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Going pro! Time to get rid of my smaller systems. I'll have a 10-gallon system available soon as well. I prefer not to ship. See Craigslist ads for details: http://corvallis.craigslist.org/for/4904127648.html http://corvallis.craigslist.org/for/4902022135.html www.facebook.com/FiveBbrewing

Shameless plug here: Been brewing for going on 14 years. I've decided to go legit. On Saturday, July 19th, I'm having a BBQ on our farm to kick off our fundraising drive. My plan is to open a 2-3 bbl farm-based nano-brewery. This campaign will allow me get all the necessary permits and licenses...

Tried searching the forums for an answer to this, but no luck. Been fermenting a wit for the past two weeks @ 68*. Went to put it in a keg tonight and took a reading. The final gravity should be somewhere around 1.010. My reading came out at 1.020, a full 10 points higher than it should be...

Just picked up a Duda Diesel B3-23A 20-plate chiller. Got a chugger pump for Christmas. Quick and easy question as I set up for brew day this weekend: when connecting the two between the boil kettle and the fermenter, which comes first? Does the wort run from the kettle to the chiller or to the...

I brewed a Belgian Wit this last weekend using 44% Pilsner, 40% flaked wheat, ~5% flaked oats, ~3% Munich, and the rest in rice hulls. (BeerSmith included these as part of the grain bill.) Mashed at 150*. my system isn't able to do step mashes yet. I added 2.0oz fresh orange zest, 0.4oz crushed...

I've had this happen on a couple of batches recently. One a SMaSH blonde, one a dry-hopped pale ale. Hydro readings on both were 1.008 before kegging, so they were fully attenuated. (Hydrometer was checked with distilled water. Used California Ale with both.) Force carbed up to 2.5 volumes. For...

My last thread brought up a question: My usual brew schedule (for normal gravity beers) is this: 1 week in primary, rack to secondary to clear and/or dry-hop for 1 week, cold-crash, rack to keg to carbonate for one week. I've been having gatherings once a month for the last 6-8 months...

My last 3 beers have crapped out at around 1.020, when they should have been closer to 1.008-1.011. I've used 1L starters on all of them and on the last two batches I even stepped up the starter for a higher cell count. One time it happened when the batch was in my chest freezer with dual temp...

Yesterday I brewed my first double batch, a robust porter and an American amber. Using the same yeast for both. I usually make my starter the night before I brew. Didn't get home in time Tuesday night to get it done, so I got up early Wednesday morning and mixed up the starter and got it...

So on my brew day today, my target post-boil SG was 1.061. My measured was 1.065. I hit my pre-boil and my volumes were on. (At least to the accuracy that I'm able measure with my equipment.) Will this slight difference make that big of a difference in the finished product? Is there a way that...

Stepped up and bought a stir plate and Erlenmeyer flask yesterday to make a starter for today's brew day. Three questions about the setup: 1) Any way to quietthe thing down when it is stirring? My son's first comment to me this morning after he woke up was "What is that thing in the kitchen...

I teach science in a small community in Oregon. We had conferences until eight last night and I'm here eight 'til eight today. So instead of grading papers while I wait for parents, I'm planning my weekend brew day. Seems like a much better use of time and taxpayers' money, right?

A friend referred to me as an "advanced" homebrewer the other day. It got me thinking. Even though I've been brewing for more than 10 years, the last year and a half doing all-grain, taught others to brew, and I am starting to formulate my own recipes, I consider myself an intermediate. There...

Hate to say this, being an Oregonian and wanting to support local, but every Oakshire beer I've tried tastes of cardboard like it's been exposed to oxygen. Am I the only one tasting this? Anyone else?

So back in January I brewed what was supposed to be a Strong Ale. The recipe was based on the Northern Brewer Old Luddite kit. It was only my second all-grain. O.G. was supposed to be around 1.066 and finish at 1.015 for 6.7% ABV. Pre-boil I had approximately 5.5-6 gallons of water in the...