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I've been brewing for quite some time already and my favorite style to brew are IPAs. I always late hop my IPAs, like 15-10 minute additions and was really wondering if it is really necessary to boil the wort for a full hour. Has anyone tried brewing a late hopped IPA and boiling it for say...

Have you guys ever noticed any difference when lagering beers under-pressure and without? On my last batch of regular brown ale (US-05, no finings, NOTHING), I filled up 4 kegs from my conical and transferred them to my keezer to be carbonated (temp was 0c). I forgot to hook up one keg to the...

So I've been reading about chill haze and am a person who likes clear/bright beer. Every article states that you can combat chill haze if you chill your wort from a boil as 'quickly' as possible so that the haze causing proteins can drop out. My question is... what is the main factor here? the...

Im about to size up my batch size to 15-20 gallons and was wondering about hose sizes before i start welding my kettles. Would i be able to get away with the standard 1/2" size hoses ive been using for the 5 gallon batches i've been doing or would i also have to get bigger ID hoses? And i...

So I've been brewing already for about 3 years and have continuously tried to improve my procedure and processes along the way, BUT I still ALWAYS make a mess on brew day (always wet floors lol) so I'm just wondering if others have the same problem, is it normal, and if anyone who manages a nice...

I am living in Bangkok, Thailand and have some relatives living in the US that would love to try my brew so I was just wondering if I can Fedex it to them. Has anyone done this before? I can imagine shipping a commercial brew which is properly labelled, but I think there would be some concerns...

Was just brewing my 6th 5 gallon batch yesterday and my chugger pump just died mid mash :mad:. Luckily I had another pump so I just switched them and did a batch sparge instead. I'm just wondering what is the usual life expectancy of these pumps?

So I used my plate chiller (Therminator) on a brew 2 weeks ago and complete forgot to clean it, didn't even flush it with water after pumping the hot wort through it. It's been laying on my balcony for the whole time and I'm terrified the insides of it might be filled with nasty stuff so I was...

Ok so what I plan to do is the following: 1. add measured amounts of dextrose into each bottle 2. fill each bottle with a little bit of water 3. place the bottles into a pressure cooker 4. nuke the bottles at 20psi for 30mins 5. wait for bottles to cool overnight 6. add fermented beer...

Just like the title says... I'll start by telling you mine. It's probably the dumbest mistake, felt like shooting myself in the head yesterday!! Well I brewed a 5 gallon batch of Hefeweizen last two weeks and got an UNSUALLY low OG. Was aiming for 1.052, but I got 1.025. I'm pretty new to all...

I ordered 2 march pumps from the US for quite some time now and have been running them on a 220to110v transformer. Since there is only 220v available where i live, I was just wondering if its possible to permenantly convert these pumps to use 220v and if so, how do i do it? Has anyone ever done...

Hi guys, I'm going to be brewing my first Hefeweizen this weekend and would like to have your opinion on my recipe. Grain 8.5lb Wheat 4.5lb Vienna Malt 1lb Rice Hulls Hops 0.5oz Saaz @ 60mins 0.5oz Cascade @ 60mins or 1oz Saaz @ 60mins Yeast Fermentis WB-06 I've only seen...

I currently have a 100 litre biodiesel rig at home which I think could be PERFECT for home brewing, but I'm in a dilemma on 'what' application I should use it for... A mash tun or a fermenter??:drunk: Ok so firstly just to explain what this baby has in it. It's all electric and it has a...

Hi all, I'm pretty new to brewing and I have just bottled a total of 4 bottles (0.5L each) excess, the rest is going in the keg. I've made the mistake of priming my bottles right after a 2 day cold crash in the fermenter and then putting it in the fridge (0 degree Celsius) for about a week...

Hi guys, This will be my first post as I am a new member and would like to say that this is a really great forum that has been very informative. First of all, my name is Michael and I come from Bangkok, Thailand. I have developed quite an interest to home brewing and I'm planning to brew for...