it doesn't seem to be specified as a guideline in the book, so I was wondering if anybody with this book could shed some light on my question. Page 71 has a recipe for a Marzen and is listed for a Partial Mash with an All-Grain option. In the partial mash there is a...

OK, well maybe there's nothing wrong with it but I've definitely been spoiled using carboys and better bottles. I like seeing my yeast swimming around happily in my wort and all I can do now is watch big starsan bubbles forming in my blowoff bucket :( I guess I should just be happy my...

Just wrapped up my second straight brew day without a single issue priming my march pumps. I have 2 pumps on my single tier system that I usually have to break my prime about 8 times throughtout the brewday including cleaning. I might have been lucky but I really think i've found something...

I can enough about this forum! The quality of posts and content has me coming back numerous times through out the day just because I can't get enough. This is the first time i've ever reached 100 posts in any online forum and hope to see many more. Might be time to upgrade to a premium supporter!

This might be really stupid but has anybody ever thought of applying the same idea of a stirplate to their electric hlt? I've been wondering this for sometime but figured it would be dumb considering the keg is steel. Messing around i quickly rigged up my DIY stirplate and dropped up a stirbar...

How do you all keep your probe on the solution to preserve it from drying out. I bought a solution and it just seems to evaporate and gunk up all over the meter. I've tried putting a tiny amount in the cap and just filling up a disposabls shot glass and putting the pen in that. Both times...

I'm pretty sure i'm over thinking things and confusing myself left and right and after searching and reading all the mixed responses all over the internet and this forum. The last couple of brews i've done ( new system ) i've missed my final target volumes into the fermentor and topped off to...

Ok, i know people can and do lager in corny kegs, but I have a dilemma here. A buddy of mine recently was cleaning out his fathers attic and found an old corny keg lying around a decided if anybody could use it would be me. I gladly accepted because who doesn't like free stuff. The keg is a...

I did a search up on here and couldn't find anything so I thought i'd pass on this cool little trick i learned last night from a buddy of mine who has used them outside of brewing. Have you ever been trying to get a reading and the contrast line was all blurry and fuzzy making you have to...

I'm expecting my first child (son) this July and would like to brew some sort of celebratory brew to mark the occassion with. Normally i'm good at planning these sort of things but my mind has been all over the place lately and i'm drawing blanks. Hoping the HBT community can come through for...

Anyone seen this yet? http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/tfr/2181116434.html

Just wanted to give a heads up for those waiting, the hbt iphone app showed up in the app store for me today :mug:

I know Refractometers are mainly for prefermentation readings but I've got some really strange results when comparing my refractometer readings against my hydrometer. My initial readings were 16 Brix and about 1.062 SG before pitching. 4 Full days into fermentation and things appeared to...

Do yeast starters need to be kept in the dark like our wort does during fermentation?

I don't have a flash to make the starter in, what other common house hold items might i be able to use safely. I was thinking maybe a growler but am unsure.

Got the two I sent for from big brown this morning! WOOT!

Do any kit's exist out there to further train the palate for tasting beer and being able to pin point certain flavors and off flavors such as Diacetyl. I've seen a kit with a bunch of hops which i'm really not interested in, more interested in something judges might use or train with so I can...

Does anyone on here have experience with converting 50L kegs into eKeggles. I'm trying to select RIPP elements for the BK and HLT and am concerned with the interior dimensions being to small to accommodate most. I'm not sure how much clearance is needed between the wall of the keg and the element.

I'm currently in the process of slowly purchasing all the parts for my eRIMS setup and am ready to buy the 3 PID controllers and thermocouples. For the BK i plan on using the TC-K6 model from auber. As far as the heat exchange chamber are you guys using a longer probe such as this one...