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So I've been making invert sugar for years following the recipe on the AHA website. https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/beer-food/invert-syrups-making-simple-sugars-complex-beers/ According to this, temperature and color are directly proportional. Basically if you want invert #3 you just...

My beautiful coffin keezer has died for a second time in 2.5 years. I tried replacing the start relay and the capacitor but no dice, so it must be a bad compressor. My best guess is that my freezer is overheating and shortening compressor life because it's fully enclosed on 3 sides. Surely...

I'm looking for one or two 2.5 gallon corny kegs. I had to replace my keezer body and to my dismay it doesn't quite hold 4 full sized kegs, but it will hold 3 + a 2.5 gallon keg on the step. A 3 gallon keg will not work, so only looking for the 2.5 gallon thats 15" tall (shorter if you got...

Has anyone had issues with the power wire on your spike heat jacket pulling out? I noticed it wasn't heating like it should and went to double check the wiring. When i gave it a gentle jiggle, the wires just pulled free from the heat pad. I've only had it for about 4 months and it hasn't been...

Happy thanksgiving guys and gals! I hope it's filled with family, traditions old and new, lots of good food, and most importantly beer!!

This is a mashup of a Schwartzbier and a Tropical Stout recipe with some seasonal flavors added to make it a tad Christmasy. I brewed this just yesterday and the wort tasted phenomenal and it was a really fun brew day. I will post updates on the finished beer, but I'm excited about this one and...

So I have a Spike system that uses the ball-lock style stainless quick connect couplings on all the hoses. They have an internal O-ring on the mating surface between the male and female couplings. I went to brew this weekend and found that one of my female couplings was missing the internal...

I brewed today and had a realization that there's an aspect of fly sparging I've never considered. I'm curious to hear about how you fly sparge and let me explain. I have a spike 3vessel custom system. I used to sparge (until today) as follows: When it comes time to sparge I mostly follow...

So I came home from a work trip to warm beer and a compressor that very faintly hums when it is supposed to kick on. It might be a bad start capacitor, but I can't seem to find a replacement. This keezer is almost 20 years old and it was bound to happen sooner or later so I'm inclined to just...

So I just finished reading Historical German Beers for the Homebrewer. One of the things I don't really care for about the book is the correlation between modern malt and historical malt. He equates: Pale/yellow/white malt = pilsen amber malt = vienna brown malt = munich I have never...

I brewed this the first time right before my own wedding, and then tweaked the recipe a year later. I essentially made an American porter with English porter ingredients (stronger and hoppier). This took a gold medal and second place best-of-show in the 2019 Peach State Brew Off (the largest...

This has turned out really nice after 9 months of aging. The flavor profile is very wine like with some delicate and interesting berry notes (from the mosaic I think), a good malt backbone, a SUPER velvety mouthfeel, and pretty evenly balanced. At 11% ABV its a real butt-kicker, and a perfect...

This is not a challenge but an honest question Who doesn't U.S macrobrew like budweiser, Miller, coors, etc have that sweet honey grain flavor of most mass produced European lagers? Is it the adjuncts? Surely it's not because they are not implementing low oxygen brewing techniques.

I just listened to the Master Brewers Podcast Episode 79 where Van Havoc was the guest discussing brewhouse efficiency and he said some things that really have me questioning everything I thought I knew about maximizing efficiency. I realize he's applying these to small commercial breweries, and...

I just posted this question in the Norcal Yeast brink thread, but I thought it might warrant it's own thread I'm looking at a NorCal yeast brink for dryhopping/injecting yeast starters into my new CF5 and most folks seem to be content with flushing the mason jar with CO2 a couple times and...

https://www.deltabrewingsystems.com/ This looks like an ideal system for me. The Flex+ with all the accessories for temp control and whatnot is the same price as a conical, but I don't harvest yeast and I don't need all of the other capabilities. The SS Brewtech isn't rated for pressure...

I am planning to brew a Belgian Golden Strong ale this Saturday and I've been reading several threads spread out on HBT about different techniques for achieving really great character from belgian style beers. I'll caveat this by saying I don't actually like most Belgian style beers made in...

I'm considering a Flex+ since I don't harvest yeast often, but I want to have a plan for how I'm going to control fermentation temperature. I currently have a modified dorm fridge that comfortably fits a carboy/big mouth, but it won't hold a Flex+ with the racking arm. I would prefer not to use...

Thoughts and comments welcome! I've never brewed one before and only had 2 commercial examples. I'm intending to brew this in January to enter into a competition in September. Harvester of Sorrow Wheatwine OG: 1.107 FG: 1.017 - 1.025 (happy within that range) IBU: 56 Color: 13.5 SRM ABV 12.2%...

So I was listening to a podcast with Chris White where he was discussing fermentation under pressure to reduce esters. I know this is well understood but some of his data got me thinking about spunding. He stated that pressure exceeding 15psi will reduce yeast health and start killing yeast, so...