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Hey everyone, I've combed through pages of search results, and I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't find it... I'm considering have a whirlpool port welded to my BK. I have a Spike CF5 and really want to start limiting the trub and break I put into the fermenter to get as much...

Hey everyone. I used to be a little more active about 10 years ago, but I am glad to see this place is still very helpful and growing! I still come back and stalk around :) Been doing the homebrewing thing on-and-off for about 10 years now (more on- than off-), and most recently this year...

Hello everyone, Not a new member to HBT at all and been brewing beer for a number of years now... but I brewed my first mead on Monday - 1 gallon. Just a plain mead, I used 3lbs of wildflower honey and some champagne yeast. I also added some "Wyeast Vintner's Nutrient" when pitching the...

Hey all, Feel free to comment or offer guidance, but I"m going on a rant here lol Why can't I find a decent place to refill my CO2? I live in Oak Park (just west of Chicago) and cannot find ANYWHERE to refill my tank nearby. I've tried local Sports Authorities, Dick's Sporting Goods...

Hey all Been lurking and reading posts but haven't posted lately :( I picked up a new boil kettle - 10.5 gallon Polar Ware with the hole drilled for a valve. The HBS I picked it up at had sold the valve parts and had to order them and send them to me after purchase. Problem is, they just...

Hey all! Been a long time - maybe 2 years! I moved to a place in the city (Chicago) and it was difficult to brew and I didn't want to burn down the building with a turkey fryer :P. But I moved a little outside the city and have a back patio and alleyway/lot to brew and just started back up this...

Hello everyone, long time no see! I'm looking to finally get a turkey fryer so I can do all-grain batches larger than 2 gallons on my stove. I'd like to get a pot somewhere from 32-40 quarts - good size you think? I'd like to do batches somewhere between 6-8 gallons and think a 40qt pot...

hi everyone, spent 30 minutes trying to find a similar post on this smell, but couldn't...should have posted this about a week ago, but oh well... I transferred an AG batch of a rogue dead guy ale clone to secondary 2 fridays ago, and when i popped the lid, the smell was awful. somewhere...

couldn't think of a good topic title for this...but here goes so, i dabbled in my first AG this week (PM i guess because i added .5 lb. of DME). thing is, i'm limited to 2.5-3gal batches until i find a cheap/good turkey fryer and brew kettle. used a recipe i found on the site (american...

so, this is my "last" extract batch because i plan on going AG for my next one in about 3 weeks. i wanted to practice by doing a "partial mash" with the kit's specialty (and some extra) grains. had about 2 lbs of grain and let that sit in my boil kettle for an hour at 153deg. my 4-5 gal...

hello all, this thread is more concerned with getting down the right checklist, and not necessarily places to find the equipment so... wanting to make a move to all-grain in the next few months, i've figured out a list of equipment i'll need to save up for before then MLT - i was...

just tasted my first non-mr. beer brew that's been bottled for 4 weeks now, and mmm mmmmm. irish stout with a nice beige head, dark red body, nice bitterness, lingering chocolate. HUGE improvement from my mr. beers which were light and watery. i can't believe how much more someone can...

did a search but all the topics regarding this cooler were somewhat old... picked it up today for $26 at wal-mart being i couldn't find anything at the size and narrower dimensions for any cheaper. wondering who uses/has used this cooler for an MLT; and what everyone thinks. noticed the...

did a search but all the topics regarding this cooler were somewhat old... picked it up today for $26 at wal-mart being i couldn't find anything at the size and narrower dimensions for any cheaper. wondering who uses/has used this cooler for an MLT; and what everyone thinks. noticed the...

when saying 3/4 cup of corn sugar per 5 gal., is the corn sugar packed into the measuring cup or loosely filled?

hey everyone just read in another post that hop pellets usually settle in trub and don't contaminate wort. so on to my question, getting ready to brew another batch and have misplaced/lost my strainer. is it ok to dump all the wort (including hop pellets) into fermenter?

i've recently been checking out beer captured by the szamatulskis, and wondered if anyone has tried DME priming and if they have a preference to corn sugar or DME? would using DME offer more flavor than just sugar?

can DME and LME be substituted in equal weights? for example, if i'd prefer to use DME in a recipe over LME, could i substitute, say, 6 lbs of LME for 6 lbs of DME?

not sure if this is the "correct" place to post, but i'm a noob and will give it a try i'm in chicagoland and want to get ready for my next brew but don't want to travel 30 miles to the nearest HBS. I don't need the materials immediately so i thought waiting for shipping would be no problem...

when bottling in glass, is it alright to use threaded bottles?