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Hey guys - Its been a while. So I was pondering over mash out today - I've always used a 10 gal Igloo cooler for my MT and I love it - except for the inherent challenge of raising temps. I usually use a grist ratio of about 1.5 and like where I'm at. Since raising the mash temp to mash out...

I've been brewing for about 3-4 years, but just started all grain a couple of batches ago. After feeling like a rookie all over again and I'm chasing mash temperatures, however I came up with a good idea for a mash temperature probe: I brought out my multimeter I use for electrical work and...

Here is some photos of my newest project. I got most of the parts from the scrap heap at work. Had to make a couple changes: Motor was too small. I upgrated to a 1/4 HP. It has the needed torque to handle a hopper of grain. Half the fun of homebrewing is the DYI projects. DYI...

Just as it says, I'm on a string of off flavored, bad batches. It really started back in about March with a batch of Dunkel. The dunkel was kegged and and on first draught, I immediately smelled a plastic like aroma from the glass and the same taste followed. I'm not really good with...

Yesterday I brewed another extract dunkelweizen. This is the 3rd or 4th time I've brewed this recipe, and always love it. The recipe calls for 1 lb Maltodextrin. I used to be concerned about 1 lb, but it always comes out really nice, so I go with it. WELL, yesterday we went to take an OG...

Yesterday I brewed another extract dunkelweizen. This is the 3rd or 4th time I've brewed this recipe, and always love it. The recipe calls for 1 lb Maltodextrin. I used to be concerned about 1 lb, but it always comes out really nice, so I go with it. WELL, yesterday we went to take an OG...

Just thinking about a cost savings idea today on yeast. I'd like to get some opinions. Here is what I'm thinking. I would like to try taking a smack pack or dry pack and divide it two or three times and make stir plate starters from each division. Then decant, and possibily repeat the...

:(Well, I've been traveling alot for work lately. Just got home tonight and I've been excited to keg another cream ale. Been thinking about it all week. But... Things didn't go as planned while I was gone... I've had the carboy in my converted keezer fermentation chamber chilling for the last...

First of all, I would like to start out by thanking everyone on this homebrew community. I started brewing last summer and this place has been a wealth of knowledge for me. On 2/21, I brewed a batch of Midwest Gran Cru (Extract) - a Blue Moon-esque Belgian. After some confusion between the...