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So, I've got some Flaked Maize that Ive had sealed in a container for about a year (or maybe longer!) I'm about to start another brew but thought I'd do a quick taste test to see how its holding up. So I ate a few flakes, and the flakes have the texture of like stale chips I suppose. I'm not...

I've been brewing for a few years now and am trying my luck at cider. I have 5 gallons of fresh/unpasturized cider from a local orchard, and have read some conflicting/unclear information about pasturizing before pitching commercial yeast I'm hoping someone can set me straight on. 1) I've...

As the topic suggests, I'm taking my old 50' copper immersion chiller coil and repurposing it in my HLT as a HERMS coil. I noticed when I was cutting the copper tubing that theres a pretty dark oxide layer on the inside walls of the coil where I used to run the cooling water through...

I'm making a yeast starter for a beer for a friends 30th, under some tight time constraints. I have 3 weeks to have this beer carbed and kegged. Which brings me to my question. Typically, what I'll do is make a yeast starter, let it ferment out for 2-3 days, then cool for another 1-2 days...

So I had an otherwise smooth brew day go suddenly very wrong (skip to the end if you don't like brew day horror stories): 1) As I was recircing through the chiller to sanitize, I had walked out of the room for a second to give the sanitizer in the fermenting buckets a shake. I suddenly heard...

Just curious if anyone uses an immersion chiller in their boil kettle with an electric setup? I currently have one and was planning to use it in the interim until I have the cashflow to order a proper CFC/plate chiller. My main concern is with possibly bending/breaking the elements/seal in...

I've recently tried Spearhead's Hawaiian pale ale, which is a great new beer in Ontario by the way, and at the brewer's website they actually post relevant details to reproduce a homebrewed version. (link) Spearhead Brewery...Beer Without Boundaries! The recipe I've come up with so far...

I'm building a dedicated brew space in my basement cold room, and I figured I would document/photograph the process, hopefully to help others who are thinking of a similar setup. Also it should be noted that I'm not the handiest guy in the world, so if I can do this, it means pretty much anyone...

I have limited knowledge of wiring, so I likely wouldn't do the work myself (or if I did, I'd have it inspected by an electrical engineer), but I'm looking at a very simple electric conversion from a propane burner. My setup is pretty basic at this point: a boil kettle and picnic cooler...

So I brewed a pliny clone found on the internet (a pdf at beerdujour) which I believe is vinny's recipe. It was a blast to make, I really felt like I was crafting a beer on this one. I have had Pliny in the past - I spent a few months in the Bay Area for work and actually made it out to...

I had a little free time last week and finally made the pump I bought in the summer usable. I took an old rubbermaid wal mart toolbox I had laying around, installed the pump with a GFCI outlet and a switch for turning the pump on and off. Parts: - Toolbox (already had) - GFCI outlet/$29...

I generally crash cool as long as possible to help clear the finished beer as much as possible. I also generally do not dry hop. I'm doing vinny's pliny the elder recipe and here's my plan for dry hopping: - primary fermentation finished last night; crash cooling primary for ~5 days -...

I've started to take interest in what malt/hop varieties add to a beer, and have about 45 lbs of light munich to burn, so what better time then to try a light munich smash? I'll be using notti yeast. The question is I have a couple different hops I can use: -Tett -Hallertau -Saaz -Fuggle...

Currently I brew 5-10 gallon batches in my garage which is detached from my house without a water supply. I end up mashing in the kitchen, dragging my equipment outside and inside, etc. It works, but it's far from my ideal setup. In my home there is a cold room which is under my front...

So I'm looking at buying a march pump from austin homebrew and have a couple questions. I'm going with the 809 HS model with the 6 ft power cord (at some point I'll mount it to something and add a switch I'm sure. Austin recommends buying these 1/2" polypropylene NPT couplings to avoid...

Those of you with kegerators, Does adding the copper pipes around your beer lines make a noticeable difference with foaming? I'm curious as I've heard people say the end of the pipe closest to the taps are room temperature. I think it's a more elegant solution then having a computer fan and a...

I'm having issues getting good, clear runnings from my mash tun. Currently I'm using a 48qt coleman cooler with a stainless bulkhead and a 20" length of stainless braid. I recirculate maybe 5 or 6 pitchers worth of wort but still get little bits of grain and such into the pitcher ( / into the...

I've tried a number of recipes that I got off HBT that turned out to be absolutely fantastic beers. I thought I'd share them and I'm interested in others input for new recipes to try :) So, from the perspective of an APA addict, the recipes that have really impressed me are: 1. Bee Cave...

My last brew day, as I was doughing in, I realized I forgot to attach my stainless braid to the bulkhead. Easily the dumbest thing ive done yet, and I hadn't even had a homebrew! Ended up attaching the braid to the boil kettle, picking up and dumping the MT into the BK (10 gallon batch)...

I'm thinking of modding a cooler I have for mashing since I'm not 100% satisfied with my keggle's heat retention. As an experiment I'm thinking of doing a mash in the cooler then transferring (dumping essentially) the mash into the cooler which already has the weldless bulkhead/braid...