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After a decade-long run in this hobby, I've found that I am just not brewing much anymore. Given that, I'm looking for a good home for all my gear. I have pretty much everything you would ever need for home brewing, from a grain mill to kettles to buckets to carboys to wort chillers to bottle...

Insanely basic question here, but... I just bought a twin roller grain mill from my LHBS. I have a knob on each side of the mill that allows me to adjust the space between the rollers. If I want to, say, set a 0.05" space, do I set both knobs to 0.05, or do I just set one of them to 0.05...

Hi all. Every year, my wife and I host a Halloween party where I brew up there different beers for the night. Unsurprisingly, the staple every year is a pumpkin ale. However, I then vary up the other two beers so guests can look forward to something new each year. The goal is to have a good...

Earlier this year, I bought a 20L Braumeister from Morebeer out here in California. One thing led to another and I got too busy to ever use it, even when it first came to the house. Now I am moving into an area and job where I can't practically brew beer anymore, which means I need to sell the...

SWMBO and I are stuck at Santa Rosa, CA airport for a few hours, so grab a drink at the restaurant/bar/lounge. On tap are Russian River Blind Pig IPA and Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin. Nice.

I'm visiting Bear Republic in Healdsburg, CA this weekend and I was curious if there were any must haves besides Racer 5 and Hop Rocket? I love both of those brews, and have them all the time. Just want to make sure I don't miss anything good while I'm up there!

Thought this was pretty funny. I recently tried changing the temperature and PSI settings on my kegerator setup to get colder beers while maintaining the right amount of carbonation. I noticed that, about a week or two after I switched the settings, my American amber (which was the furthest...

This beer is named Helles In The Kitchen because, the first time I made it, I had an absolute disaster when I went to cool the beer. It was my first time using a plate chiller and let's just say the hose I chose to lead from the boil pot to the chiller was not quite sturdy enough. I somehow...

Anybody have experience with those forward seal faucets? They supposedly let you serve highly-pressurized beers on short lines without a cup full of foam. (Link to an example here.) I'm intrigued and interested if they work. If so, might go on the wish list.

Over the holidays, I got a chest freezer off of Craigslist and did this TSS2 temperature controller build. I have my first lager in the freezer now and it's holding steady at 50F in a garage that never gets below ~60F. I don't have to continuously chuck ice bottles in my old swamp cooler or...

Hi there. My holiday present to myself this year was a chest freezer off of Craigslist and a Love controller, which should be here soon. Now that I'll have solid temperature control, I'm planning on jumping into lager brewing. Can't wait. Considering Dead Guy Ale is one of my favorite beers...

Hi all. I recently saw a great fridge that is a side-by-side fridge and freezer. Given family needs, it would be great to have an extra freezer around. However, I also want my fermentation chamber. I'm wondering if there is a way to kill two birds with one stone and wire only the fridge side...

Hi all. I was thinking of getting this kettle as a holiday present for myself (SWMBO-approved, of course), and making it my new mash tun. Currently, I'm using a cooler with a homemade manifold for mashing, but I'm getting a little tired of risking serious burns by pouring scalding hot pots of...

Strangely enough, I had never used WLP007 until just recently, but I think this my new house strain. Super versatile, reliable, and an amazing flocculator. It can do any British or American style, including small and big beers. How did I never use this yeast before?!

Hi all. Yesterday, I accidentally bought a package of 1084 along with some 1056 for an upcoming RIS starter. (I meant to buy two packages of 1056.) Any thoughts on how a hybrid 1084/1056 cocktail will turn out versus a pure 1056 RIS? Thanks for any thoughts! Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi all. On Friday, I'm doing a big brew day with my dad, brothers, and FIL. I picked out a huge imperial stout recipe. I also wanted to give them some options to choose from for added flavors and maybe split the brew into several different 1-2 gallon batches. Basically let them customize the...

Hi all. In researching the best way to make a spice tea for my pumpkin ale, I've seen people on the site claim that vodka is a better "delivery mechanism" for the spices because it draws out flavor more and better disburses the spices throughout the beer. Apparently, water can bind with the...

I've been thinking about oaking a full bottle of gin with oak cubes in order to (a) have some oaked gin on hand to add to a few experimental homebrew batches, and (b) have some on hand for cocktails. (My wife and I recently had an oaked negroni that was unbelievable. It got me thinking...) I...

I am in Michigan visiting my in-laws. My father-in-law is a big fan of hoppy beers, but doesn't know much about different breweries. So, the last time he was out to visit us, I told him he might like Two-Hearted, based on comments from this board. Cut to half a year later and he has a six...

I recently made a saison/French-ish hybrid that has been fermenting for a little over a week. Used 3522 as the yeast and it really is chugging along. This is my first time using 3522, but everything seems to be exactly as described. Huge blowoff in the first few days, nice attenuation (so...