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Selling all my All-grain equipment. I have a 5 gallon SS pot(do 4 gallon boils with top off in fermenter), 4 gallon aluminum pot(sparge), 5 gallon round cooler Mash Tun with valve and braid, 3 6.5 gallon buckets, 1 glass carboy. various tools...Mash Paddle, Spoon, pitcher, hydrometer, wing...

Brewing is easy. All grain is easy. Figure out how much strike water you need, heat it up. Grind your grain(if it isn't preground at the LHBS). mash the grain. Drain the wort, Sparge to boil volume. Boil, adding hops at the right times. Cool wort to pitching temp. Pour wort into fermenter, Top...

I have been brewing for 3 and a half years now. I guess I am still susceptible to mistakes. Brewing a pale ale I have made many times before, but today I put in a 1 oz addition at 1st hop addition. The recipe calls for a half ounce addition. Warrior hops about a 15% hop. The beer will be alot...

A good well balanced Pale Ale. 5 gallon recipe: 9 lbs 2 row 1 Lb 40L 1oz Galena@60 minutes 1oz of Palisade@15 minutes 1oz of Spalter@Flameout Mash Grains at 152 degrees for 1 hr I sparge for a 4 gallon boil(5 Gallon Pot) top off to 5 gallon in the fermenter. use US-05 dry yeast...

Brewed up a batch of my Fat tire style amber ale on Sunday. Came home today and found my airlock on my plastic bucket fermenter full of krausen, still bubbling away. Never had this happen before(must have done something right). So i took my siphon tube that I use to rack my beer stuck that in...

I usually order GWM 2 row, but this last order I ordered CMC 2 row. Anyone ever use this malt? Is there going to be a big difference in flavor profile being that the 2 row comes from Canada?

About 2 months ago I bottled my Fat Tire clone. Had a half a bottle left over, but kept it in the fridge...till tonight. Well, it actually carbonated, and tated great. So, if you have one of those half beers, when you bottle, keep it in the fridge for a while. It will be OK.

This is one of my Favorite beers I make Ingredients: 4.5 lbs American 2 row 2.5 lbs White wheat .5 lb Honey Malt .5 lb Wheat Flaked 1 lb Liquid Honey 1 oz Cascade 60 min .5 oz Cascade 10 min .5 oz Cascade at Flameout I do a partial boil of 4 gallons(due to equipment), with a top off of 2...

I am brewing today, and forgot to pull out my Wyeast activator pack out of the fridge. I started the boil and just pulled it out. Only have about 1.5 hrs to pitching. No sure if this will be enough time for viable yeast. Using the german ale yeast in a honey wheat recipe.

I used Wyeast American wheat for the 1st time. and when I transferred out of the secondary to the bottling bucket, i sucked a bunch of yeast into the bucket. That yeast did not compact to the bottom of the carboy like the dry yeast i usually use. Now I have some very hazy beer in my bottles...

I used Wyeast 1010(wheat) for the 1st time yesterday. Capped it off at about 11 am CST, and the airlock is furiously bubbling away at 6 am this morning. I can't remember any of my dry yeast CO2 reaching the lid of my bucket this fast. I did not use a starter either. Does this yeast always work...

I am about to try something new for me. I am going to First wort hop a recipe for a brown ale. I am wondering if this will boil over at the hot break? Do not want a mess on my stove as SWMBO will be pissed if it does go over. Recipe as follows: 6.5 lb 2 row 3 lb 60L 12 oz 120 L 8 oz...

I have been brewing for about 2 years. Lately making some great beers. But this one beer I made recently is not doing so well. I have made this recipe before. An amber ale modeled after Fat Tire. 8 Lbs 2 row 1 Lb Munich 12 oz 80L 12 oz Victory .5 oz Nugget(sub from 1 oz Target) 60 min .5...

Just used my Barley crusher for the 1st time. If I achieved my expected OG, I shouldn't have to change to roller settings, am I correct in this assumption?

A few days ago I had a boil over that ended up burning my hand because I grabbed the handles when the wort went over the top of the kettle. So last night I tried to brew again, but this time at the hot break, I took the pot off the flame then added my hops. stirred them in real good, then put...

Was brewing, what was going to be a delicious pale ale, when a boil over occurred at my 1st hop addition. Stupid me grabbed the handles of the pot and the wort boiled over onto my right hand causing 2nd degree burns. My step daughter stepped in and cleaned up the mess while my wife brought me to...

Made an IPA today. Brew day went real well, IPA's are a more active brew day with the extra hop additions. Hit my OG spot on. Recipe: 9 lbs 2 row 1 lb 60 L 4 oz Caravienne 4 oz Vienna 1 lb golden light DME mashed at 152 for 1 hr 4 gallon boil(5 gallon pot) 1 oz Horizon 60 min...

I recently switched to a new brew ingredient supplier. Great service, but this guy crushes the grain too fine, I think. I have never had stuck sparges until ordering from this place. This new place is saving about $8-10 a batch, but the headache of the stuck sparges is making think of going...

Ok I made an ale today...experimental. SWMBO wanted me to try to brew a beer for her. She like Bud light. We took a tour of Annheiser Busch brewery and they had the ingredients listed, but not the type of hop they use. So I came up with this: 5.25 gallon batch, 4 gallon partial boil with top...

I just completed a perfect brew day. An American Pale Ale. 4 gallon boil, top off in fermenter, 9 lbs 2 row, 1 lb 40L, .5 lb Biscuit. 1oz Citra(60 min), .5 cascade(15 min), .5 cascade FO. Hit my Mash temp spot on and it held temp. My hop additions went well. Rehydrated the yeast perfectly. Hit...