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So, I was recently chatting with a friend and he mentioned that he was upset that his kegerator was pouring at 40f rather than the 36f or 38f he was accustomed to and certainly not the 34f he had it set to. This got me to thinking, a dangerous thing, and I wondered; what is the human ability...

I'm looking at putting an RO system under my kitchen sink and running a line to the brewery in the adjacent garage. Seems like it would work, but should I put a tee after the filter and before the pressure tank to run ronwater to the brewery, or after the pressure tank but before the little...

I encountered a quirk with my pressure guage while tinkering the kegerator. I put a low pressure guage on the end of my 8 tap gas manifold. With the pressure on the low pressure regulator on the tank at 18 the guage on the manifold reads 6. All line lengths and diameters are fairly nominal. I...

Not a 100% sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but I picked up an open head 55 gallon stainless steel drum at auction for $35 dollars. Hm maybe an enormous BIAB setup?

I may have missed an existing thread, but who is all going to the GABF this year? I'm flying in Friday to spend the day at the Bull and Bush, heading to the GABF Saturday morning for the AHA session,then hitting up downtown bars and breweries for the rest of the day, Sunday will be watching...

So, brewed up some lager today. Step 1 must have been break my hydrometer, nailed that one. Lost power during the boil and blew a fuse in my control panel. Fixed it, but I lot track of how long I had been boiling. I decided just to guess on the side of caution, sure enough I ended up with less...

So I made my first cheddar. Everything seemed like it went smoothly. I pressed for 15m at 10 pounds, 12 hours at 40 pounds, and then 24 hours at 50 pounds. It is now drying and the surface feels smooth but the surface is irregular like the curds never melded together. Can I save it? I plan...

So, despite having a shiney new brewing system I decided to try to make a batch of beer using only improvised and primitive methods. I've read a couple of posts of people doing similar things and it sounds like fun. So my ground rules are going to be no thermometers, no scales, no hydrometers...

Ahab's Prize OG: 1.038 FG: <1.008 IBU: 12.6 Color: 5.7 SRM ABV: ~4% Batch Size: 11g into fermenter (10g yield) Recipe: 10lbs German Munich (9 SRM) 2lbs 8oz White Sugar 1oz US Goldings (4%) @ 90m 1oz US Goldings (4%) @ 10m 1oz US Goldings (4%) @ whirlpool (30m) 1 whirlfloc tablet...

My new system is 1.5 tri clamps thoughout. What is the proper cleaning method with TCs? Can I just CIP by pumping cleaning solution and rinsing or is complete disassembly required after each use?

I have a new system, derails in the thread in my sig, and I am trying to figure out the best way to whirlpool. Any ideas or experience would be appreciated. I have a 20 g stout boil kettle with a tangential input with 40 plate plate chiller set up that I feed with ice water. I also use a...

It is time to replace my current propane rig. I have decided to go electric and spent a few months putting together spreadsheets of all the parts and costs. There are a bunch of these build threads, but when I was putting my plans together, I found the threads very helpful to pull ideas from...

I am in the starting phases of building an electric system using Kal's control panel and general design. I was looking at using Stout kettles instead of the boilermakers. The Stouts I am looking at have threaded thermowells. How big of a difference will I see in mounting the RTDs here instead of...

So I was doing some woodturning today and ended up with a chunk of pecan. I split it and chopped it into cubes. I toasted them lightly and now they are soaking in alcohol. I am going to soak them while a batch ferments and then add them to secondary. Any recommendations on a base style or...

I just got done judging an unofficial homebrew event at an Oktoberfest in Sonoita, AZ. Wow, tasting a bunch of free homebrew sure is tough work. Its so tough that I dont recommend anyone take my place in doing it, I shall just have suffer on! Hats off to all the entrants, especially the members...

Ok. Part long story with a question part angry venting. I've been out of town with work for three months. I got back today and checked on all the kegged beer, and it all tastes great the forced aging worked good for them. Then I decided to check on the lager I had in the fermentation cabinet. I...

So I found out today that I am being sent out of town with work for three months. Last time I got sent away for this long, everything in the kegs did fine and I didn't have any problems. I have a slightly different issue this time. I have a lager in a fermenter that I brewed three days ago. I...

I am 20 minutes into my mash that this is going to be pitched into. Anyone have any results from this yeast yet?

I am looking to change my MLT to a 70 at Coleman Extreme. I found it online but the dimensioned on a couple sites vary slightly. Does anyone have one and can provide me with the outside dimensions? I need to make sure it will fit in my space.

I have noticed a few posts recently regarding raw wheat. It seems that more than a few people either need malted wheat but cannot get it or suddenly find themselves with a bunch of raw wheat and don't know what to do with it (me). I thought an easy guide to home malting wheat would be helpful...