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I added about an ounce of pellets to around 1.3 gal of fermented wort and this happened. There was very little head space when I added the hops. It was up to around the handle someplace. It foamed like this for around five minutes or so and then died back down. The fermentation ended about a...

I'm putting together a recipe for an American black ale which I would like to enter into a Polish homebrewing competition. I don't want it to be too extreme since this is a brand new style for them this year. http://en.festiwal-birofilia.pl/the-categories-of-the-home-brew-competition-2014.html...

I'm thinking about buying this guy for use as a fermentation chamber. I'd much rather have a normal fridge or freezer, but I've had a hard time finding one with the right inside dimensions. I'm wondering if anyone has any input on the energy efficiency of these kinds of fridges. Do I need to...

Hey, I'm looking for some feedback on a barleywine recipe I'm putting together. I'm especially interested in what you all think of dosages of the later hop additions. Batch Size: 40L/10.5 gal (but I imagine that a lot more will be boiled off in the end) OG: 1.110 IBU: 104 Mash at 67C Ferment...

I'm looking to make a barleywine similar to Blithering idiot from Weyerbacher. I know that it isn't everyone's favorite barleywine, but it's something that I find to be nice. I'm especially interested in creating a barleywine with 'muscular flavors of black cherry, orange, dark rum-soaked dates...

So, I've been having problems with beersmith and my cheap-o ebay refractometer. When I do a distilled water test, it reads as 2brix. I can adjust that up to a higher number, but I can't adjust it down. The screw just won't go any tighter. The lowest I can get it to read is 2. In beersmith, it...

I'm doing water additions for the first time, and I would like it if someone would check my work for me and give me some input. Here in Vienna, the water report is fairly vague and it expresses the contents in ranges like this: pH: 7.5 to 8.3 Total Hardness: 6-11 (German Hardness Degree)...

I'll have a lot of open hops left over after a brew I'm doing next week, and I plan to use them in another brew the next day. Will the hops be significantly oxidized if they're not vacuum sealed for 24 hours? I've read that cascade takes on a grapefruit flavor if it's left out over night, but...

Hey, I'm looking for some input on an IPA recipe that I'm putting together. I'm wondering if I'm using a bit too large of portions in those later additions. I have only these hops on hand, so please do not suggest any substitutions. I'm mostly wondering about the portions and timings. For...

I have about 2.5oz of Nelson Sauvin pellet hops that have been sitting in my freezer for about 6 months in an unsealed bag. Are they still usable for anything. I imagine that they have lost a lot of AA, but what do you think has happened to the aromatics? Could I use them for dry hopping an IPA...

Do any of you have any experience with the Brewferm malts out of Belgium? I'm curious what people think of them and how they stack up against the other options. They list their malts using EBC instead of SRM, and I've seen a lot of ways to convert those two units, but I'm curious if the...

I've been getting some weird readings from my rex c100s. I'll set the 'set value' to 66, it will heat the water up to that level and then the 'present value' display will read as if it is holding a steady temp at 66. Afterwards I'll raise the set value to 75, and instantly the present value...

Help me build a recipe. I'd like to do a Nelson Sauvin IPA, but I have limited access to malts. There is only one home brew shop in Vienna, and it's more of a bottle store than anything. At this point I'd rather just go with what he has than to order things online and pay for the shipping...

Ok, this is my first fermentation ever. I need to help figuring out what all I should use. I have: 15L (4 gal) Carboy 16L (4.2 gal)Apple Juice 2 pounds of American dark brown sugar 1 kilo (2.2 pounds) Cane Sugar 4X 5g packets of Champagne yeast 4x 5g packets of Steinberg yeast I'm thinking...

So, I want to brew a big American double stout like a Bells, Speedway, or Yetti and I'm playing around with ideas for my recipe. I want something malty, full bodied, and with a high gravity. Locally I can buy: Pils Pale Ale Munich Vienna Flaked Oats Carmel Malt Light (ebc?) Carmel Malt Dark...

Hey, All: I'm trying to put together a recipe for a big American style stout such as a Yetti, Bell's, or Founders but I'm having a hard time figuring out what ingredients to use. From what I gather, typical recipes use 2-row, chocolate, roasted barley, and black patent for the malts...

I'm in the midst of putting everything together and I'm having trouble deciding where to put the probe for my PID. With a design like the one in the pic should I put the probe in the thermoport mash tun, or in the pot that I'm using as a heat exchanger. (the pot will have hot water and a...

I'm putting together equipment for a HERMS brewery, but I don't have a boil kettle yet. So far I have an 18.5 gal (70L) mash tun and a 7.6 gal (29L) canning kettle that I plan to use for an HLT. How much wort do you think I will produce in a single run?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DC-12V-Electric-Centrifugal-Water-Pump-103-GPH-P-38I-/250722722210?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a603d21a2 Does anyone have any experience with this 12v pump?

Hey, I'm buying equipment for the first time and I'm wondering if you guys could take a look at something for me. Alte Schnaps oder Gährflasche mit Gestell, günstig kaufen und gratis inserieren auf willhaben.at! I found this used carboy online. It seems to be five gallons. Can you think of...