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I brewed a batch of Pliny the Younger last month, and its been kegged for about two weeks now, sitting at 25psi. Now, I've talked with a couple of local home brew shops, who both agree that the idea I had would work (one of them even said he uses a similar setup for the same purpose)...

Got a friend of mine looking to try mead for the first time, and is seeking advice on a relatively inexpensive mead that is readily available, represents the style, and is highly suggested. We live in the New England area, if location is a factor as well. :ban:

Hopefully this is the correct forum for this question (apologies if not), but I've just been told that I can take a broken hot plate home to try and fix it for brewing, since it would be tossed in the dumpster otherwise. The maintenance guy here where I work seems to think the thermostat switch...

To put it simply, I'm looking to upgrade my burner, as well as to acquire a chiller and pump. I'll explain specifically below: Burner: Right now, I have a 35k burner that I use, installed on a custom framework, that used to work perfectly with 2-3 gallon batches. However, I've migrated...

So I recently posted a thread regarding my search for a Mexican Cake clone recipe, and was fruitless. Seems as though nobody has a decently close one. So I emailed the brewery itself, and much to my surprise, got a response. The result of that conversation is pasted below. Obviously they...

As the title suggests, I'm seeking out a Mexican Cake clone. As it stands, I've searched Google as well as this forum, only to have come up with just about nothing. The search result for the forum included numerous threads with titles not referring to Mexican Cake, so I'd have to skim through...

I'm probably going to change this into more of a general question thread at some point, but for now, my only issue is with heating elements. At any rate... I'm looking through the setup here at http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/ and I notice that they suggest 240v elements. I've looked up...

**Edit: I neglected to mention that the place I purchased the ingredients from had run out of crystal and munich 20 malts, and had suggested that I use 10's instead. Just to clarify** So, using BeerSmith, I finally made my own recipe for a DIPA, only for the final product to be rather...

So about a week and a half ago, I tried to take the FG reading of a DIPA that I'm brewing, and acquired a 13.5% brix reading using my refractometer after three weeks of fermentation. Now, the batch is a bit cloudy, so what I'm hoping is that the sediment in the wort is throwing off my reading...

I just brewed a 1-gal batch (small batch until I know my recipe isn't a waste of ingredients) of an imperial IPA on Saturday, and had pitched an entire packet of safale-05 yeast at about 5:00pm. It was pitched dry, as I've never had an issue with fermentation this way. The starting gravity was...

Not sure if this is already well known, but it seems like a very low price compared to what I've seen in the past. 10-Gallon Water Cooler Orange Jug-FG1610HDORAN at The Home Depot

So I've had an IPA in the secondary for roughly 2 months, and figured for sure it would be down around 1.015 +/- FG. Would 1.020 be safe to bottle?

So in my college algebra class, we have been charged with a "mini project" based on the use of some form of algebra in the real world. I figure why not home brewing? I'm currently sifting through the "How to Brew" book in search of an equation to use, but thought I would field ideas from here...

So I toured a local brewery just recently, and because I've had issues with my growlers keeping carbonation, I asked the tour guide after the tour how they fill growlers. I guess I did everything right by running a line to the bottom of the growler and capping on foam, but another thing he...

So I've been mulling over a problem that I've been having for a few weeks now. At first I thought my beer was simply overcarbonated, but that turned out not to be the case. At any rate, my problem is this; when I serve from one of my kegs, the beer comes through the line as expected, but with...

Yes I know that so far I've done not much else besides post questions here, and offered very little insight (although I'm pretty sure you wouldn't *want* mine yet :o ) but here I am again, as part of my grand learning process, asking yet another question. Hang in there with me! Anyways...

So I've researched a little bit on the subject, as I was running only a foot of line and getting (as you would imagine) a cup full of foam when serving from my kegs. I've since gotten 3/16" ID lines and have just hooked up a 10' section to my pale ale keg currently set at 13psi. I'm still...

So I have a brown ale kegged, and its been carbonating for roughly 5 days now. To match the desired volume, I have it set at 9 PSI (CO2 tank at room temp, beer at 35 degrees F) and now that day 5 has been reached (day 6 tomorrow), I've had a few cups of brew, which mind you, turned out...

So I've done my research on the pros and cons of either system, and I must say that I'm still at a loss as to which would be best for this. First off, neither system seems to have "filling growlers" under its capabilities list, although I assume thats because filling growlers is a touchy area...

So I decided that after 3 weeks in the fermenter, that today would be a good day to take my hydrometer reading and if it matched up, keg my brown ale. Now before I decided to do this, I thought a thorough cleaning of my kegs would be in order as well. I cleaned them inside and out, and now it...