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Hi all, I brewed a ~70 IBU Citra and Galaxy IPA at 1.066 OG and it finished out about 5 days ago at 1.014, so I'm ready to keg it. I typically cold crash my beers in the conical, but wondering if I need to for this NEIPA style that haze is normal with. I have a fitting for the conical such...

Hi all, hoping I can get some guidance here on brewing with chocolate. Not chocolate malt, not nibs, actual chocolate. I have been recruited to brew for a competition based on using locally-sourced specialty ingredients and I have been assigned chocolate donated by a local cakes and candies...

Hi all, I recently purchased an oxygen regulator that lets me set flow rate (for consistency) and a welding oxygen tank to go with it. The guy at the welding store said this connection does not use a gasket, yet I have found tibdits online that suggest there may be one. Is the...

Hi all, I wired up an STC-1000 according to this thread:https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/stc-1000-wiring-diagram-question-362214/ (I broke off the tab from the hot side to give the top receptacle for the heating stage and the bottom for cooling - I didn't break the neutral side as the original...

Just need to vent. Brewed 10.5 gallon batch of witbier last night. Rounded up on my strike water volume and strike water temp was a few degrees high.... 152 mash turned into 156 until I could stir it back down to 152 (took 1/2 hour). Even though I had fermcap-S right there, I for some...

Not my item but I stumbled on this 10 cu.f. freezer on eBay for 99 cents. I have no affiliation with the seller, just thought I'd share the find. If I was closer (and had the space) I'd consider it. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Montgomery-Ward-Chest-Freezer-/151033925386 Hopefully this...

Hiya, On 1/27/13 I brewed my first 10.5 gallon batch of German pils, mashing at 148 for 75 mins and OG was 1.049. I built up to a 5L starter from a single smack pack of Wyeast 2278 Czech Pils, so my pitch rate was around 780 billion cells as recommended by MrMalty and yeastcalc. Beersmith...

Hi, washing some Wyeast 1968 (high flocculator like WLP002). Thinking my yeast is the middle layer (the smoother tan layer, right below the liquid.). Do you agree? If I can't figure how to post a photo from this iPhone app, I'll post it in reply. Thanks for your help.

This topic has been covered before, a couple of different ways but I think I've refined it to make it cheaper, easier and better. Credit where credit is due: My first beer line cleaner was the exact setup in this thread. However, it was a pain to pump constantly, refilling the sprayer...

Sorry to have to do this, but it seems any time I post a thread (because I need an answer, or because I have something to share) It's still sitting there with no views for hours later. I have found that as soon as I comment anything on the original post, then replies start rolling in. I'm...

Ok, I know I'm probably not the first to do this, but i thought I'd share my system for heating my strike water while I sleep. There are calculators online that will let you figure out how long the water takes to heat, but I found I still needed to do some math in converting units, etc, then I...

Hey all, After a couple of recent boil-overs and close calls, I've decided to buy some foam control that I keep hearing about. Problem is, I see it on a couple of different sites with wide price variation and differing usage directions. Prefer to use my LHBS but the owner keeps telling me...

Hey all, I have the yeast cake from a 5-gallon batch of Kolsch sitting in the fridge and i was going to split it between 2 5-gal buckets and do 10 gallons of EdWort's 'Oktoberfest Ale' with it. While that was fermenting I had the chance to try Alaskan Amber for the first time, and now I'd like...

Hey all, I've gone the route of homemade IC before with 25' of copper coil and it works 'ok' but I'm looking to upgrade to one of the 50' 1/2" chillers from morebeer, and I want to go with the whirlpool option. I do 5 and 10 gallon batches in a 15gal boilermaker kettle so the size of their big...

Hello all, I searched for info on this but all the other similar sounding problems seem to be after hundreds of pounds of grain have been put through the BC. I rec'd a BC about 6 weeks ago. I bought 10 lbs of malt (half pilsner and half wheat) for a German hefe and got an extra pound of...

First off, yes - I know you get what you pay for. I read many reviews that said this drill (Harbor Freight Chicago Electric D-handle 1/2" chuck drill, model #47991) is a beast and will buzz through the grain bill with no problems. The specs state that this drill will do 0-800 RPM with no load...

Currently brewing 5 gal batches of all-grain in a 10-gallon Megapot (no ports/bulkheads) and I'm having a very hard time getting a reliable cone of trub/break/hops in the center. I do rack from the side with an auto-siphon and feel i am successful at minimally disturbing the liquid after...

Hi all, tomorrow is going to be my 4th 5-gallon AG batch and I'm still struggling with these numbers. Let me run some numbers by you and see if you can guide me to the answer. I shoot for 5.5G into the fermenter at pitching so I can lose a quart each when racking to secondary and to keg. I...

Hello all, been brewing about 10 years off and on and recently switched to all-grain. On Superbowl Sunday just about 2 weeks ago I brewed the Belgian Slut IPA (recipe found on HBT) and used a yeast starter. There was a ton of krausen and it actually blew the lid off the bucket at one point...

Pardon me if this is obnoxious to re-post. I posted this a minute ago in a thread about a different conversion with a parts list for 3/8 fittings into the same cooler and I thought for anyone wanting to do it with 1/2" fittings it would be nice to have a thread of its own. I had been looking...