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I've got a spare chest freezer, and extra temp controller, that I can fit 6 cornys in but they touch the freezer walls. I've read thru some threads and heard stories about kegs freezing up when they touch the freezer walls. This being because the freezer walls contain the cooling coils and are...

So I know there's a lot of threads about repitching yeast, but I'm in the middle of a brew day and need a little advice. I just moved a high IBU IPA into a secondary. I'm brewing a porter right now with a target OG of 1.068. I didn't make a starter like I usually do, have one vial of wlp002...

This summer is the breaking point with my immersion chiller.... I've brewed nearly every weekend and its taking me somewhere around 45 min-1 hr to chill my wort to about 78... then I can't get it to drop any lower. I've tried multiple ways to get the tap water down in temp: adding a 25ft coil...

I've got a keg for a HLT, 10gal Rubbermaid cooler for a mash tun, and another keg for my brew kettle. I gravity feed everything into place but am working towards a single tier brew stand with two pumps, 3 burners, and 3 metal pots. As an intermediary while I raise some money, I'm going to buy a...

I've got a beer that's been in a primary for 7 days and fermentation is, for the most part, complete. But I like to leave my beers on the yeast cake for 2 weeks to allow the yeasties to clean up after they're done. My dilemma: Im planning to brew today, but need that primary. My plan was to...

I gave my first run at a porter a few weeks back and I've got it on tap now. I didn't research much into a porter recipe, just checked out a few and pieced some stuff together based on taste (again first porter recipe) so I'm expecting some trial and error. Anyhow, tastes decent. Nice roasty...

I'm starting to look at buying hops in bulk. My LHBS has been out of a lot of the hops I use for my beers and doesn't seem to be interested in keeping enough on hand. I'm assuming most online homebrew supply stores sell quality hop pellets. Has anyone ever had an issue with quality from northern...

I'm a big fan of wee heavys, Scottish strongs, strong scotch ales (whichever name you care to give them) but regretfully cannot find many where I currently live. Seems like every brewery where I used to live had at least 1 version. So I'm attempting to brew one for the first time. I peeked...

I sometimes find myself in a situation where time is short but id like to brew. I've heard you can mash and sparge as normal, collect your boil volume, then heat to 180 to stop enzymatic activity, and store the wort overnight. Does anyone know about this? Actually thinking about doing this today...

I've got about 3 oz of some leaf willamette from last winter that have been in the freezer and I don't really want to use them in a boil since I don't know the aa. Was thinking I'd just use them in a secondary and dry hop... Can their flavor go bad or is worst case scenario that I don't end up...

Curious as to how people would describe the flavor of "green" beer? Also, how would you describe a "yeasty" beer? Do the two flavors coincide?

I'm looking for some good reads to increase my knowledge on the various sciences involved with brewing. Can anyone recommend a good, relevant book on yeast, also one that talks about the science during the mash, and another that maybe talks about recipe building and how each ingredient is best...

I found an old chest freezer and i plugged the controller up and put my fermenter in the freezer, taped the controller probe to the side of the fermenter with a piece of styrofoam insulating it from the ambient air. I set the controller to 68 with a diff of 3 and an asd of 1. The controller let...

Haven't been getting as strong of a fermentation as I would like so I bought a simple o2 regulator and .5 micron stone. Also got one of the disposable red o2 cylinders. There's no meter or anything on the regulator, I'm able to control flow to an extent but have no idea to what LPM value. Anyone...