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Hope I’m in the right section,, anybody familiar with Avanti 7.1 cubic inch apartment refrigerator/freezer Model # AVRPD7300BW ?? Has a small freezer on top of fridge but there’s no fan to blow cold air from freezer to fridge like most refrigerators,, I was thinking about cutting a small...

now that I’m getting back into the hobby I’m curious as to what websites most are using these days for their calculations and such ? I used Brewer’s friend when I was brewing on a regular basis but lost all info I had saved when subscription ran out . Just wondering if their all about the same...

It’s been a couple years or so since i did any home brewing or visited this site , reason for the stoppage was my fermentation fridge went out and I never replaced it due to work, life & maybe a little laziness but that’s all about to change starting today New fridge is scheduled to be...

My (4.4 Galanz) mini fridge crapped out sometime early this morning, the ink bird alarm woke me up when the temp started going up… looks like the compressor seized up and to have it replaced would cost more than what I paid for the mini fridge to start with and yes there was a keg with about...

Is it just me or has HBT increased the amount of advertising within the threads ??

Made the jump to kegs a little while back to get away from bottles, I bought all my kegging equipment new including the 5# CO2 bottle , the small town I live in has 1 welding supply store and they will fill the new CO2 bottle but only when an outside source comes thru to fill bottles sometimes...

I’m using a 2.5 gallon (ball lock) corny keg with a single 5 pound Co2 bottle ... Problem seems to be keeping a constant level of carbonation in the beer , one day it’s perfect a couple days later it’s a little flat .. Beer was 36 degrees and the regulator was set to 30 psi for 24 hrs or so ...

I was reading a few different articles on the net on building up RO water for brewing , I don’t remember who wrote the article but he recommended building your water a day or two before brew day so any changes to the water could be made to get the PH level where you want it before it was to late...

I have a buddy that’s been asking me to show him the process of AG brewing and today’s that day , I had him order a 5 gal. kit of his choice of ale thinking the instruction sheet would outline needed water volumes etc etc so he could look back on it if needed in the future as he progresses...

Wanted to try brewing my first Czech style beer , This was a 2.5 gallon brew 4.2lb. Weyermann Pilsner malt 3oz. Briess carapils 1.5oz Ireks acid malt .32oz Perele @ 60min .5oz Saaz @ 30min .5 oz Saaz @ 5min 11.5 oak of 34/70 yeast All said and done OG came to 1.044 FG was 1.008 IBU 34 ...

I’ve gotten myself very confused and aggravated with trying to figure out salt additions and hoping for some guidance. Im wanting to do a half batch of a Czech style Pilsner and was trying to figure out the salts with Brewers Friend , this is what I’ve come up with Right at 5 gal. of RO water...

I’m thinking about trying a 2 part step mash on a 2.5 gallon Czech pills using Pilsner malt and a touch of carapils. Recipe calls for first rest at 145F for 20 min Second rest at 154F for 30 min Mash out at 168F for 10 min then batch sparge at 168F as normal to reach boil volume . Due to not...

there was a new RO water machine Installed A couple weeks ago in my town so I figured it would be good water since it was new , I filled a 5 gal jug and headed to the house with plans to brew a blonde ale or maybe a Pilsner of some sort this week , for the heck of it I poured a cup of the water...

Wanna use up grains and hops I have left over from other recipes , I have the grains to put together a 2 ta 3 gal. ( 4.5ish ABV) blonde by combining left over 2 row & Pilsner malts and maybe using some wh . wheat , carapills and Vienna .. really im looking for suggestions on hop combinations...

I’ve been reading about salt additions just about all day and just when I think I have a starting point I’ll read something else and be just as confused as when I started. I want to brew a 3 gal. Blonde ale tomorrow but I want to use calcium chloride and gypsum to see if it makes a difference...

Need help getting this recipe down to a 5 gallon (preferably a 3 gallon brew) , Beer is a blonde ale at 4.8 ABV ,, 20 IBU... I have the grains worked out but the hops I’m having issues with , hops are added at whirlpool and showed no AA on brew sheet.... The Crystal hops I have are 2.3 AA The...

I recently emailed a brewery here in NM that make a Blonde Ale (1888) they sell in stores around here asking for hints of what they use , I really didn’t expect to hear anything back but they sent me the entire recipe , I was shocked that they did that ,, keep in mind the brew sheet is for 1,700...

I’m about to place an order for stuff to try my hand at treating RO water, while browsing the net ive come across a couple places that have a number of salts packaged as a kit, Amazon has one that has 5or6 2oz packages for $12.00 and then there’s another place that has the small 2oz bottles of...

I’m having some issues with getting My blonde ales crisp and clean , I brew AG and use a 5 gal. Igloo as a MT so far I prefer the light ales And have brewed Biermunchers centennial Blonde a few times and Brulosophers best Blonde Ale twice ,, they come out ok but seem kinda blah and lacking ...

Just had my first brew day from hell yesterday, seemed like nothing went the way it was supposed to. I had come across a recipe called Summer loving ale (blonde ale) had all my grains for 5.5 gal. crushed at store instead of doing it myself but crush looked great, had my yeast (wyeast 1056)...