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I'm almost done with a new boil kettle made from a keg. I have a recipe I've brewed before in mind for it's maiden boil, but I'm unsure of how to scale the recipe up for a 10 gallon batch. Any tips? Thanks!

So a couple of weeks ago, thanks to this forum, I find out that Austin Homebrew Supply has their Pliny the Elder clone kit on sale. As PTE is one of my favorite brews, I call up AHS and order it right away. I made my yeast starter a couple of days ago using some harvested WLP001 from a recent...

I love the simplicity of the autosiphon, but I can't seem to get a good start on it. I draw it full stroke, but it seems to get about a half a column of air. When I push it down, this air transfers to the line and takes a long time to finally work its way out, during which time there are tons...

So, I made an IPA a couple months ago and pitched one vial of WLP001 (my best beer yet, btw :rockin: ). I then read the yeast washing thread and harvested the yeast form the bottom of the primary. It wasn't clear to me where the "line" in the jar was between the yeast and the trub, so I...

Hi all, I'm going to plant some rhizomes this spring, and I'm wondering what I should do to the soil beforehand. Here's my idea, lacking any real knowledge of what I SHOULD do: 1. Dig hole about 3 feet in diameter and 1 foot deep for each rhizome. 2. Fill said hole with potting soil or...

Hi all, I'm planning for brew day tomorrow, and I'm going to use some WLP001 I harvested/washed about a month ago and have kept in the fridge (my first attempt at harvesting). On Sunday, I took it out of the fridge, let it rise to room temp, then added about a qt of fresh aerated wart from...

So I'm a pretty new brewer with only 6-7 brew days under my belt. My goal from the beginning (as I'm sure is common) was to brew beer that would be just as good as what I can get at the pub. While my first beers were decent and certainly drinkable, they typically weren't the ones I'd reach for...

Hey gents. I won a "Deadguy clone kit" at a local brewpub awhile back. It has everything but yeast. I need some Pacman, but, as I'd like to brew this weekend, I won't have time to get any. I do, however, have some WLP001 I washed from a Ruination clone last weekend. You can see where...

I see Kegconnection.com has a sale going on this weekend on a "racetrack" style keg for 18 bucks here: http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=421 This appears to be different than the other Corney's listed on their website for 30 bucks here...

I've got 2 oz of whole hops floating in my secondary right now. Should I stir (ok, not stir, but maybe "dunk") them every couple of days or so? Or is the risk/reward of contamination not worth it? Seems like almost half of them, even though they're wet, are just sitting on top of the floating...

OK gents, I've read the entire Yeast Washing Illustrated thread (why is it not a sticky anymore?), and believe it or not, after 555 posts, I STILL have a question! This is my first attempt at yeast harvesting BTW. Saturday I racked my beer, swirled up the cake, moved it into a sanitized...

Hey Guys, I'm lucky enough to have a number of cases of flip top bottles from travels to Germany over the last few years. I haven't used these for homebrew yet, but plan to in the near future. I was thinking the easiest way to sanitize the bottles would be to run them through the dishwasher...

Hi Gents, new brewer here. Great forum here BTW. I just fermented my 3rd batch, an extract IPA. I decided to try dry hopping it, so after about 10 days in the fermenter I added 1 oz of hops. While I had the lid off I took a gravity reading, and was pretty disappointed. My OG was 1.036 and...