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I am hoping to be able to work in the brewing industry when I finish college. I am currently planning to minor in chemistry and major in industrial engineering. My hope is that this degree will allow me to qualify for many possible positions in operations and management. But I got to thinking...

I’ve read that breweries sometimes use something that I guess is like a tankless water heater to instantly heat strike and sparge water. I even know that a couple of the Psycho Brew systems are designed with the use of their kind of water heaters in mind. My question is, are they using a piece...

Ive never done a SMASH or a hopburst so i wanted to check and see if anyone sees any glaring errors with the recipe and also wanted to see if anyone had a good yeast suggestions. Thanks in advance guys! V/NB Smash Batch size: 5.5 gal Boil volume: 7.5 gal OG: 1.048 FG: 1.012 Bitterness...

Can I cut the "pins" off of a pin lock corny keg? As farr as I can tell the only thing thay are good for is making it a PITA to get the post off. Sorry if this is a dumb question but I didn't want to ruin the post.

I did my first all grain this weekend with some friends on a new brew system this last Sunday. We had a couple problem during the brew. First problem we had was that we boiled off way to much water and had to add 2.5 gallons of distilled water after the boil but prior to that we had used spring...

I just got my eBay temp controller in and I have a couple if concerns. It doesn't say "STC-100" on the front, and the instructions say it uses a 220VAC power supply. Did buy the wrong one? :/

I ordered one of the EBay temperature controller units to convert an extra refrigerator in to a fermentation chamber. Well it’s been 16 days and still on controller. I’m brewing my first batch this Sunday and it’s looking more and more like I’m going need a backup plan to keep my fermenting wort...

In an attempt to use CPVC instead of stainless bulkheads and valves I drilled a hole that's close to an inch in diameter in to BOTH of my brand new aluminum pots. I guess this is my first true lesson in home brewing. I'm going to buy the stainless equipment now but is there any simple and cheap...

This is my first thread so please forgive me if I make any simple mistakes. Im putting together my first brewing system with some friends and we have almost everything pit together except the wort chiller. The problem I have is that I'm on the gulf coast and our tap water here isn't going to...