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Pickup or I can drive to you if in the area. Asking $250 obo. Bought all of this new for $650, used once to make a delicious Blonde Ale, we drank too much of it one night, wife got pregnant, game over for my apartment brewing. :D Gear is: Ss Brewtech Mini Brew Bucket 3.5 Gallon with Blow-off...

Hi all, I've relocated to a small NYC apartment and I need to start brewing again. The #1 restriction, imposed by the Powers That Be, is: no more fridges. The #2 restriction, imposed by me, is: no bottling. So here's my all-grain, 1.75 gallon batch, BIAB plan: - 4.4gal Gigawort Electric Brew...

Bought this setup new for $110, and it's in great working condition. Connector is pin-lock. Tank is 75% full. Looking to sell it all for $75. Unable to ship, has to be picked up in Providence, RI.

This is honestly one of my favorite beers of all time, if you haven't had it, do yourself a favor and pick one up. Crisp as all hell, gorgeous lemony aroma and thirst-quenching hop bitterness. Anyone have any thoughts on a clone recipe? Here's what I've got so far: -Measured FG 1.010, ABV...

So I broke down and got the whole yeast-farming system. Every time I brew I overbuild and save ~120 billion cells for next time. I was planning on using this strain of WLP001 as my house strain for pales/IPAs/Blondes/etc. Problem is, the first batch I ran with this WLP001 was very harsh and...

Hi all, I'm building my own stirplate and I'm using the RE magnets from an old hard drive. I broke the magnet in half as per instructions but one chunk ended up larger than the other by about 2-3mm: When I affix these to the computer fan, is the size differential going to be a problem? Or...

Hi All, I've had this odd experience recently where I fermented a cross between a Pale and a European-style ale (decent quantities of vienna and munich malt but 80% 2-row). Tasting upon racking to the keg, I was blown away by the way the hop flavor (centennial and cascade) mixed with the...

Ingredients: ------------ 10 lbs 2.0 oz Brewer's Malt, 2-Row, Premium 93.1 % 8.0 oz Munich 10L (Briess) (10.0 SRM) 4.6 % 4.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) 2.3 % 20.39 g Warrior [15.80 %] - Boil 60.0 min 38.1...

After struggling through several mediocre batches, moving from extract to BIAB to full all-grain, tearing my hair out over a major recurring off-flavor issue, and finally upgrading to a small single-keg system, I am now drinking a draft IPA that is as good, if not BETTER than most pub-draft...

Hi all, just wanted to share something that might provoke a little discussion: I've been trying to figure out why my recent British Bitter is so undrinkable. I had a standard malt bill and used a fair dose of EKG and Willamette hops, aiming for something on the slightly bitter end of the style...

Hi All I recently conducted an experiment in order to try to isolate what was causing my pale beers to darken and develop sweet, sherry-like off-flavors in the bottle. I had 5 gallons of tasty, fully fermented IPA (1.057 to 1.009 in 3 weeks, 55 IBUs) which I bottled one month ago from a bucket...

Recipe: My IPA Brewer: Ol' Jimmy Asst Brewer: Style: American IPA TYPE: All Grain Taste: (30.0) Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 6.78 gal Post Boil Volume: 5.98 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Bottling Volume: 5.53 gal Estimated OG: 1.059 SG...

Hi all, just cracked a bottle from my first "standard" Dry Irish Stout and it's phenomenal. I want to build on this recipe (Maris Otter 67.5%, Flaked Barley 25% and finely crushed Black Roasted Barley 12.5%) and try something a little new: I love Murphy's, Beamish, and the Irish stuff, but I...

Hi all, there seem to be varying opinions on the importance of a hot break. I've never seen one on my stovetop-gas setup, neither with extract or with all grain, 5 batches in. My beers have not been particularly tasty... good, but not very good. No traces of creamed-corn taste/scent, but I...

Hey everyone, Been cracking open the bottles from an awesome, tasty, and popular batch of cider and I thought I'd share what I've learned over a 4-year process of experimentation, learning, and talking to craft producers large and small. Many of you know this stuff already but I just wanted to...

Hi All, I'm doing a BIAB dry stout, standard bill: 62.5% Maris Otter, 25% flaked barley, 12.5% roasted barley. 4.3 gals of spring water with 1 gal of distilled, no sparge. This is my water addition plan so far, with questions below: Projected room temp pH is 5.5. 1. Basically...

I made my first extract brew - Northern Brewer's British Bitter Kit - recently. It was in primary for three weeks and bottled+carbonated for two. I went with something very close to a full-volume boil in a 7.5 gallon pot and added a small amount of top-up water. The recipe was very simple...

Hi All, I'm making a 5gal extract IPA and shooting for a more 'session' ish ABV. I'm trying to make something that has the crispness of a mild IPA without the crazy ABVs. The recipe I'm using will give me 41 IBUs and I'm hoping to start at 1.055 (and not 1.061), so I have to lose 6 gravity...

I'm using Northern Brewer's British Bitter Kit, and the instructions call for 2/3 cup of dextrose to prime 5 gallons. That sounded like a lot to me. So I put the style of beer into their own priming sugar calculator it tells you to use 1/4 cup... how can the instructions be overshooting by...

Hi All, I've got a 6-gallon batch (Nottingham yeast) that's been cold crashing for 2 weeks now. I added pectic enzyme to clear at the outset before fermentation, but there is still a stubborn haze that refuses to go away. I need my fermentation chamber for other projects and so I'd like to try...