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Those guys totally got me! I wasted hours of my life following their "how to" on installing raspberry pints on a raspberry pi today and, man, they totally had me until the end! What a great practical joke, especially being so far away from April, I totally didn't see it coming! I thought I...

I just got a sweet monster mill 3-pro and it's a beast. What I don't understand though is why doesn't it, and all grain mills for that matter, auromatically come with top and bottom plates that would align and properly space the rollers? It seems that such an engineering marvel would have teh...

Hey friends, I have a question that has been asked before, but am looking at it from a different angle. I have a nice two roller mill my cousin made in his machine shop, and it's been a beast for years (with regular maintenance!) but it's time to look into something new. I am looking for...

I'm wondering: have you ever, or are you aware of a well documented episode where an ale yeast was over pitched into a lager recipe and cool fermented to effect a more lager like fermentation? Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

How can I distinguish between chinook and sterling hop plants? Come harvest time I can do a three-way with known hops, but I'm curious if there's a way to positively ID them from leaves alone. Im almost positive that the hop to the east was the sterling, but I can't be sure. Mike.

Hey all, I have set my pid farther away from my brewing area in anticipation of a future upgrade to something like a touch screen POS kinda thing. In order to make this work I had to extend the thermocouple wires. I bought type k male and female plugs and thermocouple wire and have it running...

So, should I place my wiring for an in place e-brewery in my garage in the wall before putting up ss sheet on the wall or should I get some ss conduit to use between the control panel and the plug in enclosure, just in case I move again? No real plans to move for a while though.

Hey all, can I safely use a spst 120v switch on one leg of my 240v march pump to switch on/off? I've seen people post both yes and no in various spots and don't want to, um, die.

I am wanting to start a frozen yeast bank with several strains of yeast. I'm thinking to do the glycerin idea in 50mL tubes. I was planning on purchasing a few vials or smack packs, culturing up a big fatty starter and drawing off of this to fill the vials before freezing them. I figure I...

Anybody know a good place to get 1/2" ferrules for tri-clamp/clover fittings? Thinking to hard plumb my new rig with 1/2" ss pipe. Could go 3/4, but heard that's a bit overkill (like TC fittings aren't already a bit overkill) I have checked KLM on ebay, but his stuff's all bigger...

I recently brewed a strawberry wheat with 5-6 lbs of frozen thawed berries added to my secondary (plastic bucket). Went off without a hitch and bottled it on up since the kegs were all full. fast forward to a coupla weeks later and I have increasing pressure in my bottles and the beer that...

Gasp! Apparently not many venture down this road. I have a recipe here that I felt turned out very well, and just in time for summer consumption. **WARNING** pears turn to holy hell when you freeze/thaw/ferment them, so be prepared for notable losses unless you have a centrifuge at your...

Strawberry Wheat Brew Type: All Grain Date: 6/29/2008 Style: American Wheat or Rye Beer Brewer: Two Cans Brewery Batch Size: 11.00 gal Assistant Brewer: Boil Volume: 13.44 gal Boil Time: 60 min Brewhouse Efficiency: 77.0 % Equipment: 2.5 vessel Electric AG 15 gallon rig. Actual...

Hey all, I am headed toward doing a 10g ag batch this weekend that I want to split into 2 5g batches: one will be a ginger beer akin to the "third place" recipe that is floating around on the site and the other will be a pear-y lightly hopped light beer that will allow me to get rid of about 3...

How often do you all replace your beer lines in your kegerators? I haven't had any problems until now, but I think that I may have something up with my beer line. It's not more than 2 years old but I have noticed a definite taste that is way off-putting in my first pint pour from some of my...

You know you are a homebrewer when: 1: You think about step mashing when adding more hot water to your kids bath 2: 3:

I'm just getting my brew rig set up inside and have a quickie fer you. I'm in my basement ( all electric) and need a way to keep any spills from spreading to nearby carpet. How do you all do this? I'm thinking of something with a shallow lip like a bigger, rectangular hot water heater pan...

Has anybody attempted / tasted beer that had been fermented with Sacc that was then 'infected' with a kombucha scoby? Seems like it could produce something either interesting and tasty or something horrible. ~M~

Kombucha mother + fermented beer = soured beer? Piss? Anybody skulking about here tried this yet? I may have to give this a whirl. ~M~

but I got a yeast infection! Woo!! Brewed a batch friday am and left my hydrometer tube 1/2 filled with post-boil wort. Checked it today and it has a tiny krausen and effervescence! Tasted a tiny spot and it was beer-flavored! Now all i have to do is step it up without BEEPING it up...