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I posted this in a sticky but I'm trying to figure out what's up. Please help. I just did a BIAB wheat batch today. The OG should have been about 1.056 (high end for the style). at 69*F, I got 1.016. I used absolutely no extract of any kind and followed my brew sheet to a tee. I am wondering if...

So I'm sure this has been asked or mentioned before but I wasn't sure how to word it and didn't want to scroll through a hundred pages of search for it. Has anyone ever put a motor on a Victoria style mill? I have the mill an it does for now but sakes alive it is exhausting on a large grain...

I am about to start working on a Halloween beer, and I'm planning on using candy corn as a basis flavor. I was just wondering if anyone has ever used candy corn in their beer, and if so how did you add it? Will it melt/dissolve down if added to the boil or should I melt it first, then add the...

My wife and I just bought a house, lucky for us it came with an older Frigidaire Food Freezer 203 chest freezer. Even better, it works like a charm. We're finishing the basement as I speak, and I will be integrating a bar using the freezer into the great room alongside my brew-room. I am...

So I did a Belgian blonde on Big Brew Day, I have been constantly busy ever since (SWMBO and I are buying a house) so it is still in the fermenter. I've been at FG for a bit now, but now we are headed out of town for the weekend so it will probably be next weekend before I can finally bottle, I...

So I ordinarily do 5 gallon batches, but as I continue to brew, I find I have more and more friends wanting to convert to drinking homebrew over their typical desire for BMC. My only problem, a majority of them are IPA drinkers, while I am not. My solve: brew 2.5 gallons of IPA, and then do a...

So I'm not geeking out or anything, just opened the lid on my latest batch and saw what looks like....well....mudbutts laying on the top... Is it just krausen? DME hefeweizen based on the Panic Button recipe I found in a quick to brew thread a while back. Ferm temp between 66 and 68. Used...

So I have a non traditional hefe fermenting right now. Using Safbrew WB-06. Fermentation started within just a couple hours of pitching and has been going pretty steady all day today. Wife and I just got home from a hockey game and I ran down to check on it as it seems to be a pretty vigorous...

So my buddy and I got a great start to our second brew day today. Sanitized everything, prepared the equipment and gathered the ingredients. Then it turned into chaos. Here's a basic run down for you all to enjoy: Around 2-3 weeks ago I found a recipe for "Panic Button" hefeweizen. Decided it...

SWMBO managed to snag an old (guessing 50's -60's era) Sears phono cabinet. She's kind of a hipster, except we don't have records around the house. So I asked, and she said sure. These are the start, plenty of work to do yet, but I needed somewhere dark to condition. Unfortunately I forgot to...

So my first brew has only been carbing in bottles for a week now and I decided to be that guy tonight and open one just to see....oh my gosh it was amazing! Can't wait for it to get further along.

I'm about to bottle my first batch. I've had my bottles soaking in starsan and am moving them to the drying tree just prior to filling. The starsan is leaving tons of bubbles in the bottles...they aren't really going away. Do they make a difference? If so how the heck do I make em go away? If...

A few years ago a friend gave me a red bull cooler, the upright "can" style like you'd find in a gas station. I'm thinking about removing the cooling fans and using them to build a fermentation chamber. Has anyone here ever done that? Does anyone have advice on it? Also, I'm looking at using a...

I'm on day 4 of fermentation and just realized I didn't correct my OG for temp...can I still add water or is it too late?

My new bells kit showed up last night. As soon as I had everything unpacked I immediately sanitized everything. It is now brew day, I am typing this in preparation to re-sanitize all of my brew day equipment and begin brewing my brewers best weizenbier extract. I'll be posting pictures and...

I am still planning on doing a fully up to date test, and possibly just using bottled distilled water, but I thought I'd pop up the PDF report for 2012 of my citys water. Let me know if there's any reason for immediate concern please. Here's the link...

Has anyone ever used the Midwest supplies brewing starter plus kit? I'm preparing to do my first brew and have been researching lots of different kits and this one seems like the best bang for the buck, but....mr. Beer seems like a good idea too if you want to make a batch of off tasting coors...

I am planning to begin my first brew in the next two weeks. While I intend to mainly use a kit at first, I want to do it right from the get go. This includes diving head first into the science of this awesome art form. What exactly do I need to do to analyze the water I have in my house? Would...