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Oh man. So friday night I did a gravity test/ taste on an imperial red I did about 6 weeks ago. It was spot on. It tasted amazing. One massive problem though. When I took the fermenter out of the chest freezer I also pulled the probe for the temperature control. I put the steel keg fermenter but...

Does anybody have experience with these? Using one for the 1st time in about an hour. Just curious as to how you release pressure once fermentation begins. In other words do I have to open up the valve after 24 hours or so to release that pressure or does it just stay left alone for the whole...

Bottling a Belgian IPA this afternoon. Opened my fermenter and saw this. Looked like the airlock had some sort of mold around it too. Anybody know what this is?

Have any of you guys tried open fermentation with any of your batches? How did it work out? Saint Somewhere Brewing, a brewery that specializes in Belgian style Ales here in Florida, uses this method. It looks pretty cool but I dont understand how it works. How doesnt it get contaminated?

Sabco's new 2bbl system unveiled at the CBC expo. Pretty tight!

Brewing a Belgian Pale Ale today. Got an all grain kit from More Beer that came with 3 different yeast strains. Safbrew s-33 Dry yeast, Wyeast Direct pitch activator Belgian abbey, and Wyeast Direct pitch Activator London ESB. Do you think they packed this wrong? Do I pitch all 3 strains into...

Just got done brewing an IPA. The direct pitch activator didn't get popped for the 3 hours prior as the instructions ask for. Just took it out of fridge and let it sit on counter until it was time to pitch. Realized I had messed up but just went ahead and popped it and dumped it in 5 gallons of...

Does anybody have experience with Ranco temperature controls? I bought one and have it in my chest freezer. I'm fermenting a pale ale and have it set to 75 degrees. I went down to check on today and noticed it was down to 66 degrees. I double checked the thermo and it was definitely set...

I'm brewing this weekend and unfortunately my Star San didn't come in the mail. I found a food safe sanitizer at a restaurant supply store locally in town. It's called Betco Sanibet 256 Sanitizer. Here's the link. Anybody see anything that might make the beer taste bad on the active ingredient...

To anybody that has experience with a brew-magic system: Just got ours yesterday and did a water test this morning. Poured 10 gallons into the sparge tank. Opened valve to flood pump and then turned it on. Successfully pumped water into Mash. Shut pump off and then opened valve to boil kettle...

So for the last year or so I've been turning a spare bedroom in the back of the house into somewhat of a man-cave. I'm fairly new to home brewing, starting about a year and a half ago and just finishing my 3rd all-grain batch last month. I'm addicted now. I've gotten the OK from the old lady to...

Going to be brewing my first all grain batch this week. Downloaded my city's annual water quality report. Since I live on an island the raw water drinking source is brackish and they use reverse osmosis. Does anybody have any experience brewing with RO water and does it make the beer bland...

Hi Guys New to this forum and new to home brewing. Just finished my second batch of Scotch Ale yesterday. When I checked it this afternoon I noticed 2 dead fruit flies floating in the water of the airlock to the fermenter. The airlock has a cap on it that was sealed properly and the...

Hey Guys. Been lurking around here for the last year or so. Finally brewed my 1st batch about a month ago and have my 2nd one fermenting now. There's nothing like pouring that 1st bottle of beer into a glass and tasting the fruits of your labor. Awesome! Anyways, thanks for creating this forum...