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Getting out of the hobby to get into others. This was a really fun hobby that started with a Mr. Beer in 2003 and evolved to what I am selling now. I am happy to send any specific pics if anyone wants to see anything. I would like to try to sell it all to someone. It's priced basically for...

Running a single tier 2 pump direct fired, recirculated setup. Both March pumps are not turning anymore after a fairly major boilover (don't ask!). I took off the heads and cleaned them, but they still are stuck. Even with the head off, the shaft won't spin under power. I tried to disassemble...

Just wanted to gloat. I'm super excited - even for the things I'm not expecting! 1.062 ESB (but who knows what I'll actually get for numbers - it's a guess at about 80%)

How can I change this? Ti comes up with numbers and they are pretty far off. I know I get about 80% - how can I tell it to calc for that?

I never thought of getting the hot break material out of the BK until the most recent issue of BYO came out and said it was a good idea. Seems like a good idea to get more wort in to the fermenter by having less break material. I tried it last brew day and it seemed like I kept a little bit...

I use a 2L erlenmeyer flask with homemade stirplate I've always out the DME at 1:10g in the flask, then added water to the volume needed for the starter. Last time I added them seperately so I could break up the DME better since it seems to clump more in the flask. I noticed that the...

I bought a chest freezer and made a temp controller for my last 2 batches. Brewed a 1.068 stout and used WLP013. Nice, aggressive fermentation out airlock, so changed to a 1" blowoff tube. 2 days later (today), I go to put the airlock back on and there is such a potent (ammonia like) gas...

I bought a new computer so I finally got Beersmith 2.0 instead of 1.4 I am understanding most pf the differences and am enjoying them. My questions is this: I have always gotten around 70% eff with my system per Beersmith 1.4. Is that the "mash eff" or "brewhouse eff" on 2.0? On my...

I always used 05 for my pales and decided to stop using dry yeast. I've used liquid for flavor profiles many times in the past, but never had a starter go this crazy. 1.6 L starter with 160 grams DME 1 tube WLP001 stir plate I can't leave it on the stirplate and even just sitting there...

Second time this has happened to me. Both times were when I made a starter and I had to stick the thermometer down the neck of the flask to get a temp and it went down too far. This time was terrible because I never noticed it until brew day and I mashed about 15° below where I thought I was...

SS or copper? 25', 50' or longer? I'm doing 10g batches, mashing in a keggle. Coil will be in the HLT.

So I'm ready to take the plunge on a brewstand and I have a few questions after doing a bunch of research. I am going for a single tier stand with 3 burners and 3 converted kegs. I have never brewed with pumps before or a HERMS system - I'm deciding on this vs. direct fire. HERMS - it...

So I almost have SWMBO sold on a brew stand. I have always used a cooler and batch sparged. I was planning on continuing to batch sparge and watched some videos (via Bobby_M) on it with a single tier stand. So..... Why does everyone get a 3 burner? I realize this has to be a dumb...

Thought the guys who hadn't been there would get a kick out of a couple of brewery pics from last week. Enjoy - it was great! My favorite was the "Velvet Merkin". Oak aged Velvet Merlin stout. :mug:

I gotta be missing something here. I am looking to serve my beer out of a 5g corny keg. Why wouldn't I just put the keg in a tub of ice instead of serving in a jockey box? Wouldn't I need the keg cold as well as the box to use a jockey box. Please 'splain. :confused:

This has never happened to me before. I made my first Wit and it is not only strange tasting, but also strange looking. I have made a lot of hefe's so I know what cloudy is....but this is more like milky. The flavor is very lemony. I was going to blame it on the yeast I chose (Wyeast 3463...

Enjoy!

My wife is having surgery tomorrow in Panorama City. Ayyone know of a close HBS?

I usually mash at 1.25+ qt/lb of grain. I am doing a 12g batch and at my 68% eff, I have to max out at 1 qt/lb. or I won't have enough space in my mashtun (10g round cooler). Should I plan on any difference in eff or anything else?

I've been getting way too low of an "OG into boiler" recently with my beers, but when I'm done, it comes out to be the right OG into fermenter. What setting do I change for this to be right?