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I have 36 gallons of 2014 wine ready to be bottled. I wrote down the original gravities on a piece of paper that I kept with the fermenters and threw it away! There is no retrieving it; waste management has already taken out the garbage, and I definitely don't remember the OGs from 6 years ago...

Hello all. I have been on a hiatus from brewing for about a year and a half. The compressor in my kegerator died on me, life got busy, and I just started buying beers instead of brewing for the last 18 months, give or take. Anyhow, I'm back on the horse and getting ready to brew again. What's...

I'm contemplating building my own semi-walk-in keg fridge. I have an 8 tap system in my bar: My bar build thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/basement-bar-build-thread.596537/ Behind that wall is an unfinished portion of the basement that my keezer was located to house my...

My wife and I are going to be going to the Finger Lakes region for some wine tours this weekend. While there, I'd like to stop into a brewery or two. It seems as though there are many breweries in the area. Can anyone recommend good ones? We'll be staying in the Geneva area. Thanks

I'm here scratching my head. I have an 8 tap kegerator, and one of them is dedicated to soda. The soda keg is at 25 psi. The other 7 are at 12 psi. I have a three gauge regulator. One goes to an 8-way manifold for the beer. The other (the one set at 25 psi) goes to a 3-way manifold, which then...

So there's what are you drinking now, what came in the mail for you today, who's brewing this weekend, what did you do for beer today, etc. threads, but nothing for the day's beer scores? Well, we have to remedy this! Today I picked up some goodies at the local craft brew mecca, Sabitini's...

I've started studying for the BJCP online exam, and I was wondering what those of you who are already certified used to study for the exams. I'm mostly interested in how you studied for the tasting exam. What resources did you use? Did you just buy a ton of commercial examples of the...

Hey guys, I'm building a keezer that is liquid cooled. Basically, I just have a bucket of water in my keezer with a pond pump that circulates the cold water around the shanks via copper tubing. I am not using glycol because my bucket of water is not below freezing and there is better heat...

This is the second part of my bar build. The actual building of the bar can be found here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=596537 My bar is in the finished portion of my basement. On the other side of the wall is the unfinished part of my basement, which is where the keezer will...

I guess I actually started this build last year when I tiled the back end of my finished basement. Here is my before picture when we were in the process of buying the house last year. It was wall-to-wall carpet... Not exactly great floor material for a bar: Anyhow, last year I tiled the...

I knew this was coming. My temp controller is set for 38 F. The actual temp sat around 45 F a few months ago, and had slowly been creeping up. Yesterday I went to pull a point and noticed it was extra foamy... And warm. Temp inside the fridge was 58 F in a 65 F room. Damn. Any way to fix...

My wife and I just found out we're having a girl! Due date is September 28. I have two boys aged 11 and 13. Having a little girl is going to be quite a different experience! Anyhow, I'm beyond excited and just wanted to share! Thanks for reading.

I'm a bit of a nerd and keep track of my brewing on an Excel spreadsheet. I've brewed about 50 batches since I decided to start an Excel spreadsheet. I just did an analysis and found that my brewhouse efficiencies: High: 87% Low: 70% Average: 79% Standard Deviation: 5% Anyone else keep...

I've just cleaned all of my keg beer lines, but I have about two weeks until beer will be ready to serve. Is there any issue with leaving either BLC or Star San in vinyl lines for two weeks?

Just wondering how many here condition their grain prior to milling vs. how many just dump their dry grain into the mill.

Any disadvantages to running an oversized motor for a grain mill, specifically the Monster Mill 3? I found a good deal on Craigslist on a 2 horsepower cap start, cap run brand new electric motor. It's 1800 rpm. I know this is way overkill for a grain mill, but it's almost too good of a deal to...

I'm about to pull the trigger on a Monster Mill MM3 with 1 1/2" rollers. I am going to motorize it with this 1/2 HP electric motor. I have found this 1 1/2" pulley for the motor side. However, I'm having trouble finding a 1/2" bore 12" to 15" pulley for the mill side. I don't know if...

I moved to a new house in August of 2015. Leading up to the move, I hadn't brewed in about a month, so I can say that I've now gone almost 7 months without brewing. In fact, my brewery isn't even set up at my new house. I haven't posted, or really even browsed, on these forums in about as long...

I'm planning on building a bar in my basement this winter, and I think the most economical way to do the sink drain will be a drain pump. Has anyone else done this? If so, are you happy with it? Any recommendations on specific drain pumps? Anything that you'd do differently?

I wanted to get some other opinions on this experience. I recently stopped at a new brewpub that opened up somewhat nearby me. The place is very nice inside. They have twelve of their beers on tap, including three nitrous taps. I had their IPA, a lager, and a saison. In addition, I sampled a...