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Anyone out there in homebrew land have a recipe similar to Patagonia Amber Lager?

So in February 2018 I decided to make some significant changes to my life most notably my relationship with food. I have several friends who have adopted the Keto lifestyle and it has improved their health profiles immensely. Going back further in time say 30 years I was a 6’2” 185 pound post...

So I started looking at these extremely popular devices over the past few days. Of course they’re great for cooking food but could you make beer in them as well. Some have custom temp control for mash. They boil. On top of it they also could maintain warm temps for souring. Am I missing...

With anyone with an exchilerator out there is there a one correct way to have the ins and outs connected for the wort and the cooling water?

Just throwing this out there to see what people are doing out there and if they've found more success with one method or another. I have simply recirculated with the tube laying on the bed and whirlpooling. My efficiencies have been consistent but just like everything else you're always looking...

So I did a step mash with a protein rest and ended up with an element that was pretty black and scorched. Funny enough that it didn't translate into a scorch flavor in the wort. Anyway. Tried scrubbing with a heavy duty green scotch pad. Little luck. Just decided to run it dry. Man did that...

Just as the subject line reads. Is it really necessary to run boiling wort through the chiller to sanitize it? So many issues it seems with pumps with boiling wort. Why not just shut off the heat source and move onto the sanitization and whirlpool stages? Doesn't pasteurization happen all the...

Designing a Russian imperial stout recipe and I'm just wondering what you biab full volume no spargers have been setting your brew house efficiency at on beersmith. Normally I'm set at 72 for a typical medium gravity beer.

So I have 3 separate t flow 3 way valves in my setup. I figured after a dozen sessions or so I should disassemble everything, clean it all up, and reassemble. Easy right? All 3 valves are now leaking fairly heavy in the directions I'd rather not have them leak. All the parts looked...

So my buddy and I are brewing up a batch of an Odell shilling 90 clone that he has a recipe for. The issue that I'm having is that the hop schedule that he's giving me puts the ibus in the high pale ale range at 55-60. This is the hop schedule. 2 oz n brewer at 45 2 oz perle at 20 3 oz cascade...

I've been seeing quite a few recipes with a hop addition at whirlpool. Question is, how long to whirlpool and then let the wort settle? I've seen a 30 min whirlpool/steep step. Would I whirlpool for 15 and let sit for 15 for a total of 30 before sending it through the cfc and into the fermentor?

The last two batches that I've made have been 5 gallon. Something curious is happening as the wort comes up to boil. It begins a gradual rocking motion that picks up and then stays there the entire boil. It is on a wheeled stand but the wheels are locked so movement is very slight. It's almost...

So I took some readings recently from obviously finished fermentations and the readings on the refractometer were reading like 1023-1025. Started at 1055 btw. Tasted it. No residual sweetness that I could tell. Tried the hydrometer and that reads 1008. That seems more accurate. Question is, what...

So what's the best way to clean these ripple elements. I've been winding a blue scrubby pad in and out. It works but just wondering if anyone has had an ahh hah moment and discovered a great new method.

Today was the third batch in my new biab basket electric setup and the first 5 gallon batch. It was the centennial blonde in the recipe section. I had the basket built by arbor fab to have the maximum height and diameter relative to the 20 gallon spike brewing kettle with ripple element. That...

I'm heading down to the twin cities (Mn) this weekend and picking up some bulk grains for future brewing. The grain supply here in Duluth is touch and go and I want to be able to brew on a moments notice if I want to. Question is, what's a good basic grain list that I could have on hand to be...

This question is for those out there that use plate or counter flows to chill their wort. Do you transfer into your carboy as you are chilling or do you chill the whole kettle down first and then transfer? I've just started with a new setup and I was hoping to chill the entire kettle down and...

First full brew day with the new system went off without a hitch. It's so exciting when all the ideas in your head that look good on paper actually perform as good if not better than what was expected. It's been 6 months of acquiring components and materials but I can finally step back and take...

I have a rolling stainless table with a 1 inch 3 sided wrap on the sides and back. I'm attempting to drill holes in the steel with very little effect. It's at least 1/16 inch thick and obviously very tough stuff. Any suggestions on specific bits to get? Heading to the store soon to buy some...

Received the mesh basket from arbor fab today and couldn't help myself from setting the system up. It'll be awhile before I'm up and running but it was fun to see it in place.