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Any chance a water subforum or whatever could be created? I always bow out of the brewing science forum because it's almost all water related threads. I would imagine others do the same?

I don't usually rant on here about my wife, but I can imagine others have experienced this. I'm one of those. A homebrewer with big dreams. I've wanted to open a brewery since my first boil. I've been at it for four years now, refining recipes, researching, etc. While I love brewing for...

I'm having a little trouble finding a good answer in my searches and this is kinda bugging me. How do commercial breweries fly sparge? I'm looking at commercial systems and almost all are that usual two vessel mlt & kettle setup. At home I have three vessels, the third being the hlt. Without the...

I like the idea of decanting the extra beer off of a starter after letting it sit in the fridge for a couple days. I always cringe when I pitch a starter full of extract beer into a batch. Ideally then, you'd make a small starter just before you brew to invigorate the yeast and get them ready...

So I'm just finishing up Jamil's Yeast book and I am so amped to start counting and plating yeast it's not even funny. Can anyone recommend a descent quality microscope that won't break the bank? If not a specific scope perhaps specs of one that would do the job (magnification/lenses etc.)? Thanks

Where do people usually order bulk whole hops from? I just got a ~2lb shipment from Fresh hops. Their selection and prices are pretty good but they charged me 17 bucks in shipping. I shrugged it off thinking it would be packed with a cooler pack or something but it was just a box with a bunch of...

I'm going to begin a series of one gallon test batches to compare and contrast various specialty grains. The idea is to use a neutral base grain and neutral hops strain and switch out only the specialty grain in each batch. Can anyone recommend a neutral hops choice for bittering? When I started...

I had an issue with my temperature controller last night while debugging my code (it's a fez panda (kinda like an arduino)) and some time during the night the freezer got stuck on. This morning the sanitizer in my airlock is an ice cube but the wort is at 34 or so. I've heard about people...

I have a set of three second year plants. Columbus, chinook, fuggles. All three did pretty well in large opts last year then I moved them to the ground after I cut them down. They spent the winter in the Alabama ground but we moved to Georgia and into a house where my only choice is to have them...

Can anyone with a march pump compare it's flow with that of their garden hose? I have a tiny pond pump that I picked up a while back to pump ice water through my chiller for the last few degrees but I'd like to upgrade. I was thinking of just getting a march or chugger pump so that it could...

Anyone ever tried this or think it would work? Walmart has a 12 volt cooler/warmer for about $40 that is intended to keep drinks cold or warm in the car. I was thinking of filling that with water and sticking a small pond pump inside. Then I'd put barbed connections out the top or side and run...

Does anyone else remember Magic Hat #9 coming in nine packs? I have this vague memory of getting square cases of it and thinking "#9 in a nine pack, those clever bastards".

Kinda went about starting to save yeast backwards, I leapt before I looked. I finished a bohemian pils a couple weeks back and rather than wash it I just stuck what was left in the fermenter into a couple jars and called it quits with plans of washing later. Was this just completely pointless...

I just had a crazy optimistic job interview in the Atlanta area and I'm curious what the homebrewing community is like there. None of us actually brew in Alabama because that wouldn't be legal but the community that would be into it is really cool. I'm aching at the thought of leaving here but...

My tap water here is fairly soft so I find my darker beers come out a little astringent. I'm about to brew a porter tonight that has a couple pounds of various dark malt in the recipe. I ground them separate and I'm debating on adding them later in the mash or tossing them on top as I start my...

I'm yet to get feedback on recipes here curious what people think. Going for a semi robust porter. Just something fairly thick yet easy drinking. The brown malt I roasted myself a while back. This is figured at 6gal post boil. Thanks *Edited to match brewed recipe* Original Gravity (OG): 1.061...

I have three plants in the ground right now; chinook, Columbus, and fuggle. All three did well last year(their first). Not a huge harvest but enough to brew a batch with. After I harvested I moved them from large pots to a raised bed which I have room for one more plant in. Any thoughts on a...

So I figured I would be clever a while back and throw an electric heating element in the side of my bottling bucket and double it's purpose to include heating mash and sparge water. I took a 1.25"-1" pvc bushing and a pvc locknut on the inside and jb water welded it in place on the outside. Say...

I'm putting together a really simple boil kettle electric build. I'll build the PWM controller myself to regulate the element load. So I have a few questions: 1: Building the controller myself I can use just about any cycle length I want. I think most PID's use a 60hz cycle but I don't see...

So more beer has this kettle: http://morebeer.com/view_product/11854/102211/Modified_Brewing_Kettle_-_Economy_9_Gallon Any idea if this would be strong enough to support a heating element? I'd probably solder a fitting into the opposite side from the couplings to screw the element into. Also...