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Besides the markers on the side of the fermenter, how do you determine exactly how much went in? I use beersmith and am trying to calibrate. Do you weight the fermenter? Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

So i put my gas post on the dip tube side today when kegging a double dry hopped ipa. Smelled awesome! So I snuck a sample a couple hours later and couldnt figure out why little to nothing was coming out. Then it hit me so i swapped the posts and then grabbed my sample. I seem to have lost alot...

I just got a new fermentation chamber (fridge). I have a temp controller plugged in with the probe cable just in between the rubber on the door. After two weeks in primary at 62 degrees the fridge was full of fruit flies. The fridge is in an unconditioned garage (very hot right now). No flies in...

Thinking of putting a few chunks of Habenero into a glass then pouring in some pale ale. Thoughts? Will it be spicy? Im dry hopping two habeneros into a five gallon batch soon, just thought this would be interesting to try in the mean time. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

They say to crash a keg prior to putting it on CO2 because the CO2 goes into the beer easier at cooler temperatures. My question, why not just put it on CO2 when you put it in the keezer? Its going to get cold anyways and whatever CO2 gets in there while its warm the better? Seems like...

I was getting psi creep in my regulator. Then after cleaning it twice and forcing air thru i decided to tighten the other screw so i couldnt go higher and pressure creep stopped. I thought this set screw was so you didnt accidentaly increase pressure. Does this stop in pressure creep make sense...

Any tips to speed up s brew day and store gear for faster sccess easy setup. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Want to carbonate this 18 month lambic without fear of contamination or using priming in bottles. Figured buying a carbonater cap and filling 10-2 liter bottles and then just hook up one bottle at a time and slow carbonating using 14 psi for a week or so, but all the things I've seen say to up...

10 gallons of ESB in my new 15 gallon LME barrell. Been about 15 days. Cant say ive seen this before, should it go down the drain? It was a repirch from a 5 gallon batch that turned out awesome. Just looks weird to me.

I read alot if articles about making candi sugar. Fir the most part you are supposed to keep it between 260 and 275 then raise to 300 at tge end. Noone says why to keep it at the low temp? I just eye balled a pound for 25 min without a thermometer and cranked the heat at tge last min. I sprayed...

I have a lambic, about 18 months old. Should I add yeast and sugar or just sugar, how much? I have 5 fallons.

Anyone interested in a group buy in CT? I'd be interested as a buyer only unfortunately, but I could start the party by committing to 4 bags and maybe a few half sacks. Maybe early December?

Ive been not getting the right volume when going to fermenter. Heres the info. 20 pounds of grain for a 10 gallon batch. Using brewpal app on ios. Using 1.33 qt per pound. Calls for 6.6 gal strike and 7.5 gal sparge. My brew day today, I upped the strike to 8 and sparge to 10. I know its now a...

Unsure if it was from a low tank or quick carbonating after a co2 refill or if it froze slightly. My regulator kept creeping higher and higher even when not connected to kegs. I tried bursting co2 thru to clear it, no luck. I decided to take it apart and clean all the pieces. It actually worked...

I brewed an ipa, american ale 2 wyeast. After 2 weeks in primary I harvested the bottom yeast and after a night in the fridge it appears to have a layer of croisen on top, see pic. Og 1052 ff 1015 A concern was i firgot to change my temp controller from cool to heat so the first day of...

Is anyone part if a private club, or have any experience starting one?

Living in the northeast, getting close to freezing temps. I have a ferm wrap and johnson controller. I am considering fermenting in my unheated garage and setting the temp controller to the desired lager temp. Do you think the setup can keep up with outside temps in say below freezing, it gets...

So, I love bottling to growler because it's less bottles etc. the problem im having now is towads the last half of the growler the yeast tends to kickup a lot more. Anyone have similar problems with growlers? Seems I should pour into say a pitcher, one shot and pull back right at the end just...

F I use the dish washer and choose the sanitize option with normal dishwasher soap ( no spot remover) can i go directly to bottle? Would you still rnse in starsan? Would you use the dish washer?

In Western MA. Sams summer clone, great ferment for 7 days at 72. then we lost power due to the storm. Its now down to 56 in the fermenter. I wont be able to bottle until maybe Saturday. Im thinking go straight to bottle rather than warm it back up. We wont have power for at least 3 days.