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I have a couple bottles of Westvleteren 12 that I’ve been saving for a special occasion, and I’ve noticed that the yeast cake is very loose, to the point that it stirs up a ton of floaties when I open the bottle, just from the carbonation If this were a normal beer or home brew, I’d probably...

My pipeline is filling up, and unfortunately my temperature controlled fermentation chamber is now acting as my kegerator for the time being. I brewed a hefeweizen this past weekend, which is fermenting in my basement around 68F ambient, and I'm looking for ideas on my next beer that don't...

I was brewing a Hefeweizen yesterday and noticed my pre-boil gravity was way low (1.029 actual vs. 1.040 target, volume was pretty spot on). I wasn’t completely surprised by this, because I was lazy and let my LHBS crush my grain instead of doing it myself. I bumped up my boil vigor to hopefully...

I feel like I'm missing a simple solution to my problem and am hoping someone's dealt with this before. I have a single vessel BIAB system on a small brew stand. The stand has casters so I can roll the vessel from its normal brewing location to my grain bag hoist midway through brewing. The...

I've built an electrical BIAB setup (single element, single controller, single pump) that was built using cheap, low quality components. I'm looking for a metal enclosure as well as any surplus DIN rail materials (and a larger heat sink) that folks may have, and I figure this forum is a pretty...

I've had my first batch fermenting for three days now, and it has started to produce a film and foam (maybe a pellicle). Everything look ok so far? Couple things to note: - My vessel is a blue glass container, so the color is a bit off in the pics. - I did not use a scoby for this, just a...

Good morning everyone. After about 10 batches, I’ve made the switch to kegging and have a couple questions. After cold crashing for three days, I transferred 5 gallons into my keg and sealed it up. I put 30psi of CO2 on the beer for about an hour, and lightly shook up the keg every time I...

I've been trying to hone in my efficiency numbers lately and was sad to see that I severely missed my gravity targets on my most recent session. My suspicion is that this was due to the large amount of flaked grains for the recipe, which I did not crush. Grain Bill 5# Pale Malt 3# Flaked Maize...

This was my fourth brew session on my 220V, 5500W eBIAB setup, and halfway through my mash I noticed smoke coming from my panel. After shutting everything down and opening it up, it looks like one of my contactors has been scorched. I will order another on Amazon today, and I was wondering...

Hey everyone, my first saison didn't dry out enough to be true to style, so I have put together a different recipe that should be a "truer" representation of a saison. I am looking to solicit feedback on the ingredients, brewing schedule, or fermentation schedule. Style Name: Saison Boil...

I made my first yeast starter about 24 hours ago and woke up to it looking like this. Is it ready to pitch / chill and decant (if I wanted to, probably won't though)? Should I keep the stir plate going, or turn off the stirrer until pitching?

I've got my first saison fermenting away right now. I ramped the temperature up from 68 to 90 over 4 days. For those that have fermented the beer at higher temps, do you shoot for 90 ambient or 90 degrees in the liquid beer?

Does anyone have experience with Brew-Boss they'd like to share? I'm specifically interested in the quality of their kettles but would also like to hear about the overall buying experience from others.

Hello everyone, I have a couple bottles of westvleteren 12 from a few years back that has unfortunately not been stored in perfect conditions. It wasn't exposed to major temp fluctuations, but it was around 72F at all times. When I look at the bottle, it has a pretty significant amount of...

Looking for a stainless kettle with the following features: - 15 gallons - Electric heater connection - thermometer probe connection - ball valve outlet - recirculation port (optional) - false bottom (optional but preferred) Thanks!

So I accidentally posted to the recipe database section and figured I would get more feedback here, hence the x-post. As the title suggests, I'm trying to plan a fairly simple mosaic-only pale ale that will hopefully be very aromatic and fruity with a balanced malt profile and little hop...

As the title suggests, I'm trying to plan a fairly simple mosaic-only pale ale that will hopefully be very aromatic and fruity with a balanced malt profile and little hop dankness. I'm new to making recipes and welcome any suggestions for simplifying and improving this design. For a 5.00 gallon...

Hello, I'm currently building my first electric setup and am requesting a second set of eyes to look at my wiring diagram, which is a modified version of one of doug293cz's diagrams. I will use an Auber DSPR300 to control a 5500W element, and I have two main questions based on the...

Just keeping a log of my different brewing sessions and any relevant notes I captured. Motor Oil Extremely Dark Wheat Beer 5.4% AVB 33.2 IBUs 49.6 SRM 1.5kg Briess Pale Ale Malt 1.5kg Briess White Wheat Malt 0.5kg Briess Midnight Wheat Malt 0.4kg Cara-Pils Target mash temp = 68C Actual mash...

Hey all, I was brewing up Dude's Lake Walk Pale Ale a little over a week ago and I undershot my OG by quite a bit. Target was 1.068, actual was 1.059. Brewtarget predicted my FG to be 1.017, but my hydrometer reading today showed a gravity of 1.011. Is there any useful information that I...