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Added Gelatin to a very cloudy and cold (~34f) Pale Ale 2 days ago.. Like half of the carboy appears to have turned to jelly... Top half is clear as glass, bottom half looks like slimy tan funk with a more dense layer right on the bottom.. Will this eventually settle out?

Ok Guys.. I am thinking at this point that there is enough variability in my water supply to warrant building my own water profile from scratch each brew.. So I come to the experts... Is RO/DI water a sufficiently pure water to utilize as a base for building water or is Distilled...

Boy this is getting annoying... Mashed in a brown ale at 150f.. No water modifications prior to mash-in.. PH still ridiculously high.. Took a double dose of 5.2 and a 2 tsp of Calcium Chloride, 2 tsp of gypsum, and a tsp of phosphoric acid to get down to ~5.4.. Really annoying..

My local tap water if relative high in PH.. In order to get to an appropriate level I am having to add an inordinate amount of salts.. Leading to a salty flavor in my beers.. Advice?

How much grain can I mash in a Keggle at 1.25qts/lb?

Hey all.. I'm on a city water supply and I am not comfortable that the water is of consistent chemistry. I am considering building an RO/DI station and then making creating my water profile from scratch each brew.. Who out there is building up a water profile from RO/DI for each brew...

So on 9/8/2009 I brewed a pretty simple 10g batch of pale ale.. 15lbs 2-Row 2lbs Crystal 40L 1/2lb Munich 2 oz Centennial 2 oz Cascade 2ea. WLP001 OG was 1.051 Gravity going into secondary after 1 week primary at 68f was 1.015 Couple of weeks in secondary and it finished at 1.011...

Alright... JT signing on... So today I will be doing an Ed Wort's Haus... The perfect beer for the scavenging neighbors.. Just turned over control of the brew rig to the BCS-460 and shee is just churning away heatin up the sparge water, strike water and mash tun.. Pile on the thread.. Lets...

Well now that the new brew rig is in the books and working like a champ, SWMBO has informed me that the spare bathroom I have been using for fermentation (aquarium water chiller in the tub) is no longer available for such uses... Guess I'll have to build a fermentation fridge....:ban...

I have been kegging exclusively for a couple of years and never submit any of my beers to competitions so I just realized I have an awesome label printer for bottles! A few years back I bought a Primera LX-400 for another project that has been collecting dust in a closet ever since.. Anyone need...

Got up early this morning and started the Great Pumpkin Ale (10 gallons worth).. Just started the mash and it has commenced to pouring down rain.. I run my brew rig in the garage so no problems with the mash (unless I lose power), but I usually boil on the driveway.. Guess I'll be heating...

Well I have been resisting starting the typical "build" thread, but.. I cant stop myself.. I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel so it is time to release the "Strange Brewery" to the observant eye of the HBT for evaluation... Specs... All Electric 5500 Watt HLT Element 2500 Watt...

So for you guys with fairly automated systems... How are you managing the strike water volume issue in an automated or semi-automated capacity? More specifically.. Can you tell your system to transfer X volume from HLT to MLT and walk away for a few minutes while the pump does it's thing...

Ok.. So I actually went and purchased a mig welder to build this brewstand... I've fiddled around with an arc welder a few times but never built anything out of metal.. Here is my second attempt at metal fabrication... My first was last week when I built the stand for the welder.. Excuse...

Hey Guys... I'm right in the middle of my build-out and am looking for an electrical enclosure to house my SSR's, BCS-460, etc.. I would like a box that is ~20"x24"x6".. I cant find anything descent for less than a couple hundred bucks.. What have you used for this application? JT

These weeds have well exceeded my expectations.. These are FIRST YEAR CONTAINER GROWN hops (Cascade and Northern Brewer)... Planted 3-22-2009.. The cascade is ~16ft tall and the NB is ~12ft.. The NB is LOADED with baby hops and the cascade is covered up with flowers.. I never expected to see...

This is my first year with Hops.. Growing two rhizomes in 20" pots this year and transplanting to a more permanent location next year that is under construction (bed is done, just need the trellis).. Anyway my plants are growing like mad here in the south texas summer heat (6" per day growth)...

I wanted to get into growing a few hops this year, but didnt have time get my permanent raised bed location ready, so I opted to grow a couple of Rhizomes (one Cascade and one Mt. Hood) in 20" pots and transplant them next year. During hurricane IKE I lost a large pine tree in the back yard...

Been scrapping together the components for a new system and decided to go ahead and assemble / insulate my tuns (HLT and MLT) this weekend.. I think they cam out pretty well.. Sorry for the crappy image.. A few too many Homebrewed Porters and a dead digital camera only left me with my...

Something is eating the leaves on my cascades.. I havent been able to locate any pests by examining the plants.. Looks to me like catepillar cuts on the leaves but I cant find any of the little buggers.. Any idea what it might be and how to protect the plants? Also the leaves near the top of...