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I don't even have the heart to write the whole story, but the short of it is... I had twelve entries to a competition, two hours from my home, that I dropped off to Defiant Brewing an hour and a half from my home a week earlier. Someone from the Homebrew club picked up my entries from...

Hey everyone, anyone run into this phenomena?: I'll take my refractometer reading just after creating a whirlpool and letting it settle, while the wort is hot in the boil kettle, and I'll get say, a gravity of 23. I send it through the plate chiller and the gravity is 17.5. Is this a...

Hey all-I posted this in the Beer Advocate Forum as well. If you get a chance, check out homebrewchef.com . Some great ideas/recipes. I'm doing my whole thanksgiving dinner around the recipes in BA this month, and I wanted to sort of comment/review them, I thought people here would be...

Hey all, Last brew day we had a few problems trying to get our mash Ph where we wanted. I had already read up a lot on what I thought I needed to do, but one thing is for certain-our Ph meter is drifting quite a bit. I got the one Kai recommended, I don't have it in front o me, I'm at...

Hey all, Every time I do a stout I seem to have an issue with my HERMS. I'll start by stating I've never had a stuck mash with hefs, ipas, pales, and even pumpkin ales with pumpkin in the mash itself. All of my stouts up until now have had flaked oats in them, so that could be part of it...

Hey, I'm really really new to the whole plumbing thing, and I just soldered copper tubing together for my HERMS. I was getting sick of the compression fittings and I just wanted something prettier. I know this is probably a stupid question, but with flux residue on the inside of the coil...

This is about 3 weeks overdue, but I thought I'd tell the story anyway, and sort of put out a public service announcement. Always, for the love of God, brew with a buddy. So many things can go wrong with propane, fire, electricity, wort, water, pumps, carbon monoxide, etc. I realized this...

Hey Guys, Ever feel like you go through so much preparation and then stuff still goes wrong on the brew day? Ugh. I had a couple issues this time, and they seem to be recurring, so I'm sure there's something I'm overlooking or that I shouldn't be doing. I figured I'd use you guys as sort of a...

Just used the More Beer Ultimill yesterday. That sucker is baaad!!! It's quiet when there's no grain, but throw grain in the hopper and it sucks it down in no time. I had 24 lbs of grain fly through it in about 3 minutes. Best part, is that the adjustable rolling pins have graduated marks so...

Allright. I know what you're thinking. But listen, it's my first HERMS. That's a lot of stinking hose, and my lord, it's on top of a television. This photo was taken weeks ago, and since, I have a stand for the MLT, which is on the left, and it looks slightly less ghetto. here's the issue. I...

Hey folks, I'm not sure if someone has posted something like this before, but I couldn't seem to find it. Aimed for a tripel, ended up with a quad, and it had a vigorous fermentation to start. Needed a blow off tube, 'cause my carboy is only 5 gallons, and I had a OG of 1.107 before pitching...

Hello, I did my first all grain brew on Sunday, and I thought I had all my ducks somewhat in a row, but unfortunately I didn't. I'm limited by equipment and I thought that I should do my first all grain with 17 lbs of grain and 5 lbs of pumpkin. Well, that high gravity bomb I was looking for...