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I figured this would be the place to ask all the beer gear junkies. I recently came into a big 3 basin stainless steel sink. My original intent was just to use it for processing game and the large quantities of fruit we deal with. However after looking at it the large basin (42x30x19) has...

Well it seems that every time i get one brewing mystery figured out i run into another. In the past i have had an occasional beer go past its FG and never paid it much mind. In my last three beers I have had some crazy attenuation though. I didnt pay much thought to it until today. I...

Someone has just offered to cut me some clippings from thier hop vine which his familly has been tending for over 100 years. The question is: Will the age of the vine have any effect on the flavor of the hops?

I was laying in bed led night listening to my Steam Beer bubbling away peacefully when all of the sudden i heard it realease a massive amount of gas all at once. I thought his was weird because it started 3 days ago and should be just about finished up. I was planning on taking a reading this...

I threw out a thread in the DIY section and wasnt really getting all the answers i needed so i figured i'd open this one up and throw it out there. The gist of it is: I want to build a 2bbl (yes I mean 2 barrels) and it looks like the most efficient way to accomplish the boil would be...

Well after years of dreamin and schemin think I'm finally going to do it. I have spent the last few years compiling major components for an 80 gallon system. I have been looking into all the various necessities and I think its time to build. Here is what I have as of right now: 1. 1 plain...

So I dont know if there anything good about being unemployed except for being able to brew in the middle of the week. I decided to do 10 gals of Steam Beer this morning and have a friend coming over to help who is highly interested in learning the trade. So not only do I get to brew midweek...

I just happened to come across this while looking for some fittings. It's got good sized burners and the way it's built it looks like it would work perfect for a mash tun and strike water, and then you could lift your kettle up on to the lower burner. The description also says it bolts together...

I was just looking around for some parts for my system and came across this setup. It looks like a great setup for an AG newbie to start. If i would have seen this i would have reconsidered building my 3-teir. It looks like the lower tier would work for either a cooler or a stock pot, and the...

Well after 5years of cutting and changing my mind about 50 times, my 3 tier is almost done. The only things left to do are to plumb all three burners into a central supply line and to install the water filter/filler. Its functional now though:D

I recently took a couple of kegs over to a buddies house to see if we could experiment on them a bit w/ oxy-acetylene welding. Needless to say it didnt go very well. Thankfully both of these kegs werent in the best of shape to begin with becuase we botched it badly. One of the keg is a 12.5...

So I'm curiuos. I have never come even close to making my 200 gallon limit for My household. I think my best year is around 75 gal. What are y'alls biggest brew years. I thought 75 gallons is a lot, because I drank most of it' but I have a feeling there are some folks out there making a whole...

I just wanted to throw out how impressed I am with this yeast. I pitched it on saturday morning at about 9:00 am (S.G 1.055) and racked it into secondary yesterday morning (F.G 1.014) and this stuff is already finished AND clear. I think that's got to be the fastest turnaround I've ever had...

I'm sure there are countless threads her discussing the pros and cons of these two types but i can't find them, so i want to throw it out there for debate. On another thread I have been discussing the new chiller i've made and would like a few more opinions and maybe one of y'all engineers take...

I've got a whole bunch of 1/8 polished aluminum and was wondering if it's ok to use it as a false bottom. The reason i ask is because i've heard it can have reactions to wort. I know many people who brew in aluminum kettles so i would assume its ok but just wanted to check with the collective...

So I got some of this yeast and was curious to get everyones opinions on it. I have a feeling I will be using it to finish off this big barleywine and can't find any info on the alcohol tolerance.

So i have a barley wine in the mash tun now and i just started sparging. I mashed it for 90 min at 153 and hit it with strike water at about 180. My problem is that with a 23# plus grain bill, I'm only getting gravity reading of 1.060, and thats after the temp. correction. Everything seems to...

Well this is a record for me, I dont know about yall but for me to have beer in the fermenter by 9:15 am is pretty good for me. I cant think of any better reason to get up early than to brew. I think I may brew another just for the hell of it.:rockin:

So a couple of months ago I had an empty fermenter (and thats just not right), and my brew supplies were mighty short. Being 300 miles out from the closest LHBS sucks! So I decied to see what would happen if I fermented corn syrup. I went and got 2 gal of plain corn syrup and because I am a...

So I sat down and tried to come up with an Eisbock recipe off the top of my head. I wanted top throw it out there for the collective to dissect. This will be my first bock so i really have no idea what to do. I just plugged all these ingredients into Beersmith and came up with something that...