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Just finished brewing a pumpkin ale and am about to pitch yeast. OG is 1.088 and it was mashed at 154. I want to use the s-04 and beersmith has an estimated finish of 1.019. Is that too high for 9.2% ABV pumpkin ale?

Are saisons brewed with regular yeast, or do they have buggies in them too. Been searching the google and have not come up with a concise answer.

Had my freezer delivered yesterday and hooked up a ranco dual stage temp controller. I decided to use a Thermowell and my first use was crash cooling a Belgian wit. Set the controller to 34f with a 2* swing. I'm getting icing on the top layer of beer. I'm guessing because that is reaching...

5 gallonish batch.. he sent this to me wanting to brew it. I think it is way too much carapils and crystal. He obviously wants a higher gravity beer but I'm thinking to dump some of the carapils and crystal and use some dextrose. Thoughts?! IPA 10 LB of 2 row 2 LB of Crystal 60L 1.5 LB of...

Stumbled upon this website. Looks like they sell shares of the brewery on a years basis in exchange for "free" beer. Is this legal!?! http://www.burlingtonbeercompany.com/brewers-dozen

I have my kegerator set between 40-42F. My hefeweizen is set at 20 PSI and my 3/16" line is 17' long. I do not run a tower and my Perlick 575SS is right through the bulkhead. Foam....... unless I pour into a cold glass. My other beers are set @ 14 PSI and are 10' long and I have no issues with...

Let's say that one put an entire auto syphon worth of air into a keg that is half full with beer. What is the damage. Syphon got clogged and when I attempted to restart it I didn't realize my tubing was at the bottom of the keg. :-(

So I brewed a Pliny clone and am done the first round of dry hopping. Took a peek this morning to see how it's coming along and I see some floaters that weren't there after the transfer to secondary. Is this from the bag? I dipped the whole bag in star san before throwing it in there. Also with...

Wanted to design my Hefeweizen for a while now. Came up with this and just kegged it today. Will be force carbonating it tomorrow and will post a pic. Hydro tasted awesome! Recipe: Mill Race Hefeweizen Brewer: Ed O'Brien Asst Brewer: Style: Weizen/Weissbier TYPE: All Grain Taste...

If you create a recipe and go the "vols" tab, then adjust the "trub loss" under "boil and fermentation" the program adjusts the water volume going in, but not the OG of the pre boil wort. In other words for a normal recipe if it says that your pre boil OG (7.9 Gals) is 1.045... if you were to...

Just did a Pliny clone. I always hit 73% efficiency but my this time my preboil gravity was 6 points or so short. This batch has dextrose added into the boil. My post boil gravity was only missed by 1 point. All gravities were temperature corrected and my post boil volume was spot on. Is the...

Will these settle out. Never had it this bad.

Literally just had three of these delivered to me today. One is damaged and they are sending me a replacement which should be here on Tuesday. Well I have three door mounted taps that are too close together for these taps. In addition, because the taps are so long I cannot use the creamer...

but cant figure out how much oak chips to add. Thinking about 1.5 oz of american oak soaked in whiskey. Too much? Too Little? Original gravity is estimated at 1.039 and IBUs at 12. How about no whiskey, how to sterilize?

Hoping someone could tell me what size chest freezer I would need to hold two 6.5 gallon carboys plus a blow off bucket n the hump.

I really only want one or the other. I don't have space for both. Which should I do???

It's listed as a Kenmore Beer Cooler. Do you think I can fit two cornys in there?

So yesterday we brewed two beers. An IPA and a robust porter. IPA went with out a hitch. The robust porter had major foam after the transfer to the carboy. I went to pour my hydrated Nottingham yeast into the carboy but I almost came up the top of the neck. I grabbed a spray bottle of Star San...

Just got this mill about week ago. Set the gap to .037 and was milling my first grain bill when the thing started giving me problems. I had to completely disassemble the unit to get it working again. It appears that grain is getting stuck between the non drive roller and the frame, causing the...

I just got home from the lhbs to pick up some DME for a starter. I thought I grabbed light DME. Got home and it turned out I bought sparkling amber. Is this ok to use, regardless of what I'm brewing?