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So the recipe for my cider was basically 4 gallons of fresh cider and 2 lbs of honey. Some spices were added later and now I'm ready to keg it. It's drier than I wanted it bo be so at first I was just going to add splenda to sweeten. Now I was wondering if I just add some sugar when racking it...

So my basement flooded and one bag of grain got wet. It's not totaly soaked but a good majority of it is wet. The blue bag inside was partially open so it didn't save much. What are my options? As of now I'm going to separate the dry stuff from the wet stuff. Is the wet stuff a goner or should I...

So now I'm brewing 10 gallon AG batches and I'm trying to get every variable I can under control. As of right now I am just using a 10" filter housing that most people are using with a charcoal filter to help get out the chlorine. Here is the profile that is available online...

So a little backround I'm still relatively new to brewing (1 1/2 years or so) and I got the bug bad. Started with 5 gallon batches and they never lasted long enough. Gathered more stuff and started partial mash and AG brewing. Then it was time to go bigger so now I have a single tier RIMS setup...

I'm trying to finish up my RIMS brewery and I'm running into problems getting the element to fire up on my RIMS tube. I'm running it off a Auber SYL-2362 PID. I get 6.5v DC coming from the PID to the SSR and no matter what setting it's on I can't get any power at the output side of the pid. Even...

I'm sooooooo close to finishing my build and I'm down to wiring switches and I'm going crazy trying to get the switches I have to light up when the send power. I can get them to work but without the light. I've been going nuts searching and can't find a good pic. I'm a very visual person so here...

So I'm down to what I think is just the about the "end" of my sculpture build and now I'm down to the control panel and electonics. I'm running a RIMS system with with propane for the keggle and the HLT. I'm about to start ordering more pieces to get my control panel going and I'm having trouble...

So a quick overview. I've been brewing for a little over a year now and the beer has been coming out good so it was time for the next step. I started with 5 gallon batches full boils and moved to PM's with coolers, then some weak AG batches and I'm hooked. It was soon proved that 5 gallons...

So I just tacked up one of my Banjo burners and did a little test run with my keggle. The burner at the moment is 3" under the stand. It seems like I have good flame but I have only my old crappy turkey fryer and this. They are both propane but the similarities end there. I believe I have the HP...

So I've started building a single tier brewstand after brewing a little less than a year ago. I've got a few PM and AG batches under my belt and want to have more and better beer so here I am. I have the frame built for my sculpture and now have a bunch of questions. The plan for the sculpture...

I'm in the process of making my first sour. It seems like fermentation has slowed down and I'm going to transfer it to the secondary where it's gonna sit forever. I pitched the batch using roselare and I wanted to use some dregs from Rodenbach Gran Cru. How do I go about doing it? Do I just...

So I brewed my first sour last weekend 9/12/09. All went well it was my second all grain batch and I got 73% efficiency with precrushed grains that sat for a little while so I'm happy. I pitched roselare and it took a 2 days for fermentation to even start a little bit. Fermentation was slow but...

I've been reading up on how and what to pitch as far as yeast goes and I'm still a little confused. I know I don't want it sitting on the yeast cake for too long. So my qusetion is should I use some dry yeast to start and then move it to my designated sour carboy and add the roselare. I don't...

I brewed a barleywine on 05/30/09 and all is going well with it so far. It was basically 12 lbs of amber LME, some belgian candy sugar, caramel and crystal steeping grains. I pitched 2 packages of US-05 yeast as at the time I was a noob and thought starters were mysterious and difficult. I think...

So I've been putting my feelers out to everyone I know to get some empty kegs so I can make the jump to 10 gallon batches. So to my surprise a friend came through huge. The guy said he was going to do a RIMS system with these kegs and I figured I'd ask other opinions as to what I can do with...

I'm not so worried about infection or anything like that(fingers crossed) I made a starter this morning with 3/4 cup of wheat DME, WLP410, and a little over a liter of water. I've had some krausen before but this one is kinda funky. I don't know where this dark color is coming from and was...

So I am able to get my hands a few kegs pretty cheap so I'm gonna make the jump to 10 gallon batches. First is the boil kettle I want to put on all the bells and whistles. So I've ordered some stainless fittings and I'm going to drill 3 holes to get a thermometer, spigot and sight tube. the...

I had what I hope to be one of my last extract batches to do so I went ahead on a beautiful day and brewed it up. Everything seem to go very well. I piched a decanted starter of dark DME and White Labs abbey ale yeast(wlp530). At around 3 pm I pitched the yeast aerated and put it in its new...

So I've made the step up to making starters. I've got most of my stir plate done but I'm wondering what you guys are doing for magnets. I got some magnets from work but hey don't seem to be strong enough. Question 1 is where are you guys getting these magnets locally? Question 2 what strength...

I've currently brewed 4 extract brews with steeping grains and I hope I'm ready to make the jump to at least partial mash. I made a recipe up in beersmith and was wondering if my 32 quart pot is going to cut it. I've also converted a 5 gallon cooler with a SS braid for my tun but I'm still a...