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I dry fired my HLT element on my last brew day when cleaning. My long term goal is to replace my keggles with nicer kettles that will probably have TC ports. I want to go ahead and order a nicer element, but I have a 1” NPT threaded fitting in my keggle. Does anyone know if they made a male...

Any suggestions? I’m leaning toward the Hoppy Pale Ale.

Going to be brewing an Oktoberfest, with help from another post I came up with a mash and really want to drive the FG down for the nice clean easy drinking lager style. I have only done single infusion batch sparge with system. My system is a 3V with the mash tun as a 10 gallon cooler. It has...

Took 5 years off due to a move and having 2 kids. Finally built my garage and dedicated a space for brewing. Got my brewery set back up and did a NB Kama Citra AG kit. It was like riding a bike, no issues. Just kegged it with gelatin, will pull a pint in a day or so. The problem I’ve...

Finally brewed again. We ended up moving and lost all my brewing space. Finally built a garage and got everything set back up with some improvements. Man has this place slowed down.

In the past I have filled my sink up with warm PBW solution and used a small submersible pond pump to recirculate the solution through the CFC. Then Ill do the same with water to rinse out the chiller then gravity feed some starsan in. I never really had an issue with this just took some...

So been hitting up CL for about 2 months and finally just gave up and bought a POS beat up chest freezer for 50$. Works great, just really ugly. I wanted to just go the route of paint black then put a collar on and call it a day. Well with it being so ugly I decided to cover it. Made a base...

Ive seen where some people have had issues getting their elements to thread into the 1" NPT spuds. I bought 2 types of camco elements and they both do not even come close to wanting to thread into the spuds. I'm reaching out to see if I can get some model #'s for the elements that people...

I have a work bench that has an MDF board top that I'm using as my brewstand. Does anyone have experience with using a sealer that will take the high temperature of a kettle on top? If I remember all poly sealers I have used for wood will get tacky when something hot sits on it. Need...

Anyone listen to this episode of The Sunday Session a few weeks ago? I was very interested in the discussion about the book he wrote about this history of IPA's and the "huge myth" that IPA's originally were hopped a lot to avoid spoiling on the long journey to India. I was pretty surprised...

Hoptober has been one of my favorites since its release in 09. I know some love it and some hate it but I really loved it. So at the store I saw Red Hoptober and grabbed at 12pack of it. Man, this stuff is GREAT, who's had it yet and whats your opinion?

Last year I did a great Pumpkin Beer, but I used an immersion chiller. I choose to boil the pumpkin instead of mashing. I would like to go this route again due to it turned out great last year and just looking for the same. Well my setup has drastically changed, and now I use a side pick up...

8.5LB Pale Malt 2Row 1.75LB Vienna Malt .75LB Crystal 60L .5LB Carapils .5OZ Columbus 60min .5OZ Centennial 15min .5OZ Cascade 15min Irish Moss 15min .5OZ Centennial 5min .5OZ Cascade 5min Dry Hop 5-7 Days with .5OZ Columbus and 1OZ Cascade Mashed 152 for...

So Ive done quite a few AG sessions and have never needed a mash paddle. Well tomorrow I'm doing my first decoction session. Decided I need a paddle and couldn't find one at the last minute so I purchased some poplar and went to town. Its a little big but works great. So any tips with...

7lb Munich 55% 5lb Pilsner 39% .5lb Melanoiden Malt 4% .25lb Carafa II 2% 1oz 60min FWH Hallertauer Mittelfrueh 1oz 30min Hallertauer Mittelfrueh OG 1068 FG 1017 SRM 17.8 IBU 25 Mash at 156 Yeast WYeast 2124, 2206, 2308 So how does it look, and of those 3 yeast what would you recommend?

When you hear "1 Liter Of Starter", what exactly is the volume? Will this be 1 liter of 1040 wort and then pitch? Let yeast settle then decant and pitch? I use a stir plate and 90% of the time a 1 liter starter is around 220billion cells and is sufficient for most stuff I brew around 1060...

So I did a pumpkin ale, and its going to condition for a few more weeks to let the ginger settle out. I'm wondering what everyone's opinions are about what beers you like for the fall. I'm looking to do another one soon, maybe tomorrow.

Ok, I posted my first recipe, but after dusting off the old How To Brew book I kinda changed my mind a little. I just want a few opinions since I cannot find a good blueberry ale recipe. This is for my wife, shes been bugging me about brewing her something and since shes out of town I thought...

Ive promised my wife I would make her a beer that she would like. She likes sweetwater blue, but I cannot seem to find a good clone. She doesn't like wheat beer, so the blueberry ale works out well. This is the recipe Ive come up with and just looking for some opinions on it before I brew it...

All Centennial IPA 2.5G Batch 4.5 lbs Pale Malt 2-row(us) 1lb vienna Malt .25 (4oz) Cara-Pils .25 (4oz) Caramel/Crystal 20L .5oz centennial 60 min .5oz centennial 15 min .5oz centennial 5 min .5oz centennial 1 min 1/2tsp Irish Moss Dry Hop 5 days 1oz centennial yeast...