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Hello...I have 2 different setups I use for fermentation temp control. #1 is a fermentation chamber built around a dorm sized mini-fridge with a Love controller and homemade fermwrap for heating. In this setup, I am usually taping the probe to the outside of the fermenter and covering with...

What difference will I experience using wheat malt instead or unmalted in a belgian wit? Recipe is 4.5lb Viking wheat malt 3lb 12oz pilsner 14oz acid malt 1lb flaked oats BIAB mash at 152F, maybe a rest at 122F. I was just reading that raw wheat is the way to go for this style, but already...

My wife likes Jasmine flowers, we have a cat named Jasmine. I'd like to get a hint of jasmine flavor in a Belgian Wit. What's my best chance? I don't see homebrew shops selling Jasmine as a spice or ingredient and we don't have any Jasmine growing or blooming at the moment. I'm thinking a...

Okay...we've all done it, but today I was brewing a White IPA....standard Witbier recipe ramped up to 1.062 O.G. and hopped with .75oz of Galazy for 60 mins and then a 2oz whirlpool addtion at flameout (1oz Citra, 1oz Galaxy). In all the excitement of getting my new pump and plate chiller...

Looking at brewing an "East Coast IPA" in the near future and now that I have a decent pH meter and Beersmith has integrated mash pH I'm paying more attention to this. This is a 5.5 gal BIAB batch so mash volume is about 8.2gal and BS is telling me my estimated pH will be 5.7 and I'll need to...

Hey folks....I do AG BIAB, mainly 5.5 gal batches in a 15.5gal keggle on a Blichmann burner. I recently came in possession of a chugger pump and am looking for ways to utilize it. I chill with a simple IC, so maybe upgrade to plate? Whirlpool during chill? Pumping to fermenter? Anything...

Hey folks, I exclusively brew all grain BIAB with a keggle (bottom valve) and a bag. No fancy RIMS or HERMS etc. I chill with a simple immersion chiller into PET carboys. I just got a chugger pump for Christmas and am wondering where it is best served in my setup? Switch to counterflow or...

Just got a 5 gallon used Bourbon barrel. It was dumped beginning of November and still smells strongly of bourbon. I'll probably get to brew something to age in it in the week or 2. Should I worry about it drying out in that time frame? I'd like to just brew a strong dark beer and dump...

Hey there...I'd like to brew up small 3 gal batch of something over the holiday buy due to a medical emergency, I missed my LHBS. All I have on hand is about 4oz of Pils, 1lb of light DME, flaked wheat(12oz), lots of caramel malts(probably 2 lbs of varying color), some smoked Briess(4oz) some...

Thinking of brewing up a new recipe tomorrow. Looking for any input. Started off as a black witbier, but my LHBS was out of wit yeast and now I've got some WLP Belgian Ale 550. Looking at a Pils base of about 5lbs, 1.5 lbs choco wheat, some choco rye, about 2oz of smoked wheat, 2 lbs of...

I've been aging an Imperial Stout for about 8 months now in secondary, added some oak etc. Now I'm ready to bottle this up in 32oz swing tops for some bottle conditioning. I'm planning on using DME to prime and adding about 1/4 pack of S-05 to the priming solution to make sure there is some...

Looking at making a Belgian Chocolate Stout. I want some of the spice and esters from the Belgian yeast, a nice roasted malt quality to be present, a little sweetness and I want the chocolate to be noticeable but not over the top. Hops just to bitter See below for a 5.5 gallon batch 7lb 2oz...

I'm brewing up a Brown Ale tomorrow based on Brooklyn Brown Ale, recipe I'm looking at calls for Wyeast 1968. I don't have time to make a starter so I'm going dry yeast on this one. I have S-04, S-05, Windsor and Nottingham on hand. Anyone know which one would finish closer to 1968? I'm also...

Hey hey...I have an Imperial Stout that came in around 10-11% ABV that has been sitting in the secondary for about 5 months now aging. I've recently thought about adding some oak to this brew, it tastes great now but might get some more depth from the oak. I've never added oak to anything...

I have an Imperial Stout (about 11% ABV) that has been in secondary for about 3 months and I'm looking to bottle condition it further. Since I've been kegging, I don't really have a bottling bucket but I do have a Blichmann beer gun. I'm thinking I can use a keg as my bottling bucket and then...

I wired a STC-1000 into a mini fridge that I got for my favorite price. It's brand new and stupid me didn't run it before modifying it. When it was all said and done, the STC gets power and when I hit the set point, the compressor kicks on. That's where the problem starts. The compressor...

This is NOT a freezer being used for storing or brewing beer. I have a 9 cubic foot freezer in our garage that I store some of my hops in along with our stash of frozen meats etc. Right now, the garage is a toasty 92F and the freezer has gone up to about 5F. It's usually around -10F. Do you...

Hello...I've recently come into a free brand new fridge/freezer, its the normal top freezer, bottom fridge type, just on the smaller side. I've been trying to come up with a use for it, as I already have a side by side that I use for kegs and hops storage. What I would like to do is use the...

I have 3 hops plants, this is about year 3 or 4 for them, 3 Cascade and 1 Nugget. They are all growing nicely, but about a week ago I noticed the leaves on the bottoms turning brown. Now, more leaves farther up a browning and parts are just gone. I don't see any insects, mildew or fungus on...

I have a packet of WB-06 that expired in 2-2013 (2 months ago). I'd like to brew a hefeweizen this weekend and figured I'd use up this yeast. Would you make a starter with this our just re-hydrate and go with it?