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I have a 10 gallon economy SS brewpot from Austin Homebrew. Yesterday, luckily before I had a pot full of wort, I noticed that the one handle had broken. It didn't break at the rivets but actually right above there where it transitions from flattened to the tubular handle as well as bends a bit...

I was in a Natural Grocery today picking up some coca nibs and I noticed that they had flaked barley and oats for better prices than the local homebrew store. Logic tells me that barley and oats is barley and oats but I wanted to verify there is no difference. AHS' pages make this note...

Picking up a keg this weekend to make a boil kettle. Looking around at drain valves, they seem reasonable priced but saw the drain tube at bargainfittings and for $13 I'm thinking I can DIY for a lot less. Will a compression fitting work with the standard fitting on the bulkhead fitting? What...

Seems like the shortage of Simcoe is becoming a reality. I'm trying to find a source for some in bulk but a lot of the usual places are out of stock. Anybody know who has some available?

Brewed a cider about 6 weeks ago or so. Got left in primary bucket due to lack of equipment/too many batches of beer going on (not a bad problem to have). Finally transferred to a secondary today (just to try and get off cake). Gravity is at .998 and the consensus was too dry (I disagreed but...

cleaning my cornie kegs in the tub has gotten black "skidmarks" all over the tub bottom. GF is having a helluva time getting them off. Anyone have any tips? This is a textured plastic tub bottom

Just taking FG readings on my pale ale. My hydrometer is reading about 1.004 (temp corrected to 1.005) and my refractometer is reading 1.019. The hydrometer is reading about .003 low when tested in distilled water but thats still leaving me a spread of .01? :(

My 1st attempt at a recipe, want to try and brew a light summer ale. Tell me what you think, thanks!! Dog Days Ale Dog Days Ale American Wheat or Rye Beer Type: All Grain Date: 4/10/2010 Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (6+gal) and Igloo/Gott...

Possibly a dumb question but I'm going to be using whole flower Cascade in a recipe calling for pellets. Should I use same weight measurement or increase/decrease?

:) Got an old fridge for free for my kegerator. Classic 70s Harvest Gold with rust accents. That was fine in my old place where it was in garage but at the new house it's in the kitchen so the g/f said it needed to look nicer. My son helped me come up with the idea on what to paint it.

Just recently moved into a new place and started my 1st batch here. Well without thinking when I put in the secondary (glass carboy) I have been storing it in the laundry room, not covered :(. Hasn't been in a lot of sunlight but hasn't been in the dark either. Whats the consensus, did I just...

I'm looking for the plug-in type thermostat for use with a fridge. Austin Homebrew has one but it's $65, would like to spend a good bit less if possible. Anyone have any sources?

Well summer is about on us here in Texas, hit 90* today. I just bottled a blonde ale and want to start a pale ale but I'm worried that my house will be too warm for it? Due to cost of electricity I keep my a/c set at about 80-82 degrees. Do I have to take the next 4 months off from brewing???? :(

new member to board from Texas, just north of Austin (Austin Homebrew is my local store :D). Brew ales, want to try a lager if my buddy gets his freezer/kegerator setup done :)