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I built a 1500 watt 120v heatstick to help get my electric stove up to a more vigorous boil as well as make step mashing easier. I used it for my last batch and all was well until I really got into the boil stage. Problem was, with the heatstick in the kettle, the boil was too hard! It...

I've got the Danby 4.4 that I've been using as a kegerator for a while now using picnic taps in the fridge but it's time to put on some tap handles. I have a small apartment and the only place the fridge can fit is under a shelf, so a tower is right out. I want to put two tap handles on the...

I attempted a way-over-complicated step-mashed belgian-style strong golden ale last night and noticed a possible problem. I tasted the wort from the hydrometer test jar sample and it had a strong astringency to it -- my girlfriend commented that it tasted like a cough drop, very tannic. I...

So I've got a cider going right now using local unpasteurized, unfiltered cider with no added yeast -- wild yeasties only. It's really cooking along and I should have a healthy yeast cake when it's done and settled. A crazy thought occurred to me that I've got a real wild yeast here that...

I could use some guidance on a strange sight I found in one of my batches. -It's a BIAB all-grain pale ale, just Maris Otter, crystal 40L and Cascade hops, brewed mainly to test out my system with something simple. -Around the end of primary fermentation at day 14 or so, I noticed some...