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I have a 7 cu. ft. freezer and a fermostat, with a lasko 200w space heater. i'm trying to heat the chamber to 124F for a lacto fermentation, but the space heater must have an overheat protector because it keeps shutting off at about 82F. any ideas for how to heat to 124F?

Had an idea and wanted to see what others' thoughts are. I'm planning a pseudo-Berliner: mash/sparge and collect 5.5gal wort. cool to 130F pitch pure lacto hold at 130F for ~48-72 hours boil for 15-30 mins cool to 70F pitch white labs wlp630 berliner weiss blend so, good...

Just wondering what negative effect(s) might be noticed upon lagering for only 3 weeks? I planned to brew a dark mexican lager with WLP940, but need to have it ready on March 1st. This would allow me ~7 days to ferment at 50F, a few days for d-rest, and ~3 weeks for lagering at 34F. I...

Does anyone know of a store/website that sells a pre-made hopback?

Looks like Mike at Artisan Homebrew in Downingtown PA and Jean the brewer at Iron Hill West Chester are putting together a fall seasonal homebrew competition! Here's some details about it: http://artisanhomebrew.com/ Last year's Gathering of the Gourds at the brewpub in West Chester was...

So after I attempted to sterilize my un-labeled bottles, and they all ended up smelling like burned glue and paper, I got some new bottles and baked them at 350 for 75 minutes. I wrapped the top of each bottle with a piece of aluminum foil. After they cooled, they all smelled like some kind...

Anyone know where to buy these in the USA? I've been searching on google, and only a few sites in Australia/New Zealand and England come up. What about in the states? I'm looking for the WHOLE LEAF hops not pellets.

Ok, so it's been 8 full days of krausen and it shows no signs of falling back into the beer. Is it because its in a carboy with massive blowoff tubes?

Is this a bad idea? I want to move my 4 day old IPA (OG 1052) to the secondary, but a huge krausen is still on top. Should I wait until it recedes?

I have this idea to do a quad this weekend, but the only yeast i have is a saison yeast. I wonder what that would be like:confused: any thoughts? anyone done this before?

Is it possible to get an actual 75 ibu's from such a low alpha hop like Saaz? Will 7oz of Saaz be a waste, or can a 5 gallon IIPA be brewed with Saaz only?

So I'm trying to enter an abbey dubbel into a competition on February 15. I planned to brew tomorrow Jan 9, which leaves 36 days from start to finish. Is this enough time? Maybe 10 days primary, 14 days secondary then 12 days in the bottle. Would this schedule work? Any suggestions? Og will...

I just got a PolarWare 42qt brewpot with a false bottom, and was wondering how this will work as a mash tun. How will I keep the mash at a constant temperature? Will I have to turn the burner on and off throughout the course of the mash? Is a converted cooler still a better option?

So, how would you calculate alpha acid? Is there a formula for calculating deterioration? would you use them at all? i hear that lambics work well with old/aged hops, how would you formulate a recipe? what about an "old" ale;)

Has anyone used fruit juice to prime/carbonate their bottled beer? I calculated that 40oz. (5 cups) of Trader Joe's 100% Black Raspberry juice would equal almost 6 useable oz of priming sugar- 34g per 8oz; 170g per 40oz; 170g = 5.99oz will all 6oz be fermentable? should i boil first...

Take a look at the recipe below, and tell me what I can do to adjust the sweetness from the 33% of caramel malts. The grains are already mixed. Will 84 IBU's be enough to balance? 10 lbs. American 2-row 4 lbs. American Caramel 10°L 1 lb. American Caramel 40°L .75oz. Galena (10.1 %AA)...

Take a look at the recipe below, and tell me what I can do to adjust the sweetness from the 33% of caramel malts. The grains are already mixed. Will 84 IBU's be enough to balance? 10 lbs. American 2-row 4 lbs. American Caramel 10°L 1 lb. American Caramel 40°L .75oz. Galena (10.1...

Any thoughts? Will this yeast be ok for an IPA? I am going for low (moderate) bitterness and HUGE hop flavor and Aroma. Heres the recipe, its a 6 gallon boil down to 3-3.5 gallons) 10 lbs. American 2-row 4 lbs. American Caramel 10°L 1 lb. American Caramel 40°L 1 oz. Simcoe (Pellets...

i added WAAAY too much star anise in the boil. its been in the secondary for 2 months and is still very anise-heavy. will anything cut the flavor? maybe some coffee or cocoa?

so i added 6 beano tablets to a stuck ferment, and now it looks like I am about to go below the projected FG. what should i do?!?:o