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Hello! I've noticed condensation inside of my Keezer, and if it's held at a freezing temperature i get a big ring of ice at the top, I've been considering adding vent holes to the wooden collar and placing a computer fan to blow air outward, is this a viable solution, or should I look to a...

hey guys, I wanted to lay out a parts list that I'm using for the gas manifold on my brew stand, to make sure that I didn't have any glaring issues that you guys could see (you know, so I don't blow myself up etc) so the plan thus far is: - 1/2 Black iron pipes for the main plumbing of the...

Hello all, So Our local brewery is doing a homebrew competition with their wort, I had the idea to basically add adjunct sugar after I receive the wort in order to make a Belgian strong-ish beer, and I have a couple of questions first off! Is this an awful Idea? It's sort of a lark...

Hello! I'm planning on brewing up Bray's One-month mead, and i was hoping to give it an orange flavor to it, I'm going to be doing a 5 gallon batch, and I had a couple of questions. I was planning on adding the fruit to secondary for a relatively short amount of time (depending on what my...

Hello! I'm very, very new to Mead brewing, so new in fact that I've never done it before, and I had a quick question, is it possible to make a good mead in about/under 1 month? I'm sure this isn't ideal, but any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! -k

Hello, quick question: What size silicon tubing should I use with my pump? this will be used on a single tier brew stand, to transfer wort and basically every other function that it would need to perform for a brew stand, I'm assuming 1/2 inch, but I didn't want to make a purchase without...

Hey gang, not sure but i might be having a fermentation issue, that or i'm just getting in my own head about nothing so i wanted to get y'all's opinions I pitched the yeast on this last sunday, a 1.0 liter starter with Cali yeast into a 5 gal batch of scottish 80 that came in a little high...

Hey guys, there is a big beer festival coming up and I wanted to have at least 3 kegs ready to go for our home brew club booth, and I wanted to step my brews out over the next few weeks. my question is this, how do you maintain the proper level of carbonation in a keg over the months (after it...

Hello all, Building a kegerator/ferm chamber soon and i wanted to get squared away with a heating element that will maintain 72 degrees with a temperature controller. I'm in an apartment and keeping it cool isn't much of an issue, i just find that keeping 72 degrees is tough just using my...

Hey guys, A friend of mine was talking to the new owner of Cuban Liquor off of Pierremont, who is currently working to remodel the store, and apparently he wants to start supplying Home-Brew supplies! She put me into contact with him, being a huge newbie I don't really feel qualified to...

Hey gang, are there ANY homebrew stores close to Shreveport? not liking what google's showing me, so i figure there might be something that's not really listed, if y'all know of anything that's not too too far out, please let me know! Thanks! -b

Hello all! So i need an adapter for my faucet so i can use my Wort Chiller in my apartment, what i apparently need is a 3/4-27 Female to Standard male garden hose adapter, and have had a heck of a time finding the right one... do you guys have any input on sites where i might find one...

Hey All! Happy to have joined the forum, really quick to tell you a little about myself, i'm an Animator at Moonbot Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana, we recently won an Academy Award for our short film "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore" ! I'm so new to home-brewing that i...