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I realize this topic has been exhausted but I have spent hours over the last several weeks searching this forum and other sources and have found nothing more than conflicting information with a majority of it being second or third hand assumptions. What needs to be done to a LG pump before...

Yet another motorized grain mill. The speed of the mill is varied by a knob mounted on the box with the ON/OFF switch. Max speed is 550RPM. You can't see my hand operating the potentiometer but you can hear the speed changing quite clearly. Having learned some things, I would say i could do the...

I had a family emergency come up and it has put me in a bind with my work schedule. I have two short evenings to get a batch mashed, boiled, and in the fermenter. What is the best way to handle this? I plan to bring the wort to a boil and chill it before I store it for the next evening...

I am putting together my recipe for my first non-kit brew day. All I know for sure is that it will be bottled and it will be a 10 gallon batch. I basically started off by doubling all the ingredients the 5 gallon sierra madre clone from Northern Brewer. Just by doubling the ingredients I got...

So I made a post on a motorcycle forum about my first brew day. I tried to explain the basics while showing pics of equipment. I would really appreciate it if you guys would glance and see if I am doing any of this stuff completely wrong. First off, next time I brew outside and elevate my cooker...

I was given this rectangular cooler and am considering using this setup for my mash tun manifold. It isn't official but I was wondering what you guys think. Cost really isn't an issue since I got to return my 10 gallon igloo cooler! :ban: I really wanted to incorporate two different drain...

My first batch, ever, was a paulaner hefeweizen clone. It turned out excellent. This was kegged straight out of the primary. All my attempts have used an immersion chiller which is added the last 10-15 minutes of the boil. The second batch was a german helles bock. This was bottled after...

So I brewed my first 5 gallon batch and kegged it a week ago. Hefeweizen extract kit. I followed the rules religiously as found in Palmer's 'How to brew'. As for force carbonating, I got some help on the forum. The whole batch is just incredible. Amazing if I say so myself. I did a...

I looked for a similiar thread, but couldn't find one. I would like to share my kegged Hefe with some guys at work. Should I just fill it up close to the top and cap it? I planned on keeping the bottle cold to keep in as much CO2 as possible. Or should I add a tad of sugar and then cap it...

My brewing friend told me that the homebrew I tried of his was 12% alcohol. I believed him. After doing some research, I asked him how he got 12% from an extract kit that had a target ABV of 6%. He said that he simply doubled the amount of wheat DME from 6 pounds to 12 pounds. He has never...

So my extract kit came with this whirlflock tablet. I researched it after I made my beer to find that it is to get rid of suspended particles in the beer. Isn't a Hefe supposed to have suspended yeast? How do I get it back? Also, 12 hours after I pitched my yeast, my bubbler was bubbling...

My yeast starter is ready to be refrigerated. It is one day after peak activity. But, I don't know how. (I will be brewing 48 hours from now) If I put it in there with the air lock, It will surely suck the vodka into the wort. If I put it in without the air lock, it seems like I am...

So I am cooking my first batch on Thursday. Smacked the pack on Sunday, made my yeast starter on Monday, plan to put the starter in the fridge on Wednesday (it is still slowly bubbling as of Tuesday evening), and plan to cook my wort Friday morning. This is an extract kit (not liquid) A...

I am a student at Clemson University looking for a new hobby. Well, I can honestly say I have already found it. A friend at my co-op (like an internship) brought me a bottle of his homebrew for me to try. It was the best beer I have ever had. He told me he would teach me, but I have far...