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I have an immersion chiller that I would like to use in a pot of boiling water to run my wort through with my march pump while mashing in order to maintain temp and clarify the wort. Has anyone ever tried this? I brew all grain in 5gal batches with a picnic cooler mashtun.

I would like to try brewing a beer and cooling it down to like 90 deg in the kettle, transfer to the carboy, put it into my fermentation chest freezer, take 2-3 hours to cool it down to 68ish deg and then pitch yeast. Does anyone think that this will pose a problem? Thanks

Decided to be impatient with my chilling of an IPA yesterday and threw a sanitized bottle of frozen water in the pot while also using my immersion chiller. Problem is I think there was still some of the glue left to fasten the label left on the bottle. I fastened a sanitized hop straining bag...

Second kegged beer is now corbonated just the way I like it. I will not be drinking it for at least a month or two. What is the best way to store it? Room temp? serving temp? Under pressure or with the gas line removed? With all pressure relieved or with carbonating pressure or serving...

If I dry hop an IPA at a lower temperature thatn the primary fermentation? Here is some information on the brew, 1.065 OG 1.013 FG, primary @ 68 degrees for the last two weeks yeast was/is WLP 051 California Ale yeast. I basically want to keg a prior beer and put it in my chest...

Has anyone tried the Firestone DBA kit? I recently bottled this and the oak taste from the chips added to primary and secondary was really strong when I tasted the FG sample. Will bottle conditioning and a bit of time mellow the oak flavor out? I have had many DBA's and although the oak is...

Got a keg from a friend (they were late returning it and the liquor store said we are keeping the deposit, you can keep the keg) it is an aluminum made by Firestone. At least that is what is stamped on it. Shoud I keep it for a HLT or give it back to him?

Does this look correct? OG FG OG (1.068 - 1.016) / (1.068-1) .052 / .068 0.76x100=76 This comes out to 76% attenuation if my math is correct, is it? Thanks, Brent

So I have two lagers that have been manipulating my fermentation chamber for over two months now and are ready to be bottled. A couple of questions first. 1. I have heard that adding a package of dry ale yeast to the bottling bucket that is filled with the beer and priming sugar...

So I am going to brew my first beer with a lager yeast (WL820 Oktoberfest) and I would like to have all your comments suggestions on the schedule/temps i will try to stick to. -pitch a 2 L starter @69-70 Deg F and let sit for 24 hours. -Begin to lower temps 7-8 deg a day until I hit...

Got a problem. All set up for a Porter brewday tomorrow AM. I am short an airlock (I had two, one is apparently lost) My one airlock is on top of an IPA that is two weeks in the carboy with the dry hops added about 5 days ago. Am I wrong to go ahead and cover the already mostly fermented IPA...

I don't pretend to know much but I have a question about bringing the temp down on a fermenting IPA. I am ready to add 2oz. of whole leaf cascade to my IPA after 8 days in primary, the hops are going in the primary carboy for at least two weeks. At the start of fermentation, the first in...

Hey Brewers, I am looking into purchasing a chest freezer for a fermentation chamber so I can continue to brew in the HOT summer months (over 90 for days on end is not unusual here). When I eventually start kegging it will be turned into a keezer. I already ordered a two stage ranco from...

I just had a bottle poured into a pint glass and an hour later there is still a decent foam layer on the beer. At the beginning it poured a perfect .75 inch. Another thing I am wondering is it seems thin on the mouth feel and the carbonation seems more "fizzy" than "bubbly". Anyone care to...

I am currently brewing/fermenting a brew that I hope to enter in my first comp. The recipe is one I found online. Is this cool or not? Is it okay to enter a brew of your own making even though you did't formulate the recipe yourself. Even though I modified the hops a bit I still feel like this...

I bought Beersmith about three weeks ago and love it. Brewed two batches of my own creation with the help of the software. My one problem is that occasionally the program stops working and shuts itself down. Have any other users had this problem and if so what if anything is the fix. Thanks, B.

First all grain brew bottled two weeks ago...I couldn't wait, had a bottle tonight. Tell you what...that stout from Ireland has got nothing on me. So happy and probably will be happier as time goes by...thanks for the help all HBT'ers. does anyone want a taste to give me some true feedback?:mug:

While brewing an AG porter this Sat. I mashed in all my grain and then added half a 1lb bag of flaked barley. After stirring up the mash I noticed that the half that was not in the barley had a bunch of small bugs in it!!! No biggie I guess I just relaxed didn't worry etc, etc. I figure the...

I have a couple of extra $ and am looking to buy a small chest freezer and use it as a fermentation chamber until I can muster up the bigger $$ to convert it to a Keezer. Then I will buy a small fridge and build a moderately sized (3 6.5 Gal carboys) fermentation chamber around it. Is a...

Getting set to brew an all grain Alt. PLEASE feel free to offer any comments or suggestions. Going for 5.5 Gallons in the carboy. :rockin: Grain Bill: 9.50 lb. American 2-row .5 lb American Vienna .5 lb British crystal 70-80L Mashing for 60 min. 154-152°F 0.75 oz. Hallertauer (5.2%...