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Would there be any safety concerns in removing this divider? I just bought the SS Brewtech 1/2 barrel fermenter and for it to fit in my current fridge I would have to remove this divider. Anyone ever do this or know if there is some potential problems with "gutting" the fridge. I bought this...

I received a ward labs water report nearly a year ago and my pH was 7.9. When im testing my water right im getting 6.75. I just calibrated my pH meter. Can pH have this great of change in tap water or am i doing something wrong?

Title kind of explains it. I have a barleywine that I have aged in a keg for 6 months. Basically the keg was the secondary. The only co2 the beer got was from purging the oxygen. I want to bottle this beer in the best possible way. Question is should I force carb it then bottle with my...

I brewed a barley wine on 6/26/15. Had an OG of 1.102. I just checked the gravity last night 6/30/15 and it is 1.023. There was a huge amount of blow off. 6 gal recipe 25# 2 row 12 oz c80 12 oz victory 8 oz flaked wheat 4 oz carafa 1 Mash at 150 for 90 minutes. pH was 5.3 during...

My dads dog passed suddenly a couple months ago. In memory we want to brew a barleywine and bottle it with labels. The recipe is Old Ruffian Batch Size: 6.25 gal Boil Size: 10.54 gal Color: 10.1 SRM Boil Time: 60 min Est OG: 1.116 (26.9° P) Est FG: 1.029 SG (7.3° P) ABV: 11.7%...

I'm making an IPA and I just want to make sure I don't go overboard on water adjustments. Also wondering if I should lower Calcium Chloride and increase Gypsum. 11g batch post boil OG 1.071 7.4 SRM 25# 8.6 oz american 2 row 2# 4oz carastan 30 SRM 2# 4oz CaraPils 2 SRM Existing...

So I am in the process of obtaining a water report from ward. My water at home tastes bad and I will be correcting it shortly. However I did brew a blonde last fall that has a really terrible taste because of the water. Its still in a keg. I was wondering if and when I get my water report if I...

I have recently moved and my water tastes like crap. I am now searching for an RO system. I'm reading Palmers water book. It is a difficult but I see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am looking for suggestions on a good RO system. We dont drink water from the tap but rather our...

I just moved a few months ago and I do not like the flavor of my tap water. There is a small off flavor that comes through in all my beers. Really annoying. I am thinking of buying the water filter from Morebeer.com and use that going forward. It uses a carbon filter. Should I then be...

Their website says 10% ABV 60 IBU Malt: Pale Malt, 70/80L Crystal Hops: Nugget, Willamette, Cascade I'm thinking as a grain bill American 2row 88% Crystal 80L 12% OG 1.101 FG 1.025 I need help with the hop schedule. Thinking WLP001. Also thinking a 90 minute boil...

My buddy has donated peaches that grew in his front yard. So we are making a peach blonde. All Grain 11g 25# American 2 row 2# crystal 15L 1# munich 10L 2 oz centennial 60 min .5 oz centennial 15 min .5 oz cascade 15 min .5 oz centennial 0 min .5 oz cascade 0 min Og 1.064 Fg...

My buddy has a few peach trees and will be donating some peaches. They are ready to be picked right now. I just moved this last week and cannot brew for at least a week. I plan to puree the peaches right after I get them then freeze them. Once fermentation is done add them to the fermenter. I...

I am going to make a 10g batch of an Ellie's Brown Clone. Half of it will become NA beer. The wife is prego and she really wants to drink good beer other than the crappy stuff on the market right now. I have read the BYO article on making NA beer. Basically heat the beer near 173 for 30...

I just did my first batch with my new mash tun which has the autosparge on it. My gravity was a little short of what I wanted but I kind of expected this as before I was doing batch sparge and this was a totally new process. One of the mistakes was that when I started I pumped too much too...

I brewed a flanders red sour in September of 2011. I used the White labs sour yeast. Cant even remember which one but it was the one in BCS Flanders red. The beer has been sitting in carboys since. I am going to finally bottle all 10g on Wednesday. I havent bottled in a few years and I am...

Hello Homebrewers, My current setup is as follows: 2 burners 2 kegs (Both have SS ball valve) 1 10g cooler 1 march pump A buddy of mine just gave me another keg that is in pretty good condition. My question is what equipment should I purchase to outfit this keg as a mash tun and...

So I brewed a Foreign Extra Stout on Sunday. OG 1.072. I used White Labs London Ale Yeast. The yeast was packaged on 4/10/13. I didn't realize it until I got home. I made a starter on Friday morning of 1.7 liters using a stir plate. Just watching the fermentation it looks rather weak. I...

Here are some pictures of my almost complete brew shed. It should be up and running shortly. I will be brewing under the vent on the right. I will test out the amount of moisture to see if I will need to put any more ventilation. The left side of the shed will be used as storage. I will...

Ok so I brewed a Triple. This is going to be a gift to my dad for some remodeling he helped me do in my basement. I plan on bottling this from a keg. I have the blichmann beer gun. I finished fermenting then racked it into a keg. I didn't cold crash it before I racked it over to the keg...

Hello fellow brewers. I am starting to plan a shed that I will be building to store all of my equipment and plan to brew in the shed also. My first concern is moisture. If anyone out there has experience brewing in a shed I would like to know what you did for steam that comes off of the...