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Hello HBT! I am stopping in Frankfurt while I am on my way to India. I have 1 day on the way, and 2 on the way back. Any suggestions on local breweries? Other stuff to do? I don't have a ton of time, but I want to get the most of it while I'm there. Let me know if you have any ideas. Prost!

First stop is JFK (from Portland). Throwing a few back at the Blue Smoke! Enjoying a Sixpoint Bengal Tiger IPA... not bad! Next stop, Amsterdam! Cheers!

Good Morning, I've made plenty of starters, but this is the first time I've used Wyeast 1968 (London ESB). I made the starter with 2L RO water, 200g Light DME, added 1/2tsp yeast nutrient, and probably 8 drops overall of Fermcap AT. MADE the starter on Wednesday night. Yeasterday (Thursday)...

So I almost always have a potential mess when making a standard 2L starter in a 2l flask. After 6 hours, fermentation is going like crazy, and threatening to exit my flask covered with foil. The beginning starters were a total mess. So I've started to drop a few drops of fermcap in the starter...

It's been a good weekend. I got done bbq'ing earlier today, and though, "Man, it seems like we might have some thunder tonight." So, about 30 mins later it starts to rain a little, there is a rainbow, and this is what the sky looked like. Another beautiful Summer night in the Willamette...

I cut the top off of my sanke fermenter because I want to use a plexiglass lid (easier to clean, can visually see fermentation, etc). The plan is to secure the plexiglass (lid) with some clamps. I have a handle on all if this, and will update as I go. The question I have is how do I make (or...

I have been using my freezer as a fermentation chamber. It is controlled by and STC-1000 and it is great. So I decided to cold crash an IPA that I brewed for the 4th of July. I was reading all of the threads, and everyone seems to be worried about suck back, and O2, etc., due to the pressure...

So, I pulled the trigger and got the dudadiesel B3-23A-30ST plate chiller (30 plate long chiller). I added some camlocks and a thermometer to the wort out port. I have a single tier system, and I'm trying to figure out where to mount this sucker. The mounting bolts are pretty short, so I plan...

I have a 50' stainless steel wort chiller up for sale. It works great and fits in a kettle. It is 3/8" ID. Selling as I am upgrading, and this is too small to convert to a HERMS set-up, which was my original plan (sounds like I want 1/2" ID for a herms). It's in great shape and is used and...

I decided to switch to Natural gas to save time (filling pumps, etc.). I have the banjo burners (BG14?) and bought the conversion orafices from Williams Brewing for about $20 shipped. This way I don't have to mess with drilling the old practices, and also, I can easily go back to propane if I...

So I brewed last night, thinking that my IPA in the fermentation chamber would be ready to keg... It wasn't, so I chilled the wort, pitched the yeast and took a long (inebriated) stare at the wall.... What to do now? I grabbed my sleeping bag, and a few bungee cords, and slapped this together...

I harvested some of Denny's Fav 40 (Wyeast) on 12/15 into 4 mason jars. Tonight I was going to make a 1L starter, and step up to 2L on Friday as I'll brew on Sunday. I decanted the liquid from each jar and combined into one before I made my starter wort. I ended up with about 600ml of slurry...

I just got an lb of Simcoe from Hop Union. I am wondering if the bag can be re sealed. It doesn't feel like a zip-lock type seal. Want to know if I should bust out the foodsaver

I bought a sixer of Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale as everyone has said it's great... TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT!! I am confused as I like almost all their other beers... This just tastes like the stuff I brewed when I started. I am sad to say that this will sit in the fridge for a long time...

I'm looking at adding pumps to my single tier. Already have the ball valve on the bottom of the BK. I am going to go with male fittings for camlocks on the outside all of my vessels, and the hoses will be female on both ends. So, I have a keggle and I want to find the best way to go with a...

Random thought here... If the power went out, would I be able to pull gas from my Natural Gas meter to run my burners? I am thinking of converting my brew rig to run on Natural Gas, and this would be one more added bonus. I just never though of it, and don't really understand how the meter...

I thought I would share my happiness with my recent improvements to my fermentation chamber. Here is the story: I have been using an upright freezer and an STC-1000 as a fermentation chamber during the summer and have been very happy with the results for keeping a stable fermentation temp...

I have never seen a #3 team play so horribly to go scoreless and make a grown man cry on the field. Let the excuses begin. Cheers

I've had some conflicting info lately. I fly sparge with a keggle MT setup (false bottom with dip-tube). My problem has been that I am still running into hot and cold spots at about 30-45 mins into the mash. I have 3 layers of reflection wrapping the sides, bottom, and top. I stir like he'll...

I have a chest freezer with STC-1000 temp controller for my fermentation chamber. I recently (legally) acquired 2 kegs to use as fermenters. Its going to start getting colder, so I plan to disconnect the freezer as I will actually have to heat the fridge to keep at my desired temp. I have the...