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Hi, I just got a stout 7.3 conical. It seems great, but I would love to come up with a way to build a racking arm for it? As anybody done this on a stout fermenter? I have butterfly valves with mine. Thanks.

Hey everybody. I currently have my first wild beer in the secondary. It's been in there since about September '10 and is smelling and tasting sour. I added some oak spirals about three weeks ago and was planning on transferring to a keg in another three weeks, force carbing and then bottling for...

Don't bother testing it until visual signs of fermentation have stopped. Once it looks like it might be done, then go ahead and test to see if you are raring your final gravity. Remember, when it first looks like it has stopped it hasn't. It has just slowed. Also, don't test it too often...

Ideally you would pitch your starter at High Krausen when the yeast are actively fermenting the starter wort and ready to rip through your batch.

I have only had it about a year or so( whenever I started this thread is when I built it). I was thinking that maybe part of the element was exposed to the air during the boil. Is it possible this could have caused it?

Brewed yesterday with my heatstick that I have used many times before. This time when I pulled out the heatstick after the boil it was completely black and the element is easily pliable. It still works but for some reason I can easily bend it with one hand where before it was very stiff...

@ hopdreams Start with the BJCP (Beer Judge Certification Program) website. www.bjcp.org. Their website as a ton of great information on the different flavors in grains (ass well as hops and flavors produced by different yeasts).

One thing to take into account when using pilsner malt is that you probably want to do a 90 minute boil instead of a 60 minute one. One difference between these grains is the temperature at which they are malted. Pilsner is malted very low, and this low malt temp leaves a significant amount of...

I use my heat stick with zinc plated nut. I don't think it makes any difference, although this is not an expert opinion so if you get sick don't come crying to me. That said, I made an american pale ale with my zinc nutted heatstick and just came in second at a competition so it doesn't seem...

Oh, I plan on making a batch, but I would also like to have a commercial example on hand. It's nice to have and also would like to be able to compare a few to my own version.

So, last week I had my first little taste of Pliny the Elder by Russian River. Loved it. The only thing I didn't like about it was that I was limited to only 2 3oz samples. So, the favor.... if somebody out on the west coast that can buy Pliny at their local package store would be willing...

My bad. That was a little early for me. Disregard everything I said. I'd say go with the cheaper, bigger one.

The difference in those two pots isn't really quality. It's that one of them is 7.5 gallons and the other is only 5 gallons. With the 7.5 gallon pot, you might be able to do some extract full boils which would be really nice and help to increase the quality of your results. If you can afford...

I wasn't trying to offend anybody... it was just a little good natured ribbing. I can see why that didn't come across well in the post, so please don't take offense.

I agree. I hope that the micros flourish, clearly. But I do believe that the legislature is responsible for making laws that do not give some business unfair competitive advantages over other businesses.

That makes sense... Sorry I didn't pick up on that.

Check these out too. http://www.nacsonline.com/NACS/News/Daily/Pages/ND0209105.aspx http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100209/BUSINESS/100209002/1046/business/Full-strength-beer-at-convenience-stores-likely-to-pass-say-traditional-store-owners From reading these articles and the text of...

If anybody is interested in reading what the brewers/liquor store owners and the convenience store owners are actually giving for their reasons, rather than just speculating as to what they are saying, read this: http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/02/08/daily46.html Simple internet...

Is this a joke? Why would you want to drive home?

+ 1,000,000 I was pretty pissed last night because at first I was stuck outside in line hoping to get in. I ended up bailing on the whole thing and going to Cambridge Brewing Company instead. But, when I was walking back to the subway I decided to stop by Lord Hobos again and check out the...