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Help me talk myself out of dumping this brew down the drain... I brewed Founders Breakfast Stout extract version (I've done the all grain version with success in the past) and it only fermented for 4 days or so before stopping. I didn't just go off the airlock - I checked with the refracto and...

SWMBO took a job out here so we landed in Winchester a couple months ago. So far I hate it here, seriously. But am trying to make an effort to adjust, meet people, try to sort out a few decent folks out of all the ******** in this part of the country. I thought it might be a good idea to meet...

Just moved to "Winchesta" from the west coast. Before I left I kegged my last brew and put it on gas in the moving truck and drove 3K miles - called it the cost-to-coast IPA. When I pulled into Boston and plugged in the kegerator - t'was flat - no gas (wasn't much in there when we left, guess...

Pot goes from 1.2 ohms - 4.95k ohms. This is very close to the performance of the pot in my working stir plate. Wall wort output is 5.10v. Input side of regulator shows 5.10v Output shows 1.254vdc when pot closed, only 3.51vdc when is pot open but this is with the fan connected. If I need to...

Well I did add the nibs from flamout until racking to primary as called for in the recipe. I have been munching on them here and there and nibs are pretty damn bitter, they might add some chocolate aroma, but I have a feeling (could be way off) that it's the semi-sweet baking chocolate bars that...

I brewed this yesterday and everything went fine with one exception. I added a 2oz bittersweet chocolate bar and stirred at flameout thinking the heat and stirring would've dissolved it, but to my dismay by the time it was racked to primary there was a coating of speckled chocolate on the walls...

Hi Guys, I have built 2 stir plates using this schematic. The first stir plate worked perfect. I couldn't be happier. The second stir plate works but the potentiometer basically is off when turned down and if you turn it a little bit the fan goes from off to full speed. I read and re-read...

Hi guys, trying to figure out which style this beer more closely aligns with: Northern English Brown Ale or American Brown Ale. Based on the OG I am leaning more towards American but in other ways it seems like American Brown... any input? From BJCP style guidelines:

Do you think another 1.6L step-up will bring me to the neighborhood of 313 billion cells?

Hi HBT, I bought a vial of WLP001 Cal Ale yeast last fall and have kept it in the dark fridge ever since. I think it's "best before date" is Jan 02, 2014, making the production date Sept 02, 2013. I am making an Imperial Stout this weekend that calls for that strain but am debating as to...

I built a kegerator this past summer and went with a passive cooling setup that I adapted from one I saw here on HBT and am very happy with it. No humming, loss of space or power consumption from a fan. Just good old copper piping and my first pour is always cold and delicious... Here are the...

Hi gang, I need some help and have looked around but am not coming up with an answer. I have done Extract and then BIAB for the last few years but just got myself a 10gal cooler mash tun with false bottom for my AG brewing as I was limited to my 7gal boil kettle when mashing BIAB. So now...

Sorry for the late update. 1 month after the above process I cracked a bottle and it was mildly carbonated. and after the 2nd month it was perfect. If you have the time to wait for the bottles to carb up this is a great option for flat beer, if you don't have the time I suggest you keg...

hoping to avoid the warm/foamy first pint problem some have reported in other threads by running the tower portion of the beer lines through 1/2" copper that's extended well into the fridge. Didn't want straight copper pipes coming through the roof to impede movement of my CO2 tank. Hopefully...

wanted the copper out of the way of my co2 tank.

Thank you. If you are going to do it keep in mind that it's pretty tight in the original thermostat housing and you'll want to use a dremel to make room (the channels for at least 2 of the 3 screws will need to be ground down). I should mention that for wiring I just used the 3 wires that...

CO2 tank & temp controller installed.

Hi HBT, I have access to a couple of very productive fig trees at the moment and cannot eat the fresh figs fast enough. As a result I am getting a steady flow of fresh figs that are beginning to ferment on their own. Rather than throw them in the compost I was hoping someone here might have...

I have the same problem and have some Lalvin D47 in the fridge from 11/12 (I'll check to make sure it's not expired) do you think this would work as good as the EC1118? I checked the d47's datasheet and it says it's good to 14%... just don't know if it ill have even close to that sparkling...

If you don't mind waiting there's always this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/All-Purpose-Temperature-Controller-STC-1000-Thermostat-Aquarium-sensor-220V-110V-/230974320689?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item35c7247031 or this if you prefer Fahrenheit...