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I'm a BIAB brewer who is looking to move up to all grain brewing. my current "set up" is a patio/turkey fryer burner and a 10 gal NB tallboy kettle with a mesh bag and digital probe thermometer. This setup usually suits my needs for volume for the beers that I like to brew and drink, which is...

I have a Johnson Control A419 hooked to a chest freezer. I've done trial runs at different temperatures and it has worked great. Now, today, when I finally try to put it to use for brewing, it is not cooperating. I earlier today, I had the set point at 63 with a differential of 1 and I got...

All, Normally I wouldn't repost the same question, but I put this up on the techniques column and didn't get much feedback. So I thought maybe this would be the more appropriate forum for it. My original post: I brewed a berry saison on Sunday. This is both my first saison and first...

I brewed a berry saison on Sunday. This is both my first saison and first fruit beer, so I'm not 100% what to expect with either. I had read that if you put the fruit in the kettle or in the primary, you will get a "hint" of the fruit, as a lot of it would ferment out and, if you really want...

Ok, so I've heard some talk about how good Hoptimum is. I screwed around long enough that all of my local beer shops are out of it. I found one place that still has some and it's here in Pennsylvania... which means I need to buy a whole case of it. I'm always a little leary about buying a...

All, Currently, my wife and I both use the same 5 gallon stock pot... me for brewing, her for making homemade tomato sauce and stocks. This has yet to be an issue or to produce weird flavors, in either. The stock pot we both use has become undersized for what I use it for, as I have...

Apparently I wasn't the only one confused by another thread on here about someone looking to get a "bike". I was hoping to get a little insight into the subject and was going to comment but then realized that it should probably be in it's own thread. So, here it goes: much like the OP in...

Ok, I'm probably opening myself up for all kinds of opinions, conflicting or otherwise, but I felt this would be a good place to ask. quick background/explanation of where I am, as a brewer;I still consider myself pretty much a new guy. I've been brewing for less than 2 years and my equipment...

All, I may be opening myself to criticism by admitting that I currently do not subscribe to any home brewing magazines. I've realized lately that, the more I get into the hobby, the more I want to learn. So I've reached the point where I think that I'd like to start getting a magazine but...

Maybe this is sad, but the highlight of my morning, so far, has been learning that my deodorant has hop oils in it... cool.

hey all, I've done a few batches, so far, but have used ale yeasts and fermented each around 65-70 degrees, with each, and a week in the primary has been plenty, before racking to a secondary. I brewed a kolsch last weekend and, while I'm pretty sure kolsch yeast is still an ale yeast, I...

All, I brewed my first all grain batch, last weekend. Making a 3 gallon batch, my pre-boil volume came out to around 4-4.5 gallons and had a gravity of around 1030-1035. The boil brought the volume down to right around 3.5 gallons but, like a D.A., I forget to take a gravity reading before...

I just recently took my first try at an all grain batch. I was shooting for a 3 gallon batch of CDA/Black IPA. I started the boil at around 4-4.5 and ended up with about 3.5 gallons in the post boil volume. at any rate, my hopping at that volume was 0.5 oz Palisade for 60 minutes, 1 oz...

so I just pitched the yeast on my second try at hard cider, last night. I'd expected to come downstairs this morning to find it bubbling away in the airlock but... no such luck. for my first batch, I used champagne yeast, but I did a starter with a water, sugar, and honey solution. With that, I...

All, I'm a new guy to home brewing and cider making, so I had posted a while back, asking some guidance on making my cider. Thank you all so much for the input. I will say, though, that I finally got to taste the end product, Friday evening, only to be a little disappointed. Let me say...

All, I plan to start building a display cabinet for my collection of beer glasses relatively soon. I will stain the outside of the cabinet and the shelves, but I'm trying to pick a color for the back of the cabinet. I want to use a color that will make the screen printing or etching on the...

I've been a craft beer drinker for a while, now, but like most people, I'm sure, when I was new to craft beer, I stuck with more approachable styles; mostly wheat, amber, and the like. Recently, though, I have come to be a fan of bolder flavor profiles, particularly big, hoppy IPAs. It has...

should you add it throughout the fermentation, or maybe just when you transfer to the secondary... maybe not at all? haha... I just wanted to see if it would be necessary. I added 1/2 tsp to a gallon of cider before pitching the yeast.

I'm relatively new to the art of homebrewing, having only a few kit/extract brews under my belt. I am considering making the switch to all grain brewing, HOWEVER I'm also considering cutting my batch sizes back from the usual 5 gallon to 1 or 2 gallon brews so that I can experiment a little more...