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I like to purchase a lot of different styles of beer to see what other commercial and craft brewers are doing. The more beer I sample the more I like the taste of my own home brew. Not that I am a master brewer. I think it comes down to being able to customize my recipes to my own liking...

Just finished reading "Viking Age Brew", by Mika Laitinen. Great read, Brewed my first Sahti, waiting patiently for fermentation to finish. Joe

Doing a test batch of a Citra IPA using Lallemand Voss Kveik dry yeast at 96 to 99 degrees F. As you can see from my Ispindle, Red color is SG and Blue is Temp. Lallemand indicates that the optimal range is 35-40°C (95-104°F) The results are less than 24 hours. Cross referenced with my...

Hey all, I am trying to create a wheat berry beer. I have some pasteurized black berry juice with sugar. I ferment the beer normally and then transfer the beer to a secondary. I add several ounces of the blackberry juice to the beer and let it set for several days. It appears to continue...

Just wondering what the life expectancy of the FermZilla Conical Fermenter is? I know what hydrotesting is and have done testing on other types of pressure vessels. I am thinking of purchasing a few and wondering how long they last before you have to replace the container portion of the...

Hello everyone, I found the post with the McMaster-Carr part number for the larger flat o-ring, Just wondering if anyone has the part number for the o-ring that goes on the plastic plunger with the spring? Cheers Joe

Just finished reading, Lars Marius Garshol's book "Historical Brewing Techniques - The Lost Art of Farmhouse Brewing" What a great book on the history of Brewing in Scandinavia, and the origins of Kveik yeast. The book also has some receipts as well. A good read. Thanks Joe

Here is a quick, easy and cheap way to make Ball Lock airlocks. I got this idea from Trong at Home Brew Labs. He creates great gadgets for home brewing, like Spundit 2.0

I like to brew small batch beer. I put together a PID controlled system for around $100.00. Enclosed are some pics. 4 gallon kettle from Kmart - $24.00, $16.00 ball valve from Amazon. PID controller, 40 amp Solid State relay and temp probe, Amazon $35.00. 800 watt hot plate. Had one...

I use to brew a bit back in the 90's. I recently retired and started brewing again. I like to brew small batch beer, from 1 to 3 gallon batches. I have Anvil Foundry 6.5 gallon all-in-one brewing system and I built a custom PID Temperature controlled mash tun. I will post some pics in the...