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Does anyone else notice a white material that precipitates out of star san over 3-4 days? I have a plastic bowl that sits in 1/2 of my double bar sink... I generally fill it with star san on kegging day to hold all the little bits that I use in my pressure transfer. After a few days I...

This is in no was a groundbreaking idea but I thought I would share anyway. I was in my basement weighing out some dry hops today. Generally I weigh them in a plastic Solo cup, but today I ran out. I was looking around for something to weigh them in thinking I'd just use a pint glass, but...

I must assume that the HBS community must be in a real financial slowdown. The amount of email offers I get daily is crazy Every day I get dozens of emails with great special offers... 30% off storewide 20% off any single item Free shipping Then I get the ones that make me scratch my...

I want to add nitro to my system.... recently had weight loss surgery and can tolerate beer on nitro much better than co2.... my question is if I want to use this to carb as well as serve what should I get... Nitrogen or beergas/mix?? I know nothing about this any pointers would be welcome

I have used Hydro Flasks for a couple years now, but infrequently... Recently I've noticed I have been getting an odd flavor from beer poured from them? Almost a metallic taste... and it's not an off flavor in the beer because directly from the tap it is not there... I have cleaned it...

I have recently (12 months) been playing with a low gravity recipe for a hop forward beer ... I find myself not enjoying bitterness in my beer as much as I used to and have been focusing on hop flavor and aroma. I find a traditional bittering charge hides the flavors of the hops in my pale...

First let me make it clear, I am not affiliated with this company in any way. Normally I don't get excited about equipment, probably because I pretty much DIY everything in my brewery. But I recently went out on a limb and pre-ordered the SS BrewTech new stainless mash tun. It was a large...

So I saw this mini regulator on amazon a few weeks ago. It is a china knockoff of the Leland mini regulator. I have always wanted the Leland because it is the perfect gadget for portable cornies at parties. Unlike the $20 trigger models that are everywhere this has a regulator built in. A...

Anyone have any luck adding hopshot to beersmith? The hop extract is measured in ml while hops are measured in oz /gr not to mention the math involved in figuring ibu any help with this would be very welcome!

I typically dry hop for 5-7 days and am happy with the results for the first 5-10 pints, but find that the aroma diminishes almost completely by the time I'm 25% into a keg. I am familiar with hop shots being used for bittering beer, and I have been curious lately if there was any product...

I just realized that the white labs logo has a beer bottle as part of the microscope... I can't believe I never noticed that before!!!

I have made the popular DIY tower cooler seen on HBT in the past using a computer fan, RadioShack box, hole saw, and pipe fittings and it works very well but I always thought there must be a better & cheaper way to do this. Recently purchased a 3D printer to feed my creative side and quickly...

I have a 3 year old Barley Crusher that I just recently sent in for replacement of the roller assembly. I could not wait for replacement from BC so I upgraded to a Captain Crush. I just got the roller assembly back yesterday from the manufacturer and rather than repairing it they sent me...

So... I have had a barley chrusher for about 3-4 years now and use it around twice a month... Lately it stops feeding grain about 3 times every brew day... I end up poking the rollers through the grain in the hopper to get the grain to feed again... Yesterday it got to the point that it...

+++SOLD+++ Believe it or not... I bought more that I can use in November! I have 2 - 10 gallon meads that I'm doing this week and they will tie my ferm chamber up for 3 months.... Therefore I have some overstock of hops.... most have been grabbed up by my local HBC but I have 1 pound of...

I recently brewed a Tripple Belgian White with WLP570 and I think it turned out great.... but just a bit too much clove for my personal taste... fermented it day 1 - 68 day 2 -70 day 3 -72 day 4 -74 day 5 -76 day 6to13 -78 any suggestions on toning down the clove....

I have a pound of 2011 hops that I did not get a chance to use... un-opened bags 100% freezer kept 2 - 1Pound Bags of Amarillo Pellet 2011 Peterburg Farm (Hops Direct) I really have no need for them and I know they are popular... $15 a bag plus $5 to cover shipping. Buy 1 or both PM...

I want to enter a Black IPA....as I'm sure does many a home brewer in the AHA Nationals... but there is really no spot for it... is there?? Anyone have suggestions as to the style number/letter it belongs in??

I had the chance to replace my old ferm chamber buy a new larger one that holds 2 carboys so I grabbed it... but I couldn't figure out how to program the damn LOVE controller... The online help from LOVE was confusing and the threads on the subject confused me even more. So a buddy of mine...

I'm going to be building a new burner stand out of unistrut to replace my Bayou Classic SP-10 I currently use a 15Gal Keggle as my boil kettle. I need advice as to the best propane burner to use for this project. I want it HOT but Quiter than the SP-10 any advice would be great!!