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After maybe 15 brews I took apart 3 ball valves and looked inside. What I found wasn't horrifying but there was some dark stuff that needed to be cleaned. One was worse than the others. Soaked for 24 hours and brushed most off. What I'm wondering is, should I lube the teflon fittings when i...

I'm already on those Coronado Weekend Vibes and it's only lunch on Monday!

This is an awesome story. Good for you and anyone else who is diving in. I brewed 1 kit and started making my own 5 gallon recipe designs. Self trained and 250+ gallons later, trial and error, the knowledge and confidence have risen. The biggest jump was when i put together a 1 BBL electric...

Knowing you all are right and to error on the side of caution is the smart choice, this chipped 6 gallon carboy will be retired. I have already purchased a 7 gal chronical and am looking at a 15 gal. The 7 gal plastic Speidel is only a back up, as I don't like plastic. Now, let's hear any good...

I know that breaking a carboy is a dangerous risk and am always careful. The other day i chipped the top of one of my 6 gallon glass carboys (see photo below). Now i am wondering if it's worth the risk of using this one anymore or am i up against an even weaker carboy that will be more...

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Do you mean drop them in the fermentor at day 16 and then rack to corny at day 20?

I have 4.5 gallons of some American Ale i want to add some fresh mosaic hops into. OG 1.058 It began bubbling yesterday with Nottingham yeast and seems to be happy. It had Mosaic hop pellet additions at 6m but i want to add these fresh hops so I'm thinking of upon transfer of fermented wort into...

Coronado Brewings Weekend Vibes again!

I thought about beer all day at work while I was looking at girls so then I came home and had some.

odele! atta boyee.

Anyways, OG was 1.043 and FG today was 1.010 for about 4.4 ABV. I put this 5 gallons in a corny keg today and carbed. They aren't hoppy so I'm guessing they will be for micheladas. Got another 10 gallons to send to cornys tomorrow. One will be a mango and the other I'm not sure yet.

I did but this glub happened before the hop additions. i'm pretty sure these are proteins that seeped out and never got the right temps and then got quickly heated. Some broke down into smaller chunks in the boil, i abandoned some and the rest settled in the carboys.

Thank you for your words of encouragement and explanation. Both are appreciated. Pretty sure the sparge wasn't done right. Anyways, OG was 1.043 and FG today was 1.010 for about 4.4 ABV. I put 5 gallons in a corny today. They aren't hoppy so I'm guessing those will be for micheladas. Got...

Seeking a maltier end. I'm going with 1.5 or 1.75 to start Crush may have been a bit too crushed but barely if at all. Tried circulating the mash about 153' but i think it end up being closer to like 142. I caught it a bit late. In hindsight i should have just raised temp and keep circulating...

More of a 1st time inexperienced brewer on a 1 BBL system with not a complete idea of what i was doing situation. Science comedy.

i'm certainly no genius but i did get an A in science in 9th grade with the hardest teacher. i'm guessing these many newbie mistakes i made are what i did and under tempted my grains and then over watered. if it was protein, i thought it would boil out but only some did. i'm happy to get what...

Trying to remember exact numbers but on Brewers Friend I had calculated roughly 5.2 ABV from the recipe and i think i calculated 26 gallons of water. on brew day i added 2 lbs of 2 row and 4 gallons of water. thought more would boil off. Looking forward to try #2. Thank you to everyone's...