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Hey guys, I know everyone does things different, But I am interested in what people do for zero minute hop additions. Do you add the hops and immediately and start to cool your batch? I seem to recall commercial brewers would transfer to whirlpool at this stage. What do you guys think would...

I'm looking for a temperature controller for my fermentation chamber. This one only displays temp in deg. C (not a big problem) but it has a heating and cooling stage which is a requirement for my needs. Anyone using one of these...

I brewed a Saison for the first time and used Wyeast 3726 Farmhouse Ale Yeast. My OG was a bit higher than I expected and ended up at 1.072. I let fermented at 66-72 deg over 2 weeks and ended up at 1.010 which I thought was done so I kegged 2 cornies. I also harvested the yeast. I put one...

Quick question that someone here can hopefully answer. When you put a refrigerator on a temp controller, what happens to the freezer section? The fridge I have is an older model with just one temp setting (which doesn't seem to do a whole lot either). I would like to use a controller on...

OK. So I harvested some yeast from a previous batch and stored it in a soda bottle in the fridge. On brewday I pulled out my yeast and found the bottle to be really hard. I tried to let some gas escape a bit but I got tons of yeast foam. So I decided to just let the bottle spray into a...

Hi Guys, I was looking online and ran across these Better Bottles with a racking adaptor and was wondering if anyone here had experience with these. If you have one of these could you tell how well it works for you? These look pretty slick.

I've been brewing a fairly hoppy IPA recipe that is enjoyed by myself and several friends. I am contemplating playing with the recipe to make an IIPA but I really don't know where to start. Anyone have any hints or general guidelines in doing this? The recipe is EdWort's Bee Cave IPA but I do...

I read the thread about hybrid fly sparge but its still a bit unclear to me. Do you drain the MLT before you sparge?

I am currently using Beersmith for brewing and I get pertty consistent results with the brewhouse efficiency set to 65%. So when I want to use a recipe that is using 70 or 75% brewhouse efficiency how should I adjust my grain bill to get the desired results? Should I add more of the base malt...

I usually use cold tap water in my electric HLT for brewing but it is taking close to 2 hours to heat up 10 gal. for my sparge water. Any reason I couldn't just start with hot tap water and heat that to 175? I'm guessing hot tap water may have a bit of Mg from the anode but that might be...

Hi Guys, I'm wondering if someone could help me with hop selection for a Dead Guy clone. I believe this beer style is or is close to a Bock. The recipe I have calls for hops additions of Perle at 60 min and Saaz at knock out. I have a selection of hops and want to pick a suitable...

Just saw this on Craigslist... http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/bfs/1420471620.html How many barrels is that anyway?

Hey guys. I am wanting to weld a coupling on a 15.5 gal. keg for a MLT and need some advice on exactly where to position the fitting. I plan on using SS hinged false bottom but I'm not sure how far from the bottom weld I should put the fitting. Anyone that can offer some advice? I...

I've done several AG batches and I am struggling to get decent conversion efficiency. I read the thread about improving efficiency with batch sparging and noticed that 170 is the recommended temp during the sparge. I know I'm not hitting this since Beersmith is telling me to use 168 degree...

I'm planning on brewing up a batch of a clone recipe of Dead Guy Ale this weekend. I don't have any Pacman (Wyeast 1764) yeast and wanted to get some advice for a substitute. I have some S-04, S-05, and Nottingham (older lot#) dry yeast. Can someone give me some advice on which yeast would...

I'm using Beersmith and have Brewhouse Eff. set to 70% since this seemed a resonable target. The last couple batched I brewed I missed my preboil gravity target by 8 to 12 points. I'm using 1.25 lb/qt. in my mash now with a no mash out double batch sparge. I suspected the grind from my...

Well, I guess the short story is that the probe on my thermometer died and I didn't notice until 60 min into the mash. I noticed that the wort looked awful cloudy so I decided to try a starch test for the first time. After a few tests I concluded I won't try to rely on starch tests (hard to...

I brewed a batch of oatmeal stout on Saturday with a OG of 1.053. I cooled to 68 deg. and pitched Safale S-04 at 8pm, and attached a blow off tube in case fermentation went crazy. So I got up in the morning and peaked through the hole in the bucket. I didn't see any krausen; the surface was...

So I made my first ale yesterday and it went pretty well. I did an extract recipe that included steeping some grains. I poured the wort through a strainer into my fermenter bucket and let it sit a while before i pitched my yeast. That's when i noticed about an inch or so of stuff in the...

I picked up a 1/2 gallon of fresh pressed Washington state Gala apple juice at the store today and man is it good. (Hagen's for $2.50 per 1/2 gal.) It's unfiltered and only has ascorbic acid added. I've got a 2 week old batch of Apfelwein (juice from concentrate) fermenting right now and of...