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WOWZERS!!! For a guy that went many years of brewing 10 gallon batches every other weekend, I just took a nine month lay off from brewing. Sure as hell I have my reasons why. More like a bunch of significant contributors to make nine months of no brewing. Well, brewed an NEIPA today. I figured...

I have to ask as I am running into an issue as far as my well going dry on brew days here at my new house. Only time I run the water during my brew day is when I run the immersion chiller. So my question is this. For all of you that have had an immersion chiller and now run some sort of CFC or...

Today is the first time I get to brew in the garage since May. We moved from the Communist nation of Massachusetts back to my home state of NH on July 1st. So, May and June were packing and moving months. Since then, I have been to busy at work to enjoy our new to us home. Finally, Today I am...

On 7/1012016 I kegged a batch of my Sessionable Pale Ale, and I filled up 2, 24 ounce glass mugs with the yeast/slurry at the bottom of each carboy. Both of the glass mugs were properly sanitized in Start Sans. They were placed in my lagering fridge at 34 degrees, both covered with tin foil, and...

So, last time I brewed, I was wondering why my 10 plus year old stone wasn't giving off the oxygen. No bubbles. It has been slowly dying. Anywho, I ordered another one, and this evening, it was like a damned VOLCANO went off in my carboy when I cracked that CO2 bottle. All I can say is, Change...

I bought a new thermapen about a year ago. Really cool with the Canadian flag. Anywho, I now have an extra one. So, first new to AG brewer that PM's me their addy gets it. Please, noob AG brewers only. We all know how frustrating and confusing it can be to get all the brewing equipment together...

So, I use 2, 6 gallon Better Bottle carboys whenever I brew. Once fermentation is complete, I keg, and not 30 minutes after I keg do I fill one of the carboys up with a PBW mixture, let it sit for 48 hours, rack into the 2ns Batter Bottle with the same PBW mixture, let it sit for 72 hours, then...

How I have never brewed one of my favorite German beers in 22 years of brewing is beyond me, but damn I am already excited to brew this beer. For my first time ever, I will be using a Protein rest in my mash. My grain bill is 14 lbs. Pilsner, 8 lbs. Munich, and 6 lbs. Vienna. I have never done a...

So, with my recent starter debacle, I have started thinking about MAYBE getting a Stir Plate. All I know about a stir plate is that it add very much needed oxygen to the starter. Also, it speeds up the starter time. That is all I could get from people that use them in my Home Brew Club. I do my...

Thursday night, July 16th, I brewed up a 4.50 Liter starter with 450 grams of Extra Light DME, twice. One for each carboy. Normal fair for me. I have been brewing for 23 years, and have been making yeast starters now for 15 years. Every single one of my starters have always shown some sort of...

Only reason I ask is that I have a beer that I brew once a year. A MaiBock Helles. Brought it to NHC in Philly 2 years ago, and a prominent figure in the Home Brew world tried it and was impressed. So impressed he was bragging to his buddy that it was a gold medal, but I didn't enter it. Along...

When I dump the temp 2-3 degrees? Such as this particular fermentation I have going on right now. It's a Nottingham yeast in a 1.057 beer. I want to ferment at 65 degrees. Nut Brown Ale. Pitched on Sunday evening with the water at 63 degrees. Checked it out Monday morning at 0500, water at 64...

First time ever in all the years I have been brewing, did I get a bag of grain that was sub par. I got a bag of Pilsner from a local Maltster. Not going to say who, but anyone that knows where I am from will figure it out. My usual Eff. numbers are anywhere between 78%-82%. This malt knocked me...

It's summer, so I am in sustenance mode. Brew once a month, 23 gallons at a whack. During the "on" season I am brewing every other weekend, if not every weekend. But folks, it's warm outside. That means we, as human beings, are supposed to be riding our bicycles. So, I brew once a month during...

Every year I do a "Franken Brew". I throw most of my left over specialty grains and left over hops into a batch. This year I went a little over board with the hops, but what the hell. I also experimented with whirlpooling and HopBurtsting for my first time. Here's what this years recipe looked...

I can't find much information on this mill online. I figured someone here must have one that can answer a few questions for me. My main question would be about the roller adjustment. Do both ends of the mill move when adjusting? I have an older Schmidling Mill currently, and only one end moves...

I upped my Boil kettle to a 30 gallon Blichman. I have already used it once on an Ordinary Bitter. Worked out well on such a low O.G. beer. Here's the issue. I am now planning on brewing my house beer. I have a 20 gallon Mash Tun. I will be placing 45lbs of grain into that tun, then adding 15...

My Mashes have gotten so much better since I bought a ThermaPen some 2-3 years ago. I love the thing. Although, last batch, my pen said I missed my Mash Temp by 3 degrees. 3 DEGREES!!!:mad: So, I will be brewing tomorrow, but I am going to change the batteries in the thermapen for this batch. If...

I was listening to the BN a few months back, and I overheard Chris White's Wife discussing starter times and how starters should not be in sitting for more than 2 days(I am hoping I heard her wrong). Personally, take this week for example. I need to do a 3 liter starter for a 1.066 wort that I...

I want to brew JZ's Evil Twin Home Brew recipe, but his recipe calls out for UK 2 Row. I have an overabundance of American 2 row on hand and would like to use it. I have never really worked with UK 2 row. Is there a discernible flavor difference between UK and American 2 row?