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Found a RIMS system, so this thread isn't needed anymore.

Has anyone used the Anvil Brewing Spundy valve yet? Spundy - Compact Spunding Valve It looks like a well made and compact spunding valve. I can't find any reviews for it though and am curious if anyone has actually tried using this before. If you have one, how do you like it? Any pros/cons to...

Trying to buy my presale GABF tickets with my AHA code and I keep getting an error that the code is invalid. I've copy/pasted and manually typed it (case sensitive too) and still get the error. Another buddy is having the same problem. Has anyone successfully been able to register?

Update: Got another heating element to speed up my water heating. No longer need a hotrod

I have a 110v 2000w heating element and decided I'm tired of buying propane. I just bought a weldless 2" TC fitting and a carbide bit so I can hook the heating element up to my kettle. I'll be the most interested to see how quickly I get to a boil and what kind of boil I end up with. I'll...

When I was in New Zealand back in 2019 I was drinking a ton of NZ style pilsners. I really loved the crisp lager qualities mixed with the flavor and aroma of the hops. I still have several ounces of four different NZ hops in the freezer and was looking to create something similar to what I was...

Update: It looks like it wasn't updating the profile for the recipe, even though I had updated the profile in the Profiles tab. After updating the grain absorption to 0.5qt/lb and changing the Mash/Sparge Water Calculation Method to Batch Sparge, and then manually updating the equipment profile...

Back in 2016, when sour beer was all the rage, I started a 6.5 gallon solera project with a sour culture and got several rounds out of it. I currently have the 4th generation of it sitting in the carboy and being completely honest, I really don't want to drink more sour beer. I still have...

I've been using a cheap 'turkey fryer' style propane burner that I got with all my brewing equipment back in 2015. I'm starting to realize how loud and inefficient it is after borrowing a friend's Anvil burner during a double brew day the other day. Which burner do you have and would you...

I do a lot of long term projects (barrel aged and sour beers) and I was getting really tired of having to move heavy carboys / full barrels around in order to transfer them to other vessels or kegs. I ended up buying the Northern Brewer transfer pump to help with this and finally got around to...

I had a bunch of Mosaic pellets in the freezer and I was really enjoying the Maibock that I had on tap. I still had a packet of S-23 in the fridge that had expired 2 years prior to brewing and thought what better way to use that yeast than to make a Mosaic Pilsner SMaSH! Lager purists might...

Even though this was the 94th batch I've brewed to-date, it was my first attempt at a lager. Maibock's aren't too common of a style to see, at least around here, but they're extremely refreshing. The slightly higher ABV (mine clocked in at 6.8%) of this brew is great for May when it can be...

I currently brew with a 2 vessel system using propane (mash tun + BK, 10 gallons each) and had distilled on a converted 1/2bbl keg also using propane. We're getting solar installed at the house so i'm more inclined to switch to electric for both brewing and distilling since the energy will...

I'd like to get away from the normal plastic hoses and upgrade to the evabarrier system. I was planning on starting with the CO2 lines since it wouldn't require disassembling the tower on my kegerator. The problem is I'm not sure what fittings I'd need to attach to my regulator. I have one...

I bought one of those 5 gallon reservoir barrels several months ago and have had an imperial brown ale aging in it for about 3 months. The beer tastes freaking amazing and I'm about to brew up an imperial stout to age in there so I can get the brown out. The barrel definitely had some bourbon...

I just did some inventory and organization on my bottled homebrew and realized I have, at least to me, a lot of beer haha. 203 bottles total Breakdown: * 134x 12oz bottles * 21x 22oz bombers * 50x 500mL bottles Gallons in bottles: 22.75 I also have 5 gallons of brown ale in the kegerator in...

I've been trying to figure out what the heck is going on with my beersmith calculations and simply can't figure out what the problem is. In the last half dozen brews I've done I've hit my pre-boil gravity and post boil volume dead on (or slightly higher gravity pre-boil) but my OG is...

I just ordered a used 5 gallon whisky barrel and plan on aging an imperial brown ale. The barrels hold a little closer to 6 gallons so I'm planning on brewing two 4 gallon batches, blending them and then racking that into the barrel. I'll bottle the remaining straight for comparison later...

Some friends have a plum tree that was going absolutely crazy with plums this year. I picked and filled a 4 gallon bucket with plums to make my first plum wine. I pitted and juiced those plums which yielded a little over 1 gallon of juice. To that I added 4lb sugar and water up to 2.5...

A homebrewer was getting out of the game and I picked up 45lb of Ashburne in addition to 55lb of Maris Otter. While I use MO all the time, I've never tried using a 'mild malt' before. I'm interested to see what recipes you've used this malt in and how you thought it turned out? I have a brown...