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I know I am just setting a thread up for innuendos but a few answers would be nice as well. I have a march pump and a therminator. I normally recirc for 10- 15 minutes left in the boil then turn on the water and begin chill. The setup is Boil kettle> Therminator> Pump> Boil Kettle. This has...

I am thinking of getting a Blichmann Autosparge. I am using a March pump with Silicone hosesfrom Austin Home Brew. I understand that the silicone hoses can't hold up to much forward pressure on the lines. Will having the pump running while waiting for the Autosparge to open and release sparge...

I have a couple white labs tubes that I would like to store some yeast in. Is it possible to autoclave the tubes or is that a meltdown waiting to happen

I have been trying to find that website with the no barb fittings logo. I know everyone has seen this website. Anyway this is driving me knuts. Can you post the link to this if you know it? Thanks!

I am taking my German lager off the yeast tommorow. I've run out of ideas for what to brew on my 830 cake. I would like to get a little more use out of this yeast. I have pleanty of pils 5# viena 2 row crystal 10 and 60 a bunch of other specalties. No munich though Any Ideas?

I just got Beertools pro and I am a little lost in setting up the vessel and the heat source. I am sure that I haven't figured out that there are many more thing that I am clueless of. So,the questions is... Is there a database of common setups that I can use to derive the figures to setup my...

I brewed a english brown ale from the BYO mag yesterday. Now I am second guessing it. The recipe was 7.75# Pale malt 2# Crystal 75 1/4# english chocolate mashed @154-156 I used .66 Fuggles @ FWA .66 Fuggles @ 30 .25 Fuggles @ 12 Oxygenated and Pitched US 05 Question is did I screw...

I have a backyard burner (turkey fryer) style that I am using for my keggle. It seems to heat just fine but I can't seem to get away from yellow or orange flames. I see that they are worst at lower flame levels like after I reach a boil. I have tried adjusting the air damper on the burner to no...

I am going to brew a lager tomorrow. Has anyone used the S-23 without a starter. I was thinking since it is a dry yeast it may do alright. I don't really have the time to make a starter at the moment and have it propigated by morning. If it is not a good idea maybe I will just do a house pale...

Ok, I have gotten setup to brew in the garage and that seems like it should work out well. I have one issue of concern... I don't have a faucet in the garage and I don't dare turn on the house (outside) water in these freezing temps. What do you garage brewers use for water in the cold? I am...

Does anyone know what is the proper ratio of rice hulls that should be used. I was told that throwing in a few hand fulls would help. As far as I can tell it is not too exacting but I think that 1 lb per 10 lbs grain is excessive. 1 lb seems quite large. I am not mashing wheat, just pale malt...

I ordered a Barley Crusher yesterday. They have not yet sent me a confermation of shipping. They sent me an order confirmation that said they would send me a mail with the shipment tracking number. I am kind of concerned because I expected to get an shipment confirmation by this point. I sent...

I have made two batches very similar to each other and I get an interesting flavor that I don't care for as much as I thought I would. I have sanitized thoroughly. The two batches taste almost identical. They both are pretty full bodied but end with a very alcohol flavor. I am wondering if I...

I have a light english pale ale that has an odd head. It starts with a big bold head when poured from the bottle but when the head dies a little it seems to coagulate. I am used to the head evenly covering the top of the beer and this one seems to form islands of head. It does not taste like an...

I finished my scottish ale this afternoon and forgot to add the Whirlfloc tablet to the boil. The yeast is now pitched into the wort (without whirlfloc)and waiting to begin fermenting. I am using the Wyeast Scottish ale yeast and fermenting @ 62 degrees. FYI- it was a full boil ending in 5 gal...

I am new to Lagering. I want to try to use a corni "Ball Lock" keg to do the lagering/conditioning. I understand that this is best done with a "Spunding Valve" to relieve pressure. I have not found detailed instructions on how to make this. All I have found is the BYO sketched out discription...