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I'd like to stir up some discussion about the idea of reverse or bottom-up reciculation. This could also apply to fresh, hot sparge water flushing. In standard top-down reciculation we are inherently submitting ourselves to the risk of grain bed compaction and channelling. The water...

What would be the effects of doughing into cold water and gradually raising the temp (assuming constant stirring, ensuring no hot spots or scorching, blah blah). Lets say it takes 30 minutes to evenly heat the mash up to 150, then i leave it for 60 minutes. Alternatively, what if it takes...

So my pipeline needs a solid priming, so I figured while I'm brewing Orfy's Boddington Clone this past weekend I might as well just tack on a kit brew for an easy extra 5gal. So I bought a Cooper's lager kit and decided to get a bit creative. The kit calls for 1kg of dextrose, but I...

Sorry, i didn't really know how to search for this as I don't see a brand name. http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-hobbies-crafts-DRAFT-BEER-DISPENSERS-FOR-HOME-BREWERS-W0QQAdIdZ297494532 Is this thing suitable for conditioning/carbing my homebrew? I figure I can leave the beer in...

I've read many discussions on fining agents and fining methods, but I haven't quite found an answer to my question. Will my beer need fining to clear? I had a very vigorous boil (had to add a half gallon of water because I boiled down a lot) and my burner starts the boil pretty quickly. I...

I left some bottles in my cooler to soak overnight and neglected them for a week. Now the cooler has a brown/beige hard residue that a hot oxyclean soak and cloth scrub couldnt clean up. I want to use this cooler to mash, but not going to do it till this residue is gone. The bottles had the...

I have had a request from a British friend for a John Smith's Bitter clone. The internet is oddly un-helpful with this. I will try to go and find a pint of it so I can try it out (it has been like 8 years since I've had one). The best I can come up with is: UK 2-row (84%) Black malt (1%)...

So I'm going to be soldering together the components my ferm chamber controller this weekend and I thought of a way to scrap the whole thing and go even cheaper - this may be useful next summer when my ferm chamber is actually a keezer... Step 1 - dig a hole 4ft deep, carboy width Step 2 -...

i am trying to put together a recipe using BeerSmith. I know what I'm after, but I need to know what "Style" to choose so I can refine it within some sanity-checking parameters. I know what my base malt will be Canadian 2-row and I want a significant (not overwhelming, but not terribly...

I did a batch of Cream of Three Crops. I didn't use the original recipe because I wasn't doing 11g as BierMuncher did, I used 5gal and followed the suggested recipe of one of the posts in the thread. Target OG was 1.040, I got 1.048 or 1.052... I forget which (might have been 1.052 that I topped...

TL;DR version: Will cold crashing compact the trub? I did my first AG brew a few weeks ago. A chocolate oatmeal stout. I made plenty of mistakes, one of which was not separating the trub from the boil so it didn't enter the fermenter. It is a small batch in a 3gal carboy but there's a solid 4...

Hey all, I just finished brewing a batch of BierMuncher's Cream of Three Crops. Target OG is 1.040 with the original recipe. I scaled down based on some random post in the thread and used: 5.5lb Canadian 2-row pale malt 2.5lb flaked corn 1lb flaked rice (flaked? maybe I'm confused, it...

1. Mexican cerveza kit has stopped at 1.009, should ferm down to 1.006. I used a bit too much water and had to add dextrose to get up to the correct OG, so I'm thinking I would have an even smaller proportion of unfermentables so I should EASILY hit 1.006. Now, i've read all the "stuck...

http://www.tastybrew.com/newrcp/detail/737 I just ordered the ingredients for this. Wondering what opinions random internet dudes can give me on the recipe. 3gal batch.

I did use the search function and all I found was notes in people's sigs saying they've got it brewing. So... the recipe is bloody simple. How's the beer? Anybody want to chime in? This is directly from the Coopers website...

Hi all, I am starting my first beer brew in a few years. I brewed a half dozen batches in university with reasonable results and I've got a couple red wines going right now (also one white in the past). Here's my evil plan: Step 1 - win over SWMBO (see, i'm picking up on the lingo) Step...