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So I'm looking to brew a kiwit. Most recipes call for a wit yeast, but I want to brew soon and that is not an option. Well it is, but I'm up for a challenge. The two belgian strains I do have are Wyeast Belgian Strong and Weihenstephan Weizen. I have experience with both strains so that is...

Just transferred my first berliner weisse to a secondary after about 2-3 weeks. Started the fermentation with Lacto for about 24 hours, then pitched a european ale yeast. The gravity is around 1.010 right now, but I expect it to drop further over the next few weeks/months as the lacto keeps...

So, I definitely wasn't in the zone yesterday, and made a few bone head mistakes when I brewed my first Cascadian Dark. During mash in, I guess I forgot to turn my pump off and walked away for a minute. When I came back, my HLT was almost empty, my heating element was a second away from...

OK, I took advantage of AHS's $20 kits and found 3 kits that all will share the same yeast - White labs California Ale V WLP051. So I only bought 1 vial. I plan on brewing (1) a weekend for 3 weeks. I have a stir plate and have created starters before with no infections. So, with all...

Just wanted to share my latest work. I took a perfectly good wooden brew rig.... And cut a hole in the middle of it to add some fire.... Then I closed it up by adding some doors and drawers to store my gear. And this is what I ended up with: I haven't burned it...

So, I've made a few mistakes in brewing over the last few weeks and it got me thinking about how stupid they were. They were all preventable and they all cost me money in the end. Anyway, I listen to Dave Ramsey (get out of debt guru) and he has this thing called a "Stupid Tax". A...

So I've been doing a little research before I brew my first IPA. I read up on dry hopping and it seems there are many techniques out there. My first thought was that I wanted to dry hop in the keg, but learned that its possible that the hops can stay in too long and effect the flavor. I read...

I am getting closer and closer to working on some test batches. I have brewed 5 gallon batches from the start and want to start tweaking some recipes. My whole rig is designed to brew 5-10 gallons at a time so I'll have to get creative. Does any one have some good advice on what has worked...

I tried a liquid yeast with starter for the first time yesterday on a wheat beer. It has finally calmed down but I think I lost about a gallon in the process. I used a blowoff tube and only filled the 6 gallon carboy up to about 5, but man, what a mess. I have brewed 3 times before with dry...

I am having a few issues installing a 1500 watt element inside my round cooler. I have tried installing it a few different ways (rubber gasket on the inside, gasket on the outside) but I still end up springing a leak. Any tips on getting a good seal with the element and a 1 inch nut? Once I...

I ask this question because I am trying to decide on a brew kettle. Public opinion seems to be to buy a bigger kettle from the start, because you are going to want to brew bigger batches eventually. But, I was wondering why people end up increasing their batches from 5 gallons to ??? I am a...

I have spent much time scouring this forum in an attempt to wrap my brain around setting up an E herms HLT and I wanted to run a few questions by the experts out there and get a feel for what you would recommend. Thanks for any info you can provide and my appologies for asking questions that...

Here's my latest build, I figured I would post it because I haven't seen one built quite this way yet. It is very similiar to a lot of other chambers out there, I just went a little different route. Instead of removing all the guts of an old frige, I just left them attached as is and...