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For some reason I've never been able to find a straight answer to this question so...fingers crossed ;) Let's say for simplicity that I have a recipe that calls for 1lb of crystal 50. Would 1/2lb of crystal 100 produce the same end result? I recently had a mishap with some calculations...

*Note to self FYI: 8oz * 1.6 is 12.8oz For some reason I decided to write this down last night as 12lb 8oz after one too many ciders, and didn't bother to double check it this morning. I just picked up the grain order and realized I have a ton of extra carapils, milled, with a tiny bit of...

So the wife and I got a crazy idea to move to Hawaii now that my job is 100% remote and she can get a job at the university or public library. After looking at houses we'll probably end up buying in the Hilo area around this time next year. I'm just searching for any general feedback or advice...

I'm looking for software or website that I can build recipes by telling it what type of beer I want to brew and it very simply suggests the best way to do it with things like grain and adjunct ratios and hops and yeast and water profile recommendations as if I'm just a guy that likes to make and...

Just finished my first brew day in my new homemade 120v eKettle. I pulled off two 5-gallon brews in just under 6 hours including prep and cleanup and pitching. The best part was my lack of presence during the whole process, just set it and forget it!! Pr:mad:pane sucks, I'm electric for...

There are tons of threads on sugar vs co2 for carbing kegs, I can't seem to find any on using both together. I'm on my third keg of trying and have had decent results, I throw in 2.5oz sugar, let it sit at 65F a few days, then stick it in the keezer on gas at 40F for a couple days, reset to...

I've seen plenty of people who primary in kegs, and I've lead others to believe I do it all the time, so I finally decided to give it a try this week because I just happened to have an empty keg and nothing to primary in. I've been lucky and never ever ever had a brew take more than 8 hours to...

Where my salesforce peeps at? I know I'm not the only one here :rockin:

I've recently started working with IBM watson at my job and have started thinking....while it's still in early development, how cool would it be to have the homebrewtalk gods work with IBM to build a custom question and answer API for this site? We could give them access to this massive...

Long time brewer who's only recently come to the dark side of learning water chemistry and I have to say, it was worth it! There was always a weird 'twang' taste to all my beers...some people said it tasted 'green', others said it had a weird spicy kick that shouldn't be there, I never knew...

We're hanging out at her parents house tonight with our 4 year old, she(7 months pregnant) says out of nowhere "we're putting a tap tower in our kitchen soon", which of course is a shock to me as it's something I've only ever dreamed of and wouldn't dare even ask to do. This after she's put up...

was a success! :rockin: I went with the Summer Wheat kit from Austin Homebrew, got it on sale for $20 with yeast. I'll be looking into a larger pot and a better mash paddle soon, other than that everything worked great, total time including clean up was 5 1/2 hours, I came in at just under...

and nothing but spam. Thanks, Obama.

Sooo, the fastFerment is neat and all, but personally I can't see dropping $100 on a fancy plastic bucket, no matter how sexy it is. I love the idea of no-rack-secondary, and think I could apply this same concept to fermenting in a corny, where once you rack wort into your corny you never touch...

I haven't seen anything like this so I thought I'd share my design for my upcoming keezer build(subject to change for no reason at all). I'm nervous about having unguarded taps sticking out of my collar, not only for fear of the little ones playing with them, but also my own clumsiness and...

Homebrewing is like a cult. It's madness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it. How many brews until I'm taught the secret handshake?

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When you buy soda in a bottle or can, it's pre-mixed and carbonated and ready to pour and enjoy. When you buy soda from a fountain machine, it's a soda syrup mixed with carbonated water as it enters your cup. It seems like this could be infinitely beneficial to be able to do with beer...any...

If you had to choose.... Full Size kegerator with room for 4 kegs, and small ferm chamber with room for 1 bucket or.. Full Size ferm chamber with room for 4 buckets, and mini-fridge kegerator with room for 2 kegs I live in hell, and everything has to be temp controlled. I only have a tiny...