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Hey guys I am putting together a 1bbl system with future purpose of selling our beers. We are currently in licensing etc and so that's why I am coming up with the production line. This is basically a pilot program (think market research/feasibility study) for a large brewpub in the next 2-3...

Hey guys - I tried to do a search for this but was simply overwhelmed with what came back as you can imagine the keywords are everywhere. I am wondering how compatible 5 gallon corny kegs are with regular 1/2 barrel sankey hookups that are typical in bars? What would be involved to be able to...

If you read my other thread you will know i am currently trying to plan out an upgrade of my system to do 50 gallon batches. Sort of a pilot system. Anyways I have been just fine with my IC up till know - but it's just not gonna cut it when I move up in batch size. It would seem plate...

I am trying to mock up a way to upgrade our batches to the 50 gallon range. The kettle and fermentation are straight forward enough - just spend some money. I am having trouble figuring out a way to come up with a straightforward solution to doing a mash this large. Would you guys say it's ok...

I am currently looking to upgrade my brewing equipment and I am looking at the 25 gallon brew kettles. Thinking of getting the brew kettle and a few 30 gal plastic conicals to really step up my production. My question is will my banjo burner be able to cut it? Or do I need to beef that up...

Hey guys, I wanted to ask those of you that have used graphic artists to work on your logo's if you could let me know. We are currently in the process of getting our license packet in order and we wanted to start rolling with a logo. We are fully prepared to pay the professional rate, and I...

Hey guys - just had to share - finished up our logo and now putting the finishing touches on our labels. Not much of a back story for the name - we just thought it was fun, and we get a kick out of telling people we named our brewery in honor of our wives! Would love to hear some feedback.

So I got my cooler to make my MLT last weekend. Today I asked at my plumbing supply store that we use for work and when I asked for both CPVC and weldless fittings they looked at me funny. Now I could have just gotten a bad service person, but they are normally very good with their stock...

I am setting out tomorrow to build the latest addition to our brewery - a MLT I have been reading all weekend to learn about them and the process of using them to help me understand them. I do some basic plumbing with my job so I am confident I can put the pieces together without much fuss...

Hey guys - I just finally got my keggles cut and ready to go - so naturally I am already looking towards the next project. While researching about some weldless fittings to put into the keggle I really liked the idea of having a thermometor - a ball valve - and a sight glass installed and was...

Ok so we started out with my old turkey fryer that I had for a few years - that worked ok but it just took forever to get things to boil etc. It wasn't very efficient. Then last winter I grabbed a bayou classic from lowes and figured I would be set with that. Well at our last brew that...

Ok so me and my two buddies have done about 6 batches now (extract kits) and we feel comfortable with that process. Only problem we are having is that the beer goes quickly when it's ready - haha. So now that we have found at least one recipe kit that we really like - we wanted to make a...

Ok so this is our fourth brew day - and just when I thought I could move up from posting in the beginners forum I come to this confusion. The problem starts with the fact that we bought these two kits months ago and unfortunately due to crazy schedules we haven't been able to use them...

Ok so it looks like the beer is just about done now in the primary. It went for about 8 days or so. Just curious - since we all work and it's the first batch we have ever done - I figured I would try to wait till next weekend to xfer over to the secondary. Being the first batch we wanted to...

I was curious how long the liquid yeast packs will stay in the fridge? One of my buddies bought 3 batches about a month or two ago and we just haven't had the time lately to make it and I have been storing the yeast vials in the fridge. I looked at it today and wondered if I should...

I was wondering if you can take this measurement after bottling the beer? We forgot to take this measurement with our last batch and were wondering if we can do this once it's done it's 3 weeks in the bottles to carb or will this mess up the readings?

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I have read this forum for a long while now and because of that I would normally relax and let the brew run it's course. But if you followed my other thread about not refrigerating my yeast you will understand why I may over worry a bit. Anyways both beers have been in the primary for a few...

Ok so total newb here. About to do the first batch today. Went down to my basement and got the extract kits. Like a dummy I had no idea the yeast needed to be refrigerated - doh. Honestly I never really thought about it and it was never indicated on the larger packaging - just the little...