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I've never cared for wheat ales too much, which is why I've refrained from making one until now, but it came time to finally try it. Recipe from PangeaDestructor on reddit. I think it's adapted from 21st amendment's watermelon wheat: 6lb white wheat, 4lb 2-Row, 8oz Carapils, 4oz flaked wheat...

Hi all, I bought an elitech stc-1000 with 110V input and "Relay contact capacity: Cool 10A/250VAC;Heat 10A/250VAC" (although the sticker says 220VAC out not 250). I live in the US, so I probably messed up. I searched these forums and found several old threads where people said they...

Hi all, I just racked a chipotle porter to secondary. In the last 5 minutes of the boil I added 6 de-seeded, chopped, dried chipotles in a hop bag. Upon the taste at racking, it had the right amount of spice I was going for, but none of the roasted smokiness from the chipotles I was hoping...

Hi all! I'm visiting portland for a few days. Your grocery stores have a bunch of microbrew beers I've never heard of before. What is worth a try? What is worth bringing home? :mug:

Hi all, I'm in a pickle with two batches, and one co2 tank. One batch is 5 gal and should be ready to corny keg in the next few days. This one needs to stay with me at home. One batch is 15 gal and is ready to (full-size) keg now. This one is getting transported to the desert at the end of...

Hi all, I'm planning on starting a partial mash black IPA - 9# grain, 3.3lb LME. The only dark part is 1# Debittered Black. I only just realized that it may be necessary to adjust the pH for mashing (eg http://www.howtobrew.com/section3/chapter15-3.html). I usually use bottled drinking...

Hi all, I'm planning on building a Sanyo/Danby kegerator, and I'm wondering about the tower cooling. Many insist on some sort of air pump from a CPU fan to avoid foaming. How do people power this? Is it easy to tap into the fridge power, or do people drill a secondary hole out the back to...

Hi all, This is my first PM recipe. As I don't really know what I'm doing, any suggestions/modifications/critiques/complements/criticisms/comments are appreciated From the 21st Amendment Brewery website: ABV: 6.8% Color: "Midnight Black" IBU: 65 Malts: Rahr Pale Malt, Crystal 45L...

Hi all, I made my first successful partial mash the other week, and it turned out great. I followed a recipe, and now I'd like to try my own recipe (with your help of course). Recipes in extract were easy- use beersmith, add some extract, add some hops, drink. With partial mash brewing, I can...

Hi all, I'm going to try my first partial mash. I read through your sticky a few times https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/easy-partial-mash-brewing-pics-75231/ which seems easy enough. However, I also have a 10gal pot with a spigot (no false bottom). Can I use this somewhere in this process to...

Hi all, I'm about a week and a half into secondary for a DIPA. All activity went from minimal to zero, so I opened it up to take a hydrometer reading. Reading was what I expected (done), it looked and smelled fine, but there was this lumpy brown/yellowish clumpy stuff on top. It looked like...

I have a little over 5 gals of a 1.090 DIPA in a carboy doing it's thing. Many things about this batch are unusual to me, and I'd like to learn about the process more so that I am more knowledgeable for future batches. These questions aren't worries, just inquiries. I was expecting 1.080 via...

A thermometer broke. It was the kind with the black beads at the bottom. Seemed empty or vacuuous on the inside. The part containing the black beads broke and I lost a majority of the beads while seeping before the boil. The inner section that resembles an actual thermometer is intact...

I made my first 2L yeast starter with WLP001 and DME up to 1.040. About 40 hours later, it looks like the picture below. There was a time when swirling it made it foam with what seemed like carbonation, but I never saw the constant foam I'm used to during a primary fermentation. It's clearer...

Hi all, I'll be starting an IIPA this weekend with an estimated OG of 1.080-1.086 depending on the forumlae used. I'll be pitching with WLP001/Wyeast1056 or similar. Should I go with a starter? Or just pitch two vials? I read the latter can give you a larger cell count than a starter (and is...

Hi all, I have 8 gallons of "Purified water" left over from camping. Unopened, kept out of the sun, but they were kept in a hot tent. The bottles don't explain what "Purified" means. My instinct would be to just buy new water, but I wanted to check first in case these would actually be ok for...