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I'm looking for the 2 main base malts used in the Glacier brewhouse imperial blonde clone that was in the July/August 2012 issue of BYO. I have most of the recipe in my beersmith but some how one of the base malts is missing and I can't find my issue of BYO. I appreciate any help.

I am looking a hydrofarm hmdph200 meter. Does anyone currently use one and what are your thoughts on one? I have seen good reviews on here about a Hanna model but not on this one even though this one seems to be better for the price (going on the stats)...

I am visiting some family in the southwest now and I am thinking about make a batch of beer with some local ingredients ... juniper berries and mesquite when I get home. My question is do you pick them green or wait until they are dry? Then I am thinking about using the mesquite to wood age it...

This happened when I was trying to break the inter pouch so I can make a starter tonight; it is just a pin hole leak. I swabbed it with alcohol. Has anyone else had this happen? And should I worry about an infection?

HLT, HEX I used a 5500W element @220V HEX inlet (top) outlet (bottom) MLT with bottom drain This may be a unique way of attaching a FB, I used a 2" ss nipple and drilled holes around it to allow proper draining (attaching it to the bottom drain), I had to drill out the center hole out...

While upgrading my setup I decided to have all of my couplings welded on my keggles. I took them to an actual weld shop thinking they was professional, big mistake! I got them back the outside looked good but the inside looked terrible. I tried to clean them the best I could, a week latter and...

I finally started to put my control box together today (almost done!). And I decided to check every thing out. Every thing is good, but my ssr (when checking with my multimeter) is always on. Even when nothing is hooked up on the inputs. I pulled the ssr and put another one in, and the same...

I am getting ready to build my enclosure for my control panel on my HERMS. The way my heat sink is made im going to have to mount this thing inside, so I think I'm going to have to put a cooling fan on my enclosure. My question is how hot does your ssr heat sinks get? My element is a 5500W. And...

I just have a couple questions using this grain. According to papazian these grains should be milled... do you just throw this in with the other grains when you mill? And 2nd do you use rice hulls with this? Please help im going to be starting in a couple of hours.

Im in the process of building a HERMS now... it is the average HERMS so I won't go in all of the details. But I love the idea of insulating the MLT even though it is constantly heating and recirculating. I am going to take my keggle and place it into a plastic 55 gallon drum that is cut down to...

Just wanted to post that wisconsin really nows how to brew great beer. ~20 Breweries, all from wisconsin, with 6 or more beers on tap (from each brewery) for this event. Most where very good. Gave me some great ideas what I want to brew next. Only down side was that it was too hectic to talk to...

I recently made my first american barleywine about a week and a half ago. I did a gravity check the other day to see how things was going, and tasted it. It had a OG of 1.114 and IBU of 99. Now the SG is 1.029. At first it tasted good, a little sweet with a good bitterness, but the bitterness...

I am getting ready to upgrade my system with a E-HLT/ future upgrade to HERMS. I am going to use a 4500 - 5500 watt element and I am look at this PID. It comes with a K type thermocoupler but I am looking at a Pt100 sensor for a better resolution. Is this a good choice? Any inputs would be...

I found this article very interesting. It amazed me because this area has been more known for vineyards, in fact it is inbetween a wine trail. And just recently we had a micro brewery open up just a few miles away from that hop farm with a rumor of another.

I am making a oktoberfest that seems to be fermenting very very slow. OG was 1.062 one week later it was 1.045. And now (3 days after the last reading) it is 1.041. I am fermenting @ 50 deg. but after the 1.045 reading I raised the temp to 55 deg. I know this is a lager but the last lager I did...

These forums have been very helpful, thank you much. But, forums has its limits. I have been dyeing to join a brew club, but there isn't one that I have found closer than 60 - 80 miles. So I have decided to try to form one here in the Carbondale, Il area. The problem is I have never even been to...

over a month ago I made a german pils, and after I racked to the keg to lager I washed the yeast. I have 2 mason jars both with a cup of yeast that has settled (this is compacted not a slurry). How much of a starter do I need to make to reuse. I have washed yeast before but I usually dont have...

I'm brewing my fist lager, a German Pils, using WLP 830. Even when I made the starter and when it was fermenting it made a sulfur odor. I see in some older post some say this is normal, but I thought a sulfur oder met an infection. But the yeast itself kind of had that odor when I pitched it...

How many of you keep the cold break material in the wort? Lately I have been working on my technique to keep all of the trub out of my wort, I think I finally did it. I ended up with crystal clear wort except the cold break material that settled out quickly. I have heard the cold break is...

Ive been excited about making my first lager beer. I made my order threw midwest, everything came in but the digital johnson controller... its on back order. Midwest says they are on back order with their supplier :(. I see a lot of people are out of stock of these. So what is going on? Im just...