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Hey everyone. I have a 55k btu propane burner and it doesn't seem to be burning quite right. I already took it apart and cleaned it with BKF but it still seems off. Here are pictures of it on low flame, medium and high flame. In all three the air intake is wide open. Does it look like it's...

Hey everyone, I have brewed for about 2 years and luckily still no infections. I brewed up a caribou slobber kit with someone who wants to learn how to brew probably a month ago and I once in a while still hear bubbles from the airlock. I opened up the lid and this is what it looks like on top...

Hey everyone, so here's my situation: I had a mini fridge to keep my bottles beers in and it has since lost most of it's chilling effect. It is tough to find a good sized mini fridge for bottles but I also don't want to get a regular fridge because it's just too big. I'm considering getting a...

Hey everyone. So years ago I had a "coffee milk stout" by Newport Storm and I'm from New England and it tasted EXACTLY like coffee milk (made from autocrat coffee syrup) in a stout. I want to replicate this coffee syrup flavor in a stout. I'm going to pretty much make a very simple stout kit...

Hey everyone, so I'm trying to calculate a yeast starter. I own beersmith 2.0 and use brewersfriend.com whenever I'm not able to go on beersmith. I'm making a 1098 OG wee heavy and am a little concerned with the differences in the cell count of my starter. Brewers friend I selected: OG...

Hey guys, So I built a 50' immersion chiller and I like it but I'm curious to know the difference that I would get with a 50 DIY counterflow chiller. One thing I like about the idea is not needing to stay with it and stirring like the immersion. Besides that what do think I'd see as a...

Gave this a first try today, worked pretty well. Gotta play with the mix of glue sticks to crayons to get a better running and volume but it was a good first go. - ISM NRP

So I wanted to post this on here and get some input: I have 3 keggles. I cut the tops off of them already. I wanted all three to have a 1/2" coupler welded half in and half out. A friend of a friend tried to do it and did a horrible job where he just welded it flush to the keg wall and...

Hey everyone. I started a thread a little while ago asking questions about nitro pours and setups. I searched there forums and found extremely little information and even on my thread only a few people really knew their stuff about the nitro stuff. So I'm starting this thread because I just...

Hey everyone. So I have been pondering the idea of having a nitro pour for both stouts and other types of beers. Has anyone done this? Has anyone nitro poured an IPA or Amber, etc? What have you thought about it compared to regular pour? Secondly, can anyone explain to me how to set one up...

Hey everyone, So I'm thinking about starting a new YouTube channel for doing home brew Wednesdays along with some of the other brewtubers. Just wanted to bring it up here for 1) letting people know 2) getting some ideas or input of things to talk about if I start running low on ideas. And...

Hi HBTers, I just got some camlock type Cs and want to remove the silicone o rings inside to thoroughly wash everything. Only problem I'm having is trying to remove the O rings. My fingers def can't get a way to pull then off and I rather ask here instead of doing something stupid. Thanks in...

Hey there. Does anyone know what the promo code for ss brew tech is for their free shipping promo? I thought I saw it in a BYO magazine but can't find it. EDIT found it. It's in BYO magazine and the code is SS1BYO if anyone else gets lucky enough to get the green light to order something from...

Hello HBT, Austin Homebrew just came out with a kit for a white stout and I wanted to know if there are any recipes out there for one. I checked the forums but didn't get any results with my searches. Any sharing would be great. I'm looking to do a 10 gal batch and doesn't matter if it's all...

Hi, I wanted to ask you peeps here in HBT a question: I read a lot about people dry hopping or adding other stuff to a corny keg by putting it in a nylon bag/cloth bag and weighing it down with sanitized marbles. I recently got a recipe that calls for doing that same thing with flaked...

Hi everyone, I recently bought a refractometer from amazon from a deal on homebrewfinds.com. It is a brix 0-32% model. Only after having it did I read somewhere that a brix refractomoter is not optimal for homebrewing because of the sugars it measures. I calibrated it with distilled water at...

Hey, im looking for some input on what I should make with the hops and grains I have. Im open to trying new styles or whatever, just want to see what you guys feel I could work towards with the ingredients in my inventory. I have: Grains: 40 lbs of Marris Otter grains Hops: 2 oz...

So I just bought my first 55 # grain bag from fiftypoundsack.com and while it was in shipping I picked up some used 5gal buckets from a local supermarket since they usually throw them away from the bakery department. I also got some 1gal ziplock bags to double protect the grains. I wanted to...

I've been a homebrewer for just about 9 months now and have built some interesting things. I finally feel I'm at the point to start commenting on forums and post some things as well. While they will be out of order i will post about some of the DIY projects I've made. My most recent ones have...