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I just tasted a batch while transferring to a keg and it had an awful metallic and fusel taste. Never experienced these flavors before so not quite sure what happened, there were some unique things about this batch which I've listed bellow. The beer was a really basic American Pale Ale with...

I am in the middle of designing and building and electric brewery and was wondering if it would be possible to controlled the heating elements manually at either the breaker or my installing an inline switch. This is essentially what I do now using propane, when desired temperature is reached...

Just fixed my fermentation fridge and it was a bit of a pain in the ass to figure it out so I thought I would post in case someone else runs into the same problem. I have a 15 year old standing freezer that I've been using as a fermentation chamber. Found it on Craigslist and wired it up to...

Been looking to make one and just saw this earlier today. Haven't seen this particular design before and could be done for really cheap. Will definitely be my next project. http://makeprojects.com/Project/Homebrew-stirplate/277/1

Not sure if this should be in the yeast forum or here, let me know if I need to move it. About 2 months ago I brewed my first all grain. I did a Nut Brown kit from Northern Brewer with dry Danstar Nottingham Ale Yeast. Haven't used dry yeast in a long time and just rehydrated them as per...

I started a batch last week and there has been no fermentation as of yet. I've been keeping and eye out for air bubbles and have not seen any. I was hoping that I just didn't have an airtight seal, but I tested the specific gravity today and it is at 1.050, which was the starting point...