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Brewing my First Saison. Northern Brewer kit. 3724 Yeast. Started it 4-19 and had initial 13.5 / 1.055 using my refractrometer It's been bubbling all this time in a heated fridge hitting around 89-91 depending. I didn't secondary it, but left it in it's 6.5 gallon carboy. I...

I have my old GE Fridge now and want to add the Johnson A419 Controller to it. But they sell a blue one and gray one. What is the difference between the two? Which one is best? Or is there another make out there that's better? I plan on using my fridge as a fermentor and a storage...

I picked her up on Saturday... quite the ordeal to get her home though. They're heavier than they look. It's a 1947 GE. Seems to works pretty well still. A little beat up, but not bad over all. I'm going to order a Johnson Controller for it and hope to use it next month on my next batch...

So as I'm trying to clean out the tiny bits left over at the top of my 6 gallon carboy, it occurs to me.... Why don't they make one that's easy to clean? Does anyone make a 5 or 6 gallon carboy like they make a flip top jar? I see it as a big 5 gallon jar with a metal piece that runs...

Well last week and I got three varieties of hops. I put them in a small planter for now but needed to make them a place to grow. Yesterday I stopped at Lowes and bought some redwood fencing and a plank of redwood to make two planters and a trellis. I made a short planter for two of the...

Well it's week two now. Was doing a healthy 1 buble a second last week, Monday I was doing about 1 every 5 seconds, today it's doing 1 every 10 seconds. Think I should bottle this weekend?

My IPA will be going on day 7 tomorrow and it's bubbling nicely. Do I bother to Rack to a 5 gal carboy or do I just leave it in there and for how long? Three weeks? then bottle? My last batch (brown) I did two weeks then racked to a secondary. Thoughts?

So I'm looking for a place to put my 6 gal carboy when it ferments and have a few ideas. One is a wine cooler. I think I need to get like a 40+ bottle one to hold the size of the carboy. But it's limited as to how cold it can get if I decide to do other than ales. the other is the...

So I just finished my 2nd time brewing. First time a brown ale that turned out pretty well, 2nd time an IPA Kit. I thnk I followed the directions pretty well. I was super clean but after a few hours after putting it in the first fermentor I get this strange "growth" inside the brew? Plus...

Hey Everyone! I'm a long time beer drinker... Living in LA, CA and enjoying all of what southern Cal beer has to offer. I started my own drinking lounge also... so I didn't have to drink alone... My buddy is going to dig out his (going on a while now) beer brewing supplies and give...