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I got a can of vintners harvest elderberry purée. I plan on using it for a secondary fruit fermentation in a mixed culture sour. The only other time I’ve fruited a sour beer was with some apricot purée. That was a 49 oz can in a 5 gallon batch, which I think turned out pretty well. This...

Can anyone comment on how well or how poor wort with pellet hops will go through a Blichmann RipTide pump? I don’t put my boil hops in a bag or strainer, but I’m considering setting up a whirlpool for my immersion chiller. I run pretty wide (5/8” ID) tubing on either side of my pump. If I send...

Does anyone have any experience dry hopping with hop hash? I got a few 4 oz packs and used 2 of them in the boil on a 12 gallon batch. They were much more of a resinous blob than I had expected. I’m not sure how well it’ll break up and dissolve into solution on the cold side. Into the boil...

Currently, I have a single Blichmann burner affixed to a stand on casters. I’m looking to get a second Blichmann (and potentially a third later down the road). Based on the size of the rig I built, I’m wondering this: How far apart should two burners be positioned? Or maybe more to the point...

if hell exists, I’m sure it is an eternity of measuring DME from previously opened bags.

I'm curious if anyone has any thoughts or experience with a pitch rate for this recipe from Brewing Classic Styles. OG should clock in somewhere around 1.100+. FG should be around 1.037. From the Yeast book (both books co/written by JZ), he recommends a pitch rate for high gravity beers be 1.4...

I’m thinking about getting a large mesh basket for straining boil hops. Conceptualy, I’m not a fan of the typical hop strainer. Even the biggest of those seem a bit small for a heavily hopped IPA, and in any case, I’d prefer to let my hops have the full kettle to roll around in. I’d like to get...

I can’t seem to find an answer online, at least after a brief search. I usually use Wyeast yeast nutrient, but I got some BSG superfood at my last trip to the LHBS. As I’m looking into it, it seems like the BSG stuff is more specifically intended for winemaking. I know nothing about must, so I’m...

Any one use Gorilla Glue to affix the collar to the freezer? With my first keezer, I used some sort of caulking glue. I’m making a new one, and the hardware store guy recommended Gorilla Glue, based on the project I described.

Does anyone use a desiccant in their keezer? I used to have a small kegorator and a small keezer. The keezer always had big issues with condensation. I just got a big deep freeze that I’m going to turn. As I’m thinking through the build, I’m wondering if anyone has any suggestions for...

I dumped 14 gallons of beer today. But hey, at least I kegged 15 gallons.

From the title, this probably sounds like it should be posted in the equipment section. But this question is specifically for my sour beer program, and I'm hoping that the sour brewers here will be opinionated on the topic. I sold my house, and I'm going to be living with family for a few...

At least my kitchen sink appreciated them.

I've been mulling over the idea of installing some sort of conduit to give myself a way to run tubing from outside my house into the basement. Anyone done something like this and have any advice? I'm the thinking I'd obviously need to have a way to close the conduit when not in use. Other...

I'm brewing a simple lager next week, and I want it to have a prominent saaz hop profile. For example, if you've had it, Ska's Mexican Logger. I haven't had that in a while, but I remember being blown away by the dominant, aggressive, but balanced noble hop, saaz profile. I'm not looking to...

Would one of these clear beer draught system canisters be safe in boiling wort? It's basically a sealed, stainless steel bubble. I assume boiling temps would be okay, but I have no real idea how much the air inside would expand at that heat. So, HBT, I put my potential, horrible disfigurement...

I live in Nebraska. Granted, we're getting some decent local breweries. But our IPAs aren't anything to write home about. ;)

I love looking through pics of gear, beer, process, and all else brewing related, and I'm sure I'm not alone in that. Ok, I know this can't be a unique thread, but I thought I'd start a repository of random beer and brewing pics. Here's one to start. This one isn't homebrew related, but I was...

I thought I'd share a family photo of my fall vacation. This is a great one of my wife and son playing in the beach...

I took today off work to make a big, opulent, imperial black IPA. I realized that I forgot to order my hop shots! That was my whole bittering charge. Oh well, good thing I have some extra hops on hand. I'll just have to move things around a bit.