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Hey everyone, hope somebody might be able to help me out with an issue thats been bugging me. I have a house blonde recipe that I've been brewing for some time: 1.048, 30IBU, 2-Row base, 20% Marris Otter, 20% Wheat, 5% Carapils. Centennial and Cascade, US-05 (usually on the colder side). The...

I recently installed a compression fitting on my HERMS coil after realized I had the internal rings in the wrong order. I filled the pot with water and blew air threw the coil and saw no bubbles. Should I be concerned or did this still probably seal?

I've been brewing for about a decade and several years I got into mixed fermentation brewing which reinvigorated my passion. While brewing, I have been very diligent to maintain separate "clean" and "wild" gear, taking every precaution to eliminate cross-contamination. I run with about 6...

A couple years back I got into wild brewing. I now have 6 carboys around with beers again on Brett. and bacteria - some as old as 18 months. Maintaining airlock levels can be a pain in the ass! My question is, at what point would it be advised to throw an un-drilled bung on and forget the...

Last year I bought and planted four hop rhizomes. I built a structure - a 12 foot 4x4 beam concreted into the ground with four strings hanging upwards. The rhizomes were planted in a square with a length/width of about 3 or 4 feet. Two of the rhizomes took off and grew very large while...

Hi everyone, I have a sanke keg I've been using for some time for mixed fermentation beers, both bacteria and brett. I've since decided to change my wild tap to a corny keg, and would like to pass on the 20L sanke to my father to use on his clean taps. I need to completely sterilize any...

I just swapped out my three sets of lines from vinyl to Bev-Seal Ultra 235 polyethylene. What a PITA to do! I had to warm with a heat gun, stretch several steps with drill bits, start over because of kinks... etc. But well worth it, they taste great. No more rubber boot vinyl taste on the...

Hi everyone, I am brewing a sour beer today which will be aged for 6-9 months. I haven't used my copper HERMS coil today and before storing it away a month ago I flushed it with some vinegar solution. Before starting today, I ran water through the coil to get rid of the slushy blue...

I just brewed a hefeweizen tonight and found a weird shift in pH I was hoping somebody could help rationalize. I usually aim for a post boil pH of 5.2-5.3 and experience a small pH drop during my boil. I often add a small amount of calcium chloride or a few drops of lactic acid to aid this...

Hoping for a bit of insight on the following topic. I am currently brewing with sacch and brett. I have separate taps, serving lines, kegs, carboys, and plastic material that I use exclusively for my brett fermented beer. I am currently looking to attempt some sour brews and I'm wondering...

To begin, I realize there are many lengthy threads on this but I cannot get a black and white answer to my situation. I am in the process of adding a HERMS coil to my HLT. I will be using it for the interim for 5G batches while continuing using my cooler as a mash tun. As a result, it's...

Will it work or is the curve of the keg too sharp?

I've been reading some advance homebrewing literature (Gordon Strong and Braukaiser) and theres a concept I'm having trouble wrapping my head around based on the following facts: a. The target mash pH at room temperature is 5.3-5.8 with a target of 5.5. b. Sparge water should be...

I snapped my 3/8 autosiphon while kegging last night and I am considering upgrading it to a 1/2 equivalent because it feels it takes an eternity to transfer anything over. The guy at my LHBS suggested this may be a bad idea because of potential oxidation issues. What do you guys use...

So I want to brew a 10G batch on a setup which will only accommodate about 7-8G of output. Of course I'll have to treat my top of water to create the correct ion profile and boil to sanitize beforehand. My concern comes from a step that people seem to leave out. If post boil wort pH is around...

Quick questions: When Kal suggests using 10/3 300V wire in his build, is there any harm in using the 600V equivalent if its more readily available? I'm pretty sure its good but shouldn't be guessing when it comes to using 240V power. Cheers,

Wonder if anybody can suggest why spending twice as much on the latter flanged outlets is worth while? I've seen builds with both types... What do people suggest? http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00062BJG6/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20...

Can anybody confirm that I've got this done correctly?

I recently bought a fiberglass resin electrical enclosure to use as my control housing. Has anybody worked with this before or is familiar with the material? Will it be easy to cut without cracking? Is there any health concerns with the material I might be overlooking? Thanks for the answers.

I'm currently running a three tap keezer with two cornies and a 5 gallon sanke. It seems that the sanke keg always produces wild beers, sputtering and filling two or more glasses with foam before it starts running properly, while the two corny kegs pour perfectly. All three kegs are on the...