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I bought one of these cheap from someone bailing out of brewing. http://www.agrisupply.com/carolina-cooker-banjo-burner-and-stand-100000-btus/p/64482/ Previously I had a much taller 35K burner. I have a new problem. I put it on my deck and fired it up under 7 gallons to see how fast it...

There are a few threads like this floating around but I took some video of my filter in use to visually address some of the concerns folks have about using these. The concerns I hear most often are sanitization, oxidation and waste. Hopefully these videos will aleve those concerns on all...

Brains Celtic…ever heard of it? I had it once several years ago at the Gingerman in Austin, Texas. I have never seen it since. I can describe it as I suppose a chocolate stout/cream ale mix? My memory has I am sure faded. I remember that I think it was the most fantastic beer I had ever had...

So I have a friends beer fermenting alongside mine in my freezer right now. His was an extract clone of Lagunitas Maximus and we double pitched white labs WLP001 California Ale Yeast at around 1800hrs CST this past Sat. Mine was an all grain/BIAB clone of Stone IPA and I ran a 24 hour...

I missed my initial gravity…target was 1.012 and I hit 1.045ish…maybe .048 Brewing AHS’ vanilla porter mini mash. Everything by the numbers except I messed up the bittering hops in the boil. Didn’t realize I had not put them in till 50 minutes into the 60 minute...

I am fermenting an attempt at one of Redhooks beers right now and I was reading this on their site… Step 3: Fermentation Once the brew leaves the brewhouse, it is cooled down to the desired fermentation temperature by the wort cooler and is injected with sterile air and the all-important...

Brewed my first batch finally! I did a partial mash this past Sunday, AHS’ version of Fullers ESB. Went well I think. I did a starter Feb 3 planning on brewing on that weekend but it got canceled so I did a “restarter” on Sat morning to brew on Sunday afternoon…had plenty of yeast from the...

I have been thinking of alternative ways to maintain temps during fermentation. Right now it’s a little chilly by our standards so keeping the temp UP is on my mind. Too cool to just let the fermentation sit in the garage and I am not going to heat the house all day just to keep temps up...

So I have a chance to get three 1/4 or 1/6 barrel kegs (not sure which but the question kinda is the same either way) for $75. I have no kegs at all just yet…apart from the sanke tube/valve being a little more difficult to deal with than corny keg fittings…why wouldn’t I...

So I have three kegs to use for what ever I like. A regular, 15.5 sanke, a tall 7.5 and a short 7.5 The tall pony is definitely going to be a fermenter. One of the other two will be a keggle and the other a will ferment. Logic says cut the 15.5 so that bigger batches can be done later but...

I have not brewed a batch yet…that’s how new I am to this. I am researching a lot right now while I gather my gear. I like the DIY aspect of just about any endeavor I undertake. Question #1. Brew kettle. I was planning on making one from a sanke keg. Weldless fitting and false bottom...

I have not brewed a batch yet…that’s how new I am to this. I am researching a lot right now while I gather my gear. I like the DIY aspect of just about any endeavor I undertake. Question #2: Fermenter I was reading up on using a 15 gal Sanke and perhaps a 10 gal corny (got a...

Austin area only I think…otherwise it does not make much sense right? You folks know what they go for new as well as anyone so $100 each seems reasonable no? These are fugly cause they are used. Take them to a welding supply place to get them filled and do an exchange instead if that...

I am brand new to the gig…so new in fact that I cant even brew yet for lack of all the gear…and lack of free funds to get there just yet. I have three children and my wife that seem to be much more expensive than I imagined :) Just the same, I own some stuff now so I am in… I am kinda...