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Brewed a California common (steam beer) last weekend. I pitched with wyeast California lager (2112 I think) and have it at 58F. Still no sign of activity. Is it too cold?

I want to brew an all-grain chocolate-cranberry stout as a Christmas beer. I have brewed with fruit once before (raspberry wheat ale) by adding fresh frozen into the secondary with great results. This will be my first porter. Can I add fruit in the Mash, or introduce juice into the boil, or...

Looking for an all grain raspberry wheat ale recipe... anyone have one?

I brewed my first all-grain Lager last night. ( I usually make ales) I had my fermentation chamber ready for a temp of 50f, buy come pitching time, I noticed that the wyeast( american lager 2035) used suggests pitching between 60-72. So I pitched at 68, and it has been fermenting for 12 hours ...

Does anybody know how to bypass the thermostat on a window air conditioner? I use one for the cooling in my fermentation chamber. It is connected to a dual stage controller, but the thermostat on the unit itself only goes down to 70 F, and cuts out before it cools the chamber to my desired temp...

I built a ferm chamber based around a bar fridge. I built an insulated box around it with the door removed. The inside is lined with reflective foam insulation, all joints are sealed then the whole chamber is wrapped in r30 pink bat and cladded in board. I keep the thermostat turned to max and...

I brewed an AG american IPA last weekend. The final brew volume ended up at around 7 gal with an OG of 1.055. I'm an AG noob, and ended up under pitching with a single pack of wyeast 1272 (American Ale II smack pack). Pitch temp was 65, and I had really good fermentation activity within 12...

This is a (sort of) repost from another forum, but more of an update as well. Hoping for some better answers. Friday night i brewed my very first all-grain brew using my newly constructed 3 vessel electric HERMS system. It is an aggressively hopped APA, intended to be a 10 gal batch, I...

I did my first all-grain brew Friday night, and everything went fantastic , before I post my questions, here are a few details: I Have a 3 vessel electric HERMS setup. My Grain bill was just under 27 pounds for a 10 gal American IPA brew. It was a 60 min boil and I used Centennial...

Hello HBT, Here are the first pictures of my EHERMS setup. Just finished it last night, now I am in the process of testing it. So far, so good, should be ready for my first all-grain batch by the weekend!! It is a 3 vessel, single tier system. I used 2 sanke kegs and 1 10gal bayou kettle...

Somebody please help, I have my EHERMS control panel completely wired, except for the RTDs. I know that on my PID, terminals 8,9,10 are for the RTD. I have 3 wire RTDs with a red, white and black wire. Best I can tell the white is common and goes on terminal 8. That is as far as I can get. All...

Hello HBT, I am brewing my first all-grain beer this weekend, and want advice on whether to bottle or keg... I will be making a 10 gal recipie, and I am not real excited about the prospect of filling 100+ bottles. Consistency is the key for me, I feel like i would get a better product...

So I am almost finished building my electric HERMS all grain brewery, and today I managed to break the inlet housing off my brand new March 815 PL pump..... tried to epoxy it back on twice, broke it off twice $##@$%^%$#@$%^&^*& now looking at a chugger stainless replacement head...

All right guys and gals, help a newbie out. I am in the final stages of my EHERMS build, and will be attempting my FIRST all-grain brew within the next 2 weeks. Looking for suggestions for a good simple 10 gal IPA recipie. I already have 8oz of Amarillo and 4oz of Citra hop pellets in the...

Hello eyeryone, I am in the process of building a 3 vessel Electric HERMS setup. I have a question regarding Sparge Arms, as this is the last component that I have yet to settle on a design for. I have considered the Blichmann auto sparge, or a simple copper loop with holes drilled into...

Hello from Fort Faskatchewan, Alberta. I am in the planning stage of a single tier, 3 vessel EHERMS build. I am no stranger to craft beer, but am a newbie when it comes to all-grain brewing. Any advice would be fantastic and greatly appreciated