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Any homebrewers in the Greensboro/Winston area looking to purchase some gear? I have a RIMS keggle system that I'd like to sell. With a 4 and 2 year old I have exactly zero time to brew these days. If you are local and want to swing by to take a look and talk price let me know. Lots of other...

Trying to put together a grain bill for an amber. Looking at mostly 2 row, a small percentage of munich and enough crystal to get my SRM up to around 15 or so. Trouble is, that requires over 10% crystal. What is the most crystal you would use in an amber grist?

I finally figured out what was causing stuck sparges almost every brew. I use a home depot 10 gal circular water cooler with a dome shaped false bottom. What was happening was when I added my strike water, the bottom of the cooler would swell and push up against the dip tube opening. I ground...

I am trying to pay close attention to my mash pH when I brew this weekend. I am using Bru'n Water and my ward lab results to figure out how much lactic acid to add. Bru'n water separates the mash water acid addition from the sparge water addition and it wants a lower pH for the mash water...

So I work at my friends scrap yard a few weekends a month to help her out and make some extra cash. Found this coil of 5/8 copper that is pretty badly oxidized and dirty but structurally in good shape. I have been wanting to update my chiller and hopefully reduce my chilling time. Have any of...

Trying to get my hands on some pliny to try along side of the clone I have in the primary right now. I live right down the street from Cigar City Brewery. Is anyone interested in a trade?

I just tasted my first attempt at constructing my own pale ale recipe. Bitterness is spot on however the aroma is really sweet and fruity. Almost like bubble gum or fruity pebbles. Any ideas where this is coming from? I fermented around 65 degF so I don't think its esters. Although I did use...

I have been dry hopping for about a week now in a sealed corny keg. I plan to bottle about a gallon of it before putting the keg on C02. The keg has been in my fermentation chamber at about 70 degrees until the last few days when I bumped the temp down to 65 to accommodate primary fermentation...

I racked a little over 5 gallons of my india red ale over to an 8-gal speidel fermenter ( http://www.morebeer.com/products/speidel-plastic-fermenter-30l-79-gal.html ) as a secondary to dry hop. Started thinking about it and its been bothering me all day at work. Should I be worried about...

I know I under pitched the wheat ale that I have in the primary. Batch volume was 5.75 gal with OG 1.050. I pitched one Wyeast 1010 smack pack. Yeastcalc tells me that needed about 200B cells. Assuming good viability, I pitched about half of that. I did oxygenate with pure O which should have...

I brewed my first all grain batch this past Saturday and it has currently been fermenting for just about 3 days now in my chest freezer at 65DF. When I open the chest freezer I get the distinct smell of banana bread. Needless to say I do not want my APA to taste and smell like bananas. I decided...