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Anyone here from Columbia, SC able to get a water profile? I have tried every angle that I know and cannot get any reports that shows the alkalinity, calcium, or magnesium levels.. I have been able to find out the levels of 163 other things in their water...

Why would the airlock on my cold crashed beer be bubbling away at 36 degrees? I've never had one do that.

I brewed an all grain pale ale Saturday. After collecting the mashed wort in my boil kettle, I decided to run a little more sparge water through the grains and collected about a gallon of wort. I planned on putting in the frig and cooling it and boiling the next day just to see what it taste...

If I do a 1000 ml .040 starter, decant all but the yeast cake after fermentation is complete and then fill to the 1000 ml point on my flask with another .040 wort, will that provide me with almost the same amount of yeast to pitch as a 2 liter starter at .040 would?

Does temperature matter when capturing wild yeast ? It's 81 to 85 degrees here most of the day. That's way above the ferm. temps. for any ales. Just wondered if that matters when you try to catch to capture the wild yeast

Will a Johnson control handle a 2000 watt heating element with using a relay?

I had an equipment malfunction during my last brew that caused some of the wort to get scorched during the mash. I went a head with the brew since the scorching was too bad. I thought it might have just added a little toasted malt flavor to the beer. I was wrong. After kegging/ carbing it and...

Just finished cutting the top off of another keggle and was wondering what others have made out of the left over parts. I've seen where others have use the top to make a false bottom. What about the dip tube ? Any other projects that can be made using these parts?

I'm wanting to do a starter using yeast captured from a bottle conditioned beer. I know the process for capturing the yeast and how to make a starter and such, but I don't know how to tell when I have the right amount of yeast collected. I wanted to experiment doing this by making a 4.0 gallon...

Quick question. If I where to add bourbon to some kegged and carbonated beer for flavoring will it eventually separate from the beer because of the difference in the gravity? Thanks

I had someone give me two corny kegs that are no good for kegging because the gas inlets are bent. Is there any cool projects that someone has made using damaged kegs?

Hello, I forget to take my hydro reading midway of my kettle drain to my fermenter. I took a reading using all the nasty settlements in my kettle. How will this relate to what I have drained off into my fermenter?

Has anyone run their CO2 line through the top of their Chest freezer? Been putting off doing a collar around my Keezer for over a year, because it's always full of beer. I was looking for an easy way to get my 20 lb. cylinder outside and didn't want to take a chance drilling through the wall. I...

Could you take a plate chiller and close off the water inlet and outlets and pump your wort through it to make a HERMS unit? I was thinking this would be more compact for doing a 5 gallon HERMS setup.

Many thanks for BierMuncher and his thread on how to build these. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/we-no-need-no-stinking-beer-gun-24678/ I did a mod on mine to allow me to easily control the gas flow and the rate of the fill. I just place the rubber stopper in the bottle and instead of...

Just ordered one of these. http://www.thermoworks.com/products/low_cost/rt301wa.html I hope it works OK. I've been looking for a small digital unit that you could calibrate.. Anyone have any experiences with this one?

I have a 5 gallon igloo cooler that I have converted into an electric HLT using a 1500 watt water heating element mounted through the bottom of the cooler. I was thinking about getting one of these units to control the heat of my HLT.. any opinions or other suggestions...

Been reading post on here from people talking about how time makes a difference on the taste of your beer. It's interesting on how the beer taste curve has worked for me over the years. Most of my beers taste good straight of the kettle. Next comes the transfer to the keg, I taste this and it...

Just wondering who is going to the World beer Fest. In Columbia S.C. this weekend.. http://www.columbiacvb.com/beerfestival/

Can anyone tell any difference in the hop flavor of their beers when bagging them vs pouring them into the kettle. I've always used a bag for mine to make it easy to remove them. Just wondering if any differences can be noted.