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Is it possible to have a negative effect on fermentation because a blow off tube is too small? I just had two cases of stuck ferm (Porter, Rye PA), 1064 and 1069 OG, after 7 days of temp controlled fermentation with a ramp up - 4 days at 65-66, ramped to 70 over next 3 days. Took a sample...

15 Gallon Brew pot with Thermometer and ball valve - More Beer version with lid - $180 10 Gallon Igloo Mash tun with false bottom and ball valve- $90 Copper Immersion Chiller 50' 1/2" - $90 These are all about 30-40% less than what these can be bought for today, all in good condition.

So I kegged my last two batches for the first time, and I was using a 4-way manifold to distribute it to the kegs off my 20#tank. I dd not know it at the time, but my ipa was drained to about 2 beers and I forgot to keep checking the checking the gas psi, and about a week later it was off the...

Where/How does everyone dispose of their grains? I'm having issues so far getting rid of them, and I don't seem to have an answer for this yet...

Has anyone fermented a hefe with WLP 300 at 62f? I brewed this recipe before I ha temperature control, and am used to this yeast basically exploding once it gets going. This time I had a faster start than anytime before because of better preparation (proper calcium levels, o2 aeration) however...

I am trying to dive into Brewing Water as a whole, but its a large subject and I have a brewday I can't pass up on Saturday. I was hoping I could get a quick look over my shoulder for the adjustments I'm planning on making this weekend. I have a PH meter so I will be able to take some...

Hello, I just wanted to post and see if my thinking is along the right lines - I Started brewing this season and have 5 Batches under my belt - None of these turned out what I would consider really good beers, though all have been drinkable and other people liked them far more than I did (I tend...

Ok so I have an issue, after tasting my last two batches as I bottled them, I found that they each had a "soapy" taste. Both were Beirmuncher recipes so you can easily find the recipes here: Outer Limits IPA - (replaced all non-centennial with cascade) Cenntenial Blonde The Outer...

Is there a good cap somewhere for a blowoff tube for a better bottle? I asked More beer and my LHBS and neither had a decent solution for that.

So this morning I left for work, and wont return until Sunday afternoon, and I am finishing up fermenting a porter and IPA I brewed in the last two weeks. The IPA in particular was brewed sunday. I had slowly ramped up the temps after fermentation slowed down and the beer was starting to...

I have a dual stage temp controller with a fridge hooked up to it at the normal plug, I was about to cold crash a couple carboys full of beer when I realized that the fridge still has an internal controller...how cold is the coldest setting on a fridge normally? How can I override that controller?

Well I had my first brew session of the year yesterday, and ran into some trouble during the boil... After about 30 min, I ran out of propane. Which was no big deal because I keep two tanks on hand for just that reason. But when I picked it up it was clearly not full either, so I fired it up...

So I bought a dual stage temperature Controller that was not wired and I didn't quite understand what I was getting into. I'm not very experienced in wiring electrical devices, it seems fairly simple but an experienced hand would be much appreciated. It's a Ranco dual stage.

When trying to build in your evaporation rate to your recipes, would boiling water for 60 and 90 minutes and measuring evaporation rate be close to what your evaporation rate will be when you have wort boiling, or will it be appreciably different?

I have a immersion chiller, and I will be adding the pieces to whirlpool as well, however my problem is with ice. The three batches I've done so far have taken me $15+ in ice and upwards of an hour to chill the wort,and even then I still can't get it into the 60's. Ideally I don't want to spend...

So I am brewing a big batch of Hefeweizen today, and I just realized I didn't get enough hallertau hops. I needed 2 oz not 1. I have cascade, saaz, and northern brewer hops in the freezer, can any of these be substituted for the 1 ounce of hallertau I am missing?

I brewed a Dunkelweizen on Saturday (first batch for me), and fermentation really took off overnight yesterday, when I woke up, my Ale pail looks much like the carboy in the "explosive fermentation" thread in this forum, only my airlock did not come off. My Dumb question: To what level do...

Ok so brew day is finally here, and I am brewing my first beer, weather permitting....I am brewing a dunkleweizen . I have all new equipment, any last minute advice? One thing I was wondering was how I should clean the equip prior to starting, just a quick rinse or thorough clean? This is an...

I've seen the strips that people put on glass carboys for fermentation temp readings, but what do people use when they use plastic buckets? How accurate would that same strip be? Or what other ways do people do that? Also can ferm wrap be used on a plastic bucket?

I just found my water report online and comparatively speaking, it seems rather incomplete. Link in case anyone wants to see specifically what I mean: http://www.aacounty.org/DPW/Resources/WaterQuality2009.pdf No, Calcium, no Magnesium, not Chloride, no PH (I have a meter anyways...