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Currently fermenting with Wyeast 1332 and need a temp range of 65-75°F but I'm only at like 58-60. It's fermenting, but I want to be in the right temp range. Am considering doing a swamp cooler with a fish tank heater, but how many watt heater? I have a small 25w heater available to me...

So I'm going to try this today and wanted feedback on the idea. I have a submersible pump that I am going to put in a five gallon bucket of ice, top off with water, and then pump it through my immersion chiller. Instead of running a hose and having to put all that water somewhere during a...

Never mind. These things went so low in price I might as well keep it.

Hey all, Hoping I can learn something today! Expected my beer to be ready for kegging the other day and since I'm still green on the refractometer, I grabbed my hydrometer too, for good measure. I have the refractometer from Northern Brewer with the SG scale so the Brix to SG calculations...

I recently switched from extract to all grain because I felt like all my beers tasted the same. Now I'm a few batches in and I'm still tasting the same flavors that I was trying to get away from (even with different yeasts). I feel like it has to be my lack of knowledge so I'm thinking a smash...

I don't have an autoclave & SWMBO is quite against me obtaining or using one; citing danger, calibration, blah, blah, blah. I want to build up a small supply of yeast. I want to wash yeast & slant yeast. Do I need to just ignore her and move forward, or do I have other options? I've already...

What is the "best" end to work on for carbonating in a keg? The first few times I Kegged, I carb'd at around 41* in the fridge mainly because my regulator was messed up & didn't go past about 12. Now that I've replaced it, I'm wondering if its more beneficial to carb at one temp or another - or...

Where is it? I'm trying to build a recipe with corn sugar or candy sugar and don't see these as options anywhere. I know I can add things, but I wouldn't know the stats without asking here or extensive searching. Am I just blind?

If I were harvesting a decent amount of yeast from a single bottle conditioned bottle, how much dme and water should I use? I'll be using lite dme. This is my first time / practice run & I don't know if the little bit from one bottle will be enough, but I plan to step it up and see what I end...

I just now heard of brew in a bag. I've been doing extract partial boils and thought this could help me transition to AG without much up front investment. I only have a 5 gallon brew kettle though, and was wondering how big of a batch I'd likely be able to biab. I brew with the "power burner"...

So, i have a keg in the fridge carbonating at 12psi. I don't shake it or anything, but plan to let it do this for around 3 weeks. When I decide to tap it, do I leave it at 12psi? I have the co2 tank in the fridge with it & the psi has been stable at 12 for about 2 weeks. The tubing isn't very...

I've already made a few posts but just stumbled upon this Introductions board. I am just another IT guy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin who attempts to brew. I'm about a year into extract brewing and have made some awesome beers and some pretty bad ones. I'm anxious to begin all-grain as I feel like...

I know the directions say to use 3/4 oz. per gallon hot water when soaking a carboy, but I've heard people say they use less than that since its so expensive. How much do you use? I was soaking in oxyclean, but just learned of the film it can leave, lol.

Bought a used keg from Northern Brewer a few months ago. Finally got around to kegging for the first time, and the keg leaks -- from the bottom! I've reduced the psi from 12 to 10, cleaned up the mess & am trying again. Everything I've read all talks about leaking from the top, but I haven't...