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I've been using BF since my second batch of beer 3 years ago. Only yesterday did I discover BF doesn't take mash temps or PH entries into account when calculating OG. Does any of the currently available brew software do this?

I'll be brewing my first Hefeweizen on Thursday. I made a 2L starter last night with Wyeast 3068 and twice made a big ol' mess on my counter. I went to the Wyeast site and I see the yeast requires 33% available headspace. For the 5.5 gallons I typically put in each fermenter, that would mean I...

I recently moved to brewing 10 gallon batches and dividing batches into 6 gallon fermenters. I'm still figuring out the best yeast starter setup for dividing the starter between fermenters equally. Anyhow, I have 2 fermenters filled with a Todd The Axeman clone. I'm 6 weeks into fermentation and...

I'm on my 3rd brew since installing a thermocouple on the outlet of my mash tun. Picture below The thermocouple is actually only 0.50" deep and I made my own thermowell by running an end mill 0.50 into a 1/2" NPT plug. The plug is 1.27 deep so the thermocouple is not actually in the fluid...

When primary fermentation has stopped, I cold crash, rack into a keg and immediately apply CO2. I then allow my brews to naturally carbonate for about 2 weeks at 50°. I'll also do any dry hopping in the keg during these two weeks. This allows me to easily sample through draft as the beer...

Ok, I've been at this hobby for about 6 months now. I dove right in spending more than planned and learning a ton. I built a 10 gallon system, a fermentation chamber that can hold 6 5-gallon carboys, a 4 corny keezer, and a hop garden. I also bought 7 corny kegs, 7 fermenters, a stir plate...

I got a chance to start my new brew stand today. It's nothing revolutionary but it's going to make brewing a lot more fun and mobile for me. Here is a picture of what I am replacing. Yes, that is an old door and saw horses holding it all together. The HLT is actually sitting up...

Recently I've been intrigued by taking a good recipe and increasing the base malt plus adding some corn sugar to raise the ABV to 10-12% - which is usually at least doubling the ABV. These higher ABV beers turn out great but I'd like to try an get them to finish lighter. They usually finish...

I bought a new freezer and made a keezer a couple months ago. It tightly holds 4 5 gallon kegs and I thought this would be plenty for me. I'm pretty much the only one to drink the beer I brew. I work a lot and between work and family I don't really do the friend scene like when I was...

I have a black IPA finishing up fermentation that I would like to try cold pressing to add some coffee flavor and caffeine. I'm thinking of adding the course ground beans directly into secondary and then filtering when I rack to the keg. But I don't want to introduce any bad guys to my beer...

I got to work on my new fermentation chamber today. Two days ago I noticed my Black American Ale hitting 80° so I decided I couldn't leave things to ambient anymore. My chamber will hold 6 5-gallon carboys. Recently I have been brewing about once each week but my average is closer to twice a...