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So I have 3 different batches bottled right now, an amber, a SMASH, and a high octane belgian. I have been having a hell of a time getting carbonation in my belgian but figured it to be a factor of the high ABV. Well, i just cracked an amber, a beer that has been fully carbonating in all botles...

Didnt see anyone post this up yet but just dropped in on CNN.com and one of their keystone articles was this: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/25/my-take-what-i-learned-from-my-46-day-beer-only-fast/?hpt=hp_c1

Needless to say the fermentation became.... shall I say, vigorous... early this morning. I walked out to go to work and peaked in the garage to see the lid sitting 3ft away after having been jettisoned from the bucket. I wiped it down a pit, sanitized the rim of the lid and the bucket, put it...

So clenaing/organizing the garage today I noticed the black grommet in the lid of my fermenter, containing a belgian dark i brewed on Saturday, was half pushed into the bucket. So I decided the smartest thing was to pull the airlock, run upstairs for my leatherman, and try and pull it back up...

Well... not even really sure this is a software issue. Two batches in a row now I have missed my target temps when mashing in and infusing. I have set up my equipment settings as accurately as possible. Both times I have been using my 100qt cooler mash tun for 10 gallon batches with 20-30 lbs of...

I have a potential source for what looks like a True GDM19-T, looks like this: True GDM-19T-F Glass Door Freezer Merchandiser - 19 Cu. Ft. I already have a small-dorm style fridge kegerator so I'm not too concerned with converting it so much as a fermenter? Asking price is $500 and it...

I think my favorite part about brewing is making my own recipes. Tinkering with someone else's is okay but I prefer to start from scratch. I love my Designing Great Beers book, but when i had the urge to create a Tripel, I dove in only to find there is no section on Belgian beers!! Looking for a...

I will be doing my first outdoor brew session this weekend after a couple of years of kitchen brewing. Where as before I had the benefits of gravity to aid in transfers, I know will be switching to a turkey burner that sits 6" off the ground at best. I just bought equipment for a pump setup but...

Pulled my porter out of the fermenter and it had a very thing greyish film sitting on the top of the beer. Nothing furry or fuzzy about it. I skimmed what i could off the top and went ahead and bottled. Just took a look at some of my bottles and that same film is forming in the bottle as well...

I brewed a English Mild a week+ ago and just bottled it last night. I pitched to a starter and split it across my 10 gallon batch. No major issues with fermentation other than a clogged airlock on one. WHen i racked to my bottling bucket last night, in both cases, the cake on the bottom was...

Well almost.... I manage a plumbing distributor and seriously, every time i walk the aisles my brain is churnning with ideas on what i can use certain things for in expanding my setup. My latest is high-temp thermoplastic tubing. We private label some 3/8 ID tubing that i can by rediculously...

Well, I whipped up what I thought was going to be an awesome recipe for a Scottish strong ale. Got it mashed down, boiled up, shifted over and cooled down only to realize my LBHS did not crush the grains for me like I had thought they had, giving me an OG of 1.025, 1.03 if im lucky. So I went...