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Been planning for a year or so and finally found a weekend during which to get this done. My requirements were: 4 kegs/taps for serving Integrating my beer gun in an easy to use way so filling for contests doesn't seem so onerous Room for a fermenter (with all four kegs) for fermenting...

6 lbs 10 oz Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) 66.2 % 12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) 7.5 % 12.0 oz Wheat Malt, Dark (9.0 SRM) 7.5 % 8.0 oz Carafa II (412.0 SRM) 5.0 % 8.0 oz Carafa III (525.0 SRM) 5.0 % 6.0 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) 3.8 % 4.0 oz Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM)...

Did a partial mash for a bohemian pilsner about 45 days ago. Fermented at the bottom of the temp range and did an appropriate d rest. Dropped back to ferm temp for a week, then began lagering. All was going well. However life got in the way and I ended up pulling this out of the ferm chamber...

When you unplug your lagering freezer from the temp controller and take the probe out of the freezer to clean everything, I you forget to put the probe back in when you start everything back in, you will freeze your beer. Ask how I know. FML.

So I got a kegerator a few months back (Nostalgia electrics model) and replaced the regulator, hooked up a manifold so I could carb one keg and serve another (currently only a single tap tower) and have a reasonable sense after a few kegs being cycled through the process as to what's going on...

I have a bunch of hops in my freezer and some random leftover grains that need to get used...unfortunately not what I would typically use for an IPA, but here's what I am thinking to clean everything out...I think it will be different, but that doesn't mean good.... 7.5 lbs light DME 8 oz...

Last Xmas I started this hobby (extract) and haven't looked back since. I have brewed about 15 batches and, while not all have not been home runs, I haven't exactly stuck out yet. Here's what I have learned, in case it is helpful to anyone else just getting started... 1) Your beer is more...

As I was cooling my wort (brewed outside this am), I noticed the yellow jackets loved it - no surprise there. But, I fished three out of the wort...curious how big my risk is of infection/wild yeast due to this. My wife would frown on RDWHAHB at 11:30 am...

Found a stir plate/yeast starter set at Bells brewing store with a flask and dme under $65 with a lifetime guarantee.

Why do I always see that base malts "must" be mashed, but then see them included as grains for steeping in published recipes (BYO, etc.) or included in kits with specialty grains with instructions to steep at 155 with the spec. grains? What gives?

I started doing homework after my first extract w/grains lager brew (mistake 1)...and discovered that I underpitched my lager with 1 Wyeast 2206 Activator pkg (no starter - mistake 1B). I brewed this on Tusday and pitched at about 1 pm. After realizing that I underpitched (and that I had no...

I have an IIPA in secondary closing in on four weeks dryhopping with (if I remember correctly) 2 oz whole centennial. I am hoping to bottle this weekend before I go away, but may not get to it. Will another week or two hurt?

I just transferred my midwest java stout kit from primary to secondary. Added coffee and scrapings of 3 vanilla beans to it. Smelled and tasted great coming out of the primary, but had a problem with my autosiphon and couldn't get the last 3/4 of a gallon, so I have a lot of headspace in the...

So they have me scared to even breathe next to my stuff after its been sanatized....is this practice ok? Fill primary with sanitizer and put all stuff in Runn sanatizer thru racking equipment Empty and take stuff out 20 or 10 min before ready to use Place on paper towels on counter until...