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Anyone got an idea for a plastic lid for a megapot. I need one for my 10 gal version so that I can cut a notch out of it for the whirpool chiller setup, rather than cut my stainless lid. The pot diameter is 17". I'm out of ideas, and I'd prefer it to be something I can get locally (target...

Help me out here: Looking to order the inline SS chugger pump from BobbyM's site with camlocks. My intent for this pump is to set up the jamil style whirpool chiller. From my kettle now I have: 5/8ths OD 1/2" ID hose barb from Bobby's site, connected to pushed on 1/2" high temp silicon...

Getting quite tired of pouring full 5.5 gal batches from my megapot into the bucket.. Also, id like to use whirfloc to siphon clear wort from the kettle leaving hop gunk and that fluffy white whirfloc trub behind. So: My 10 gal megapot has no valve and I'm willing to put one in. My main...

As the title says, I can't get this thing to calibrate. I did the ice bath (as per the thermapen and the CDN website/instructions) and I was getting anywhere from 35-36ish temps. I tried to hit the calibrate button and all I ever got was an "Err" message on the screen, several times, even...

Hey all, wanting some input on an o2 tank setup - my disposable o2 tank regulator died and I'm tired of dealing with it. So, I called a welding supply company and I can get a 20cu ft cylinder with the o2 for 69.00. Question is, do I need a regulator at all? I already have the tubing and...

While this isn't homebrew related, I figured who better to ask than like minded people who make beer. Headed to Asheville NC at the end of this month specifically for beer. I've got 3 nights and days to get in all I can. I'm more interested in visiting breweries or brew pubs rather than tap...

Just got a pound of Zythos pellets in, and I'll have some slurry of wyeast 1469 West Yorkshire also. I've pretty much got the hop bill sorted out. Bitter with it at 20 min for 25-30 ibu Hop stand with 1 oz zythos for 20ish ibu Dry hop .5 oz Thing is, I need a malt bill. Final abv...

I can't believe I'm posting on of these threads, but in almost 2 years of brewing, I'm having my first "worried about yeast" thread posts. I pitched an activated (didnt swell much, but I always rdwhahb'd about that) smack pack of 3787 into my 5 gallons of 1.048 Patersbier roughly 36 hours ago...

Been force carbing 4 gallons of Pliny clone at 24 psi or so for 30 hours or so. I turn off gas, bleed off headspace, put gas back on at 10 psi... Nothing. I pull hop bag off keg floor and hang it out of the way of the dip tube thinking that should do it. Nope.... What am I missing? Gas is...

Caught the YouTube video for this and was hooked pretty instantly, seems somewhat similar to something like Tasty's Janet's Brown or another hoppy west coast style brown ale. I never knew a subset of this style was called Texas Brown Ale. Here are the ingredients given by Stone: Vital...

I’m at the point (after much time and money spent) where I am fine tuning and dialing in my process both technique and equipment wise.* The last part of the equation to what I would perceive is my perfect set up ----- chilling the wort.* Here is my current setup and how I use it: * 5 gallon...

Anyone have any ideas for a summit rye ipa? I have 1/2 lb of Summit to use give or take, and was thinking of brewing a rye ipa, as the earthy was of rye might mesh well with the earthy summit - if summit decides to be oniony and garlicky. I like my ipas dry 1.10-1.012 with a starting OG of...

Hey all, I don't normally deal with what appears to be a stuck ferment, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I brewed NB's Caribou Slobber extract kit OG 1.052 and pitched a measured amount of Windsor slurry from a previous brown ale, hit the wort with pure o2 for 1 minute as usual, and fermentation...

Hey all, got the extract kit for Christmas, which yeast would you pick? 1. Windsor Ale - dry 2. US 05 3. S04 4. Nottingham 5. Some modest attempt at washing wyeast 1968, which I know is the yeast used for the commercial example... It's just I'm gun shy from trying to use washed yeast...

Looking for some input on getting us-05 to stop tasting spicy and fruity. I have had no luck in getting this yeast to ferment cleanly consistently every time. I often get wonderful clean ferments with this beer that even let 18-20 ibu beers have all sorts of hop aroma and flavor... But then...

As winter approaches and I grow seriously tired or chilling the wort at the end of the brew day, no chill is starting to look like something worth a try. Ive searched the web, and looked over the hop utilization chart and have tried to come up with a way to recreate the whirpool hop addition...

I'm looking to brew an AG English style bitter with that dark fruit/raisin-y sweetness found in something like cains best bitter and also found in Lagunitas hairy eyeball (much more profound in the latter naturally). I want however to use Summit as the single hop for this beer. I plan on using...

Man I hate to post one of these, but I'm about ready to dump my beer. I brewed up NB's Chinook IPA extract kit with us05. Fermented in a swamp cooler at 66 and on day 2 or 3 of fermentation I noticed a sulfur smell from the airlock which normally doesn't happen but I understand that...

After reading through tons of water stuff, my head is spinning. Here is what I currently do: Extract brewer that also does PM 4 gallon boil which causes about 1.5-1.75 gallon top off So, I'd been using my tap water for the boil and then topping off with gallon jugs of cold store brought...

I'm really after fine tuning some things I can control and water is something I haven't even tackled yet. Here is my county's most recent water report, and although it's based on 4 sources or so I'm sure it's a mixture of all the sources in an unknown ratio...