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Has anyone barrel aged in Champagne barrels or anyone know of production breweries that have?

Some photos of the beginning of my half barrel setup.

I have next week off work, and I'm going to try brewing a sessionable saison on Monday, and perhaps bottle on Friday. It'll be a ten gallon batch. I have a tequila barrel that will serve as a primary for one five gallon batch and then a normal carboy for the other five gallons. Anyone...

I have next week off work, and I'm going to try brewing a sessionable saison on Monday, and perhaps bottle on Friday. It'll be a ten gallon batch. I have a tequila barrel that will serve as a primary for one five gallon batch and then a normal carboy for the other five gallons. Anyone...

I brewed my first sour (kriek), and I'm just about ready to bottle. My plan is to store these in my wine/beer cellar for quite some time on their side on a wine rack, and I'm considering bottling them in 20 oz bottles and use a wine cork and a beer cap. Has anyone done this? Would a #7 sized...

About a year ago I brewed my first sour, a five gallon batch and used wyeast 3763, Roselare. A had it in a barrel for about 11 months and then transferred into a carboy on cherries now for about a month. My question, should I repitch yeast so it carbonates better? At the time of bottling or a...

Does anyone know where to get a temperature display; not a temperature controller? I'm building a simple control panel with two switches for pumps, and want to also incorporate 3 temperature sensors with displays, but all I seem to be able to find are PID controllers. I just want three simple...

I'm looking for a wiring diagram for a very simple control panel. I'm just needing two switches for two pumps and two or three digital temp displays. Anyone know of anywhere to find a wiring diagram? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I'm looking for some cantillon to cellar. I have a lot of 2012 and 2013 non-variant BCS plus much more. Here is a link to my cellar contents. Anyone interested? http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=List&iUserOverride=163875 Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Anyone ever try brewing a second batch of beer after the first mash? I'm going to be brewing a 13% abv barleywine and I'm considering after the first mash, mashing a second time to create a second much lower abv beer. Thoughts? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I'm planning on brewing my first high abv barleywine and I'm wondering if anyone knows how many lbs of grain can I mash in a 10 gallon cooler. 25 lbs too much? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Does anyone have any experience using one gallon fermenters for secondary fermenting? I brew the typical five gallon batches and have been considering using five one gallon fermenters for secondaries, so I can experiment with different ingredients in the secondaries. I'm just curious if there...

I'm looking to build my first automated RIMS system. I've been an all grain brewer for quite some time, and I'm ready for more control over my mash temperatures, and incorporate RIMS at the same time. What are people's thoughts on the simplest (inexpensive) system? Basically, I just want to...

How important is fermentation temperature? I ask because I brewed a quad and had it fermenting in my basement for about a month. During this month the temperature fluctuated a bit. Probably from mid to upper 70s to mid to lower 60's, maybe even colder. Went from 1.080 to 1.012. Bottled and just...

Just thought I'd show off my beer cellar. It was to begin as a wine cellar, but gave up buying wine.

I have many bottles of 2012 BCS and 2013 BCS coffee, barleywine, and backyard rye. Looking for good sours. Or goose island girls. Prefer not to ship and just meet up in the Chicago area. But willing to listen to trades.

So what do you think? Below is a link to my cellar contents. What would you bring to Thanksgiving? There are a few pages of beers; 392 bottles, including a few bottles of wine. Also not included are some 2013 Bourbon County Stout Coffee, Barleywine, and Backyard Rye, which aren't officially...

I have a Christmas ale I brewed last weekend that I was planning to put into a secondary today but just ran out of time. I was planning to secondary for two weeks and then bottle. What if I just decide to leave in the primary for three weeks instead? I have a little baby girl, and finding time...

I have a ton of 22 oz bottles of Goose Island Night Stalker. 40+ bottles. I'm in the Chicago area. Anyone interested in any trades? I'd mainly be interested in sours, lambics, Brett beers, etc.