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I'm planning a brew stand build, and as part of that, I'm installing a water supply manifold for two purposes - one is to add a convenient spigot for filling my HLT, and the other is to supply water and drain wastewater from my chiller. Basically, the water manifold is for hose management more...

I've had occasion to purchase products from Bargain Fittings on two occasions, and I'd like to report my complete satisfaction with how they conduct business. On my most recent order, they shipped USPS the same day as the order was placed (Thursday), and it was at my door Saturday, or rather...

This is a little long, but bear with me please. I want to put together an all-grain system essentially from the ground up, but have some special considerations. My progress as a home brewer is probably similar to most people - started with basic extract kits and partial boils, and eventually...

Some questions for all-grain brewers that crush thier own. The TL;DR part is at the beginning, and the question is at the end. Skip to the end if it's TL;DR for you. :D I have the good fortune to have a conveniently located LHBS that carries a good variety of gains at reasonable prices...

Looking for some advice from experienced brewers. I'm able to do some upgrades for my brew setup, and as part of that effort, I'm going to be adding a plate chiller and wort pump. I'll either be using my current 9 gallon kettle, but I'm seriously considering upgrading to a keggle for boiling...

Just finished up a 48qt cooler MLT. It's not really any different from any other MLT bulkhead installation, but I thought I'd post my exact parts list for someone wanting to do a conversion with this particular cooler. I started with a 48 quart Igloo Marine rectangular cooler. Parts list...

I'm in the process of planning my conversion of a 36 quart stockpot into a brew kettle. Initially, I'm going to be using it for a BIAB process but don't want to set it up in such a way that I'd be married to that process. The kettle is a 36 quart Bayou Classic stainless steel pot, I'm adding...

So here I am, racking off a finished mild ale into a keg when I look over at the kitchen counter and see two lonely gallons of apple juice on the counter. I think to myself "You know what would taste good right now? HARD CIDER!". Alas, I have none in the house, and my batch of Apfelwein is...

I've been brewing with extract + specialty grains for many years, and want to make the jump to all-grain - or at least to mostly-grain partial mash if the equipment I have is going to be a limiting factor. After reading up on the various processes, particularly DeathBrewer's Easy Partial Mash...

So I've been brewing for quite a few years, and to this point have always used dry or liquid yeast from the LHBS. While dry yeast is fairly economical, liquid yeast is not, and it's what I would prefer to use. In the past, I didn't have the ability to store yeast between batches, but I think...

I'm new to kegging but not brewing. I've got an ale in the primary that's at FG and has been stable since Saturday. Ordinarily, I'd leave it in the primary for a couple more weeks for conditioning and then keg / bottle. However, right now I've got empty kegs, no free fermenters and have a...

I'm wanting to do a robust porter similar to Black Butte Porter. Here's my first crack at it - 5lb 12oz light LME 12oz chocolate malt 12oz cara-pils malt 8oz crystal 80L malt 0.75 oz Galena @ 90 min 1.00 oz Cascade @ 30 min 1.00 oz Tettnang @ 5 min 1 whirlfloc tablet @ 15 min...

I'm getting back into home brewing after a ~10 year hiatus, and introducing my younger brother to home brewing at the same time. I'm looking for some easy, tasty novice recipe suggestions. We're interested in making English-style brown/mild ale, brown porter, and/or a pale (not so heavily...

Hi all, new to HBT but not to brewing. I was a novice-intermediate home brewing back before my son was born ten years ago, Sadly, all of my equipment found new homes. I've decided to get back into brewing and since I'm starting fresh - I'm going to learn from my past experience and do it...