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Should I have my water tested out of the faucet or should I treat it (filter and campden tablet) like I would be starting brewing? Would like to delve a little further into getting my profile straightened out so I can properly treat the water per style. Would it be more beneficial to have the...

So I am still planning out my brewery for my basement build. I am wondering if I will run into any issues with my plan for venting the exhaust. I am planning on running a vent hood with an inline Vortex blower (449 cfm I believe) the only issue is, I have low windows in my basement. The...

I am currently testing between two different controls for my keezer and I want to know if there was a way to log when an output was on. I tried to do it in the data logger by selecting the output as the trace but its not showing me anything. I want to know how frequently the compressor turns...

Just trying to think out things for my up coming build. Anyone out there have a HERMs coil in their boil kettle (permanent) that they use as, basically, an immersion chiller? I have a plate chiller right now but am not sure I want to use it anymore. I was thinking about having two HERMs...

I was going over plans for my e-brewery build in my basement with my Dad this weekend and he seems to think I will have moisture issues with boiling in my basement. I explained that I will be using ventilation with a fan but he still thinks I will have issues with my basement wood rotting. My...

So, I took a post boil hydro test sample and forgot to check the gravity after it cooled down. I left it in the garage for two days on accident (just forgot about it). When I got home last night I saw it and figured I should give it a test to see where my post boil was. When I grabbed the...

I'm headed up to La Crosse, WI this weekend and I am going to make the jump over to MN to pick up some brews I can't get down in SE WI. Just wondering what I should be looking for and some suggestions on some good MN/West WI brews. I am already targeting Surly but would like to know some...

Was I boiling to vigorously? I stepped away for most of the boil but didn't think I could boil off almost 4 gal of wort. I am using a SQ14 and keggle for my full boils. This is my second brew ever and on the first one I boiled over in a keggle. I guess I am just turning it up to high? Any...

Is there such a thing? I want to do a SMaSH wheat beer but with all grain that would be a nightmare. I am looking to see if there is a way to do SMaSH with extract. My plan is to do a SMaSH watermelon wheat and call it Gallagher's Wheat (or something along those lines..

I am trying to convert a recipe that is written in percentages, which I know how to do in BeerSmith, but I am having trouble with sugars in the boil. BeerSmith doesn't compensate for that. I want to keep the OG at 1.073 (with converted lbs of grain) but need to add 3 lbs of turbinado and 1 lb...

I have been drinking my first brew every night since I've kegged it (since this past Saturday). I normally don't drink during the week but I can't put this stuff down! Is this how its going to be from now on?

I did. On Saturday I bought a new better bottle and got my first brew racked into it (secondary) Saturday afternoon. Plan was to secondary for a couple days and gelatin/cold crash it so I could keg the following Saturday. Well I got it all setup and back in the closet nice an happy. Went out...

Hello everyone, I'm Brian and I'm from Waukesha, WI. I am new to the craft and have been lurking/reading a ton on this site for the past couple years and finally pulled the trigger. I decided to start out AG and just racked my first batch (Ed Worts Haus Pale) into the secondary. Planning to...

I just brewed my first AG batch on Monday using a friends pot and another friends keggle. I ordered a 36 qt Bayou stainless pot (which arrived in the middle of brewing on Monday) and am now having second thoughts. I have two options that I am ready to pull the trigger on. 1. Keep the pot...