Unfortunately my 5 gallon brewing kettles are only 11" ID, so I can't use the very nice 13" stainless mesh baskets recently advertised (Stainless steel basket for BIAB brewing- cheap! ).
Therefore I ordered 5 feet of 12" 40 mesh (about 400 micrometer) 304L stainless mesh and some 1/8" 304L bars...
Has anybody successfully harvested yeast from a commercial Weihenstephan Hefeweizen bottle? Or are the bottles sterilized, and harvesting yeast is not possible?
I collected the yeast sediment from three bottles, and tried to revive it, but no luck. It simply wouldn't start. There would be a bit...
I added an insulated five gallon keg with external cooling loop to my brewing setup, described in this post. It's pretty compact, compared to a fridge or freezer.
Hi, I'm new here. I did a bit of a search for peltier cooled brewing setups, and it sounds like people are not having much luck with them, so I thought I'd post my compact setup that seems to be working ok.
I just started brewing again after a ten year break. For various reasons (smaller...