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    Blichmann Breweasy 5gal for sale in Seattle area

    Hello everyone, I am selling a Blichmann 5 gallon Breweasy to anyone in the Seattle area. It is a gas powered system and in excellent condition. I’ve brewed only 10 batches on it. It comes with quick disconnects, the kettle cart, therminator chiller, riptide pump, and BrewVision thermometers...
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    Lagering for ale

    I am currently brewing a kolsch. I reached final gravity in about 3 days at 60F slowly increasing temp a few degrees each day toward the end of fermentation to keep the yeast active. Once final gravity was reached I ramped the temp to 69F to clean up any diacetyl. Held that temp for 2-3 days...
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    Counter Flow Chiller Question

    I have a question about copper tube size for CFCs. I know the standard is 3/8th in OD tube, but due to high copper prices my local hardware stores don't carry fittings for them anymore. The smallest size fittings I can find fit 3/8 in ID copper tubes. Will this size be too large to cool...
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    When to dry hop

    Hi everyone, I am making in APA and I'm trying to dry hop. It's fermenting at 64F and there still looks like there's activity in it. I have photos to show what it looks like so far. I'm wondering if it is okay to go ahead and dry hop it then bottle in a week. I tried to check how much the...
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    Dry hopping question

    So I'm planning on dry hopping my beer in a couple days and was planning on using pellets. When my fermentation is complete and the airlock is no longer bubbling, do I just dump the pellets in the carboy and put the cap back on? Should I be worried about oxygen getting into the carboy when I...
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    Hop storage

    I accidentally left some hops out at room temp for a few days. They look to be sealed in a Mylar bag. Will the alpha acid content still be the same?
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    water question

    My water report has calcium and magnesium listed separately, but it also lists water hardness calcium (as CaCO3) and hardness magnesium as (CaCO3). the levels listed under hardness are significantly greater than the individual levels of calcium and magnesium, so I'm confused about which value to...
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    Water chemistry help

    Hi everyone, I'm attempting to brew an american pale ale and I'm currently using brunwater to help me adjust my water chemistry. My water is: Calcium: 30 ppm Magnesium: 13 ppm Sodium: 73 ppm sulfate: 161 ppm Chloride: 43 ppm bicarbonate: 73 ppm pH: 9.5 I'm diluting about 10% with...
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    Cloudy IPA after 4 weeks

    I have an English IPA that has been sitting in primary fermentation for 4 weeks now and it is still super cloudy. I'm not sure what is causing it to be cloudy so I don't know what finings would be good to use for it. I'm going to give it another week in primary then switch to secondary for two...
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    7 week primary fermentation bad?

    Hi all, I currently have and IPA and an oatmeal stout that have been sitting in primary fermentation at room temperature for 4 weeks now. I'm going to be out of town for a while and I was wondering if I should switch them to secondary while I'm gone. They'll be in primary for a total of 7...
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    Fermentation too long?

    Hey everyone, I currently have an english IPA and an oatmeal stout that have been in primary for 4 weeks now. I'm going to be out of town for a research conference and I was wondering if the beers would be okay sitting in the primary fermenter for another 3 weeks, or would this cause off...
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