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How does this crush look? Ive only used this Barley crusher twice now and I want to make sure the crush is good.

I have a 1300ml starter in a 2000ml flask fro a dunkelweizen Im brewing today. My question is since this is the first time I have used a stir plate vs just making a starter is how long can I keep it aerating on the sitr plate? It has been there for about 15 hours now. I dont want to over- do...

I picked up some clear vinyl braided tubing at home depot to go from the hot wort to the wort chiller. Will this type of tubing be sufficient for the transfer? Both local homebrew shops did not have high temp tubing in stock at the time so one guy recommended just buying it from the hardware...

I decided to spring on the 30 plate wort chiller from keg cowboy, but I could really use some help on figuring out which fitting I need and was thinking of ordering them from bargainfittings. The chiller has 1/2 MPT male threads on it. I am really bad at figuring out which ones will work best...

I collect about 6.75 gallons of runnings in the kettle and lately I am only getting about 4-4.5 gallons after the boil into my carboy. Does this seem high? Maybe I have the burner turned up too hot?

I made my first wet hop ale this year, I used 10 oz wet Nugget for bittering and 8.5 oz wet Cascade for aroma. My question is can I dry hop with wet hops to give it further aroma/flavor? I'm wondering about picking hops off the vine to throw into the carboy without boiling is going to be an...

I am getting ready to bottle a bourbon barrel porter that I aged in one of the 5.25 gall barrels from the group buy and am wondering what do do after its empty. Should I clean it out with some hot water to get the portr completely out and then fill it with a little whiskey? I of course want to...

I read about this new place just opening up last month and decided to check it out on the way to the Furthur festival show last night. I definitely recommend it! Great brews, very nice bar and excellent food. The craftsmanship of the actual bar is incredible too with these huge forearms and...

Im going there for work in a couple weeks and always want to take advantage of trying some new brews

Tomorrow I will be brewing my 2nd all grain. I just kegged the first one I did today, an Irish red and I am pretty happy with the results! The first brew session I did not account for the deadspace in the mashtun. I am using a 8 gallon megapot with a false bottom. What I did tonight is...

This Sunday I am going to brew my first all grain, an irish red for st pattys day. I have read numerous threads and feel pretty confident about it. I purchased an all grain kit from northernbrewer and it says 153 for 60 min and 170 for 10 min. Does this mean to put the kettle on the heat for...

I have done plenty of partial mash brews and have the itch to move to all grain. I received an 8 gal megapot with a thermometer, ball valve and false bottom for christmas to start me moving in that direction. My question is why do I need 3 kettles to get started? If I have the mash/lauter tun...

Wet Hopped Ale mmmmmm so good. any other wet hopped ales anyone wants to recommend?

Has anyone tried this or seen it? Looks really interesting, currently I only brew extract or partial mash and would love to step into all grain with a stove top system

anyone going? Went for the first time last year, was a blast

I have cascade and nugget hops which get pretty close near the top and might start to intertwine or touch near the top. Is this bad and should I cut them near the tip so they stop growing taller? attached are pics to see what I mean.

So I have a chest freezer and a johnson digital controller. I have had it for a while and have made an oktoberfest and now just put a maibock in there. My questions is since the temperature needs to be so specific for the lager yeast and lagering how can I use my one check frezzer to make more...

I am writing a desciption for the session series blonde ale for a party this weekend and forgot what hops were that I used. sterling maybe?

Is this their own receipe, or is it a clone of something? I am brewing it this week and I see in the description the receipe has won awards. Sounds like such a tasty brew

anyone tried these yet? I have a party coming up at the end of Nov. so I need something ready by then nd something that is easily consumed by bmc drinkers. I chose a dunkleweisen and a blond ale.