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Trying to eliminate a failure somewhere in the system. My serving pressure is kept at 12 PSI. Went to pour a beer tonight and it shot out, pressure was set at almost 40. I did have people over two nights ago, but I can't imagine anyone grabbing a wrench and turning it up that high. Is there...

Since SWMBO puts up with my hobby, yet isn't as excited about it as I am, I figured I would express my delight here rather than annoy her with homebrew ramblings. I am coming up on my one year anniversary of home brewing, and while I have experimented with different types of hops over the...

I'm still new to home brewing (20 batches), but my palate has slowly become "better" for lack of a "better" word. However, as a longtime BMC drinker who only began drinking craft beers in the last couple years, I can't pinpoint specific aromas and tastes. I remember reading on HBT that a...

So I was catching up on old NB videos and came across one I had yet to see: At about 25:30 the Wyeast rep talks about aeration. I found it interesting because he says that yeast need 12-15 ppm of O2, but using an oxygen pump only gets you to 8 ppm after 5 minutes. He recommends 45 seconds...

I just returned from a weekend trip to Escondido, CA with SWMBO. We went to the wild animal park on Saturday, but of course my real mission was to visit Stone's Brewery and World Bistro. I knew ahead of time that the Bistro is "slightly" overpriced, but I figured why not. Saturday night we ate...

So I decided to take SWMBO down to the San Diego area, as she has always wanted to see the Wild Animal Park. It had nothing to do with Stone being down the street in Escondido, I swear. But, since we are here, we are going to have dinner at the bistro and a tour of the brewery. I know the...

So I brewed a somewhat large IIPA on Sunday (well, the largest beer I've brewed so far), and my mash efficiency was in the toilet. I figured I would document my experience here in case it can help anyone in the future. Up until now, I have been doing BIAB in my 5 gal kettle. With this size...

I brewed this beer a few months ago, and my friends seem to like, so I'm going to do another batch. The original was a partial mash / partial boil, but I have since upgraded my equipment enough to do AG / full boil. When I brewed this the first time I used ingredients that I had lying...

I am by no means a "beer snob" (or even a beer geek) when it comes to what I drink. I have a undeveloped palate, so I enjoy almost every beer I try. All of my home brews taste good to me (except the very first one), although I know someone more advanced could pick out multiple flaws in each...

Hello all, I searched a lot if SMaSH threads, but they ended up being mostly recipe advice. Here's my situation: I've decided to use my first carboy (5 gallons) to do 3.5 gallon SMaSH batches while I use my 6.5 for full recipes. My goal being to learn what the different base grains bring to...

So I did a couple searches on this topic, but i'm on my phone and the search function doesn't seem to be as accurate as the computer version. So my apologies if an answer is easily accessible already. Two batches ago, when racking to bottles, I used my auto siphon and tubing straight out of...

Hey everyone, I'm very new to brewing, and even more so to BeerSmith. I have a question regarding the preset SRM values, especially concerning LMEs. I want to get as accurate a prediction of my beer's color as possible, so should I change the values based on the specific LME I am using? (I...

Hey everyone, I thought I would introduce myself, seeing as I've been lurking around the forums without posting for the last month or so. A belated thank you goes out to everyone who unknowingly helped me in my first two batches (one all extract and one with steeped specialty grains). I've...