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I have been plagued with the same problem since I started brewing several years ago. Getting the wort to the carboy without plugging things up. I have been using a homemade Stainless braid screen (about 3 feet long) attached in a circular fashion to a copper dip tube on my kettle. I am...

I made a 10 gal batch of all grain IPA in January which was rather slow to finish due to too low of a pitching rate. The batch was split into 2 6 gal carboys and fermented at around 67deg. I pitched one packet of Safeale 05 in one carboy and for the other I used some safeale 05 (not enough)...

Has anyone used an old clothes dryer motor to power their barley crusher? I know the dryer is 220v but can the motor run on 110? Any insight would be appreciated.

Hi, Does anyone know if Beersmith as the ability to automatically take ingredients out of inventory when they are used in a recipe? If so, is there a way to turn it on or off? So far it isn't doing it for me. Thanks

Here's a picture of my first all grain in the kettle with a faulty propane burner putting out soot like a steam train! It took hours to clean up all the black soot from the garage, clothes, kitchen floor, my face, hands and equipment. Never again. I tried cleaning the burner but had no luck...

I brewed my first all grain (an ESB) last weekend. The OG was 1.055 and it was mashed at 152 deg F. I checked the gravity this morning and it was 1.005! This is by far the lowest gravity I have had since brewing. My extract brews were usually 1.011ish. Is this due to the switch to all grain...

I opened a strawberry wine tonight that was make in '07. It had a few particles in it (it was perfectly clear a few weeks ago) and a slight off taste. When we inspected the remaining 5 bottles, we found stringy (almost worm like) treads suspended near the bottom. Is this just a matter of good...

I have searched previous threads about this subject, but couldn't find any positive results and instructions. Has anyone had sucess with lime peel from fresh limes added to give a little bite/zest to their beer? I was contemplating a light wheat beer for the summer and fancied a touch of lime...

I used my 9 gal stainless brew pot for my first all grain this afternoon. Because I wanted to know when I was at my target 6.5 gal wort level and then my 5 gal target level, I did a little search and found this website for calculating the depth of liquid for a particular volume and radius pot...

I have to say thanks to all that helped with my questions and suggested modifications to my method. I brewed my first all grain (an ESB) this afternoon and everything turned out perfect. The increase in strike water temp put me exactly at the mash temperature I was shooting for. With the 10...

Since I am going all grain tomorrow, I put togther this SOP/help sheet to make sure I don't skrew up too bad. Could you experienced folk please look it over and help perfect it. I am using a 10gal converted rubbermaid water cooler with false bottom, a 9gal stainless pot as a kettle, a 5gal...

Does anyone use Target Hops? I made an IPA using them along with Cascade as the bittering and flavor hops. The beer, although good, has a slight earthy taste to it. Anyone else experience this? Thanks

:ban:Ok, I've got several extract brews under my belt and now have the equipment (10gal cooler conversion with false bottom, 9gal kettle, barley crusher etc.) to do my first all grain batch. I am doing it outside with a turkey fryer burner. (that sounded dirty!) Please look over this recipe...

I've got almost all my equipment to take the leap into all grain. I converted my own 10gal cooler with instructions from this site. I have a false bottom on the way, have a chiller and will start with batch sparge. One question though. I have an aluminum pot from my turkey fryer which I...

Just made a Guiness type clone last night and was wondering how much carbonation a dry stout should have? Do I use the typical 4 to 5 oz of corn sugar per 5gal or is a stout better less carbonated? Of course I have a couple of weeks to think about it yet!

I am just about to cool my Dry stout and was wondering if I need to pull the hop bags before I cool or leave them in the entire time????

I am about to start this dry stout recipe and would like to hear suggestions on when to add the hops? Also, how long to steep the grains, flaked barley? Ordinarily I would heat the water with the grains in grain bags until it was approx 170deg. Would this suffice? Nichole's Dry Irish Stout...

Has anyone had any luck with a honey wheat? I was thinking of trying this recipe for a summer beer. Any suggestions? Type: Extract Date: 2/18/2009 Batch Size: 5.00 gal Brewer: Me Boil Size: 5.72 gal Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment Taste Rating(out of...

OK, After my previous threads and the advice I was given about waiting out a slow (maybe non-existent) bottle carbonation, I tried an experiment. 3 Days ago, I poured one of my previous batches of ale into a glass and drank it! I then took one of my "4 weeks in the bottle" ales and poured a...