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I've been homebrewing for 30 years and never had this happen before. I smacked a pack of Wyeast 2633 Saturday night. It didn't swell much and I made a starter with it on Sunday and threw it on the stir plate. Tuesday morning I put in in the fridge at 38 degrees after putting a rubber band...

I brewed a 1.081 Belgian Quad on Thursday. I pitched about a cup of yeast (Wyeast 3787) that I got from a Belgian Dubbel that I had kegged 6 days before and had stored in a mason jar. I took the mason jar out of the fridge about two hours before I pitched it. I aerated pure O2 for 90 seconds...

I picked up a pack of WYeast 1007 today and instead of a manufacturing date, it had a Best if used by date. This particular pack had a date of May 4, 2021. The retailer said he got it last week. Since today is November 4, the Best if used by date is obviously more than 6 months. Does anyone...

...when I put an airlock on my fermenter the beer always blows off but if I attach a blowoff tube, nothing comes out?

I was thinking about what I should brew for Christmas this year and I thought about a spiced Doppelbock. I did a search for this and came up blank. Has anyone tried this before? What did you come up with? Thanks.

I ran across this on Amazon. It seems a lot more economical than BLC. KegWorks Beer Line Cleaning Solution for Kegerator. https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000PEK2LS/?coliid=I2OPLMLHRJHY63&colid=2GGAYPB3NBEY3&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

I recently received a new Blichmann BeerGun but I already have an older one. I need to decide which one to sell. The new one has a prettier handle, but is there any functional difference between the two? I'm leaning towards selling the new one. Thanks.

I’m in the process of wiring my control box and I had few questions. A friend has written a program for the Raspberry Pi that controls all the processes and it’s run through a tablet (or some device, I haven’t got that far yet). Anyhow, here’s my current wiring (without the Raspberry Pi)...

I'm working on my electric brewery and a buddy is helping with the panel. His uses a Raspberry Pi as a controller but he's only using a three wire plug. Anyhow, I know if you're using a 4 wire plug you can run a pump off one of the two 120 volt legs. He's under the impression that this will...

Has anyone built a controller with the Auber DSPR1? https://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=53&products_id=444 I got my electrical panel upgraded last week and a circuit run to a subpanel with a GFCI. Now it's time to start working on my system. To start, I think I'd...

I won BOS in a local homebrew competition and as a prize my German Pils is supposed to be brewed at a local brewery. I used RO water in my beer with only a little bit of calcium chloride and gypsum added. Unfortunately, the brewery doesn't use RO water and this has become a stumbling block...

I'm starting to plan my electric brewery. The first thing I'm trying to figure out is the exhaust venting as it will affect the layout of the room. The room is in the basement at the front of the house. The front of the house is brick veneer. I don't think I really want to punch through...

I have a MW101 pH meter and I think it's time for a new probe. It's taking a long time to get a reading. Anyhow, do I need a probe specifically made for my meter or will any probe with a BNC work? For example, will this one work? Thanks.

I just bought some of these to calibrate my pH meter. Does the pillow dissolve in water or do you have to open them. I'm thinking the latter, but I just wanted to make sure.

I'm planning on brewing a German Pilsener this weekend. Pils malt, some Carapils and a little melanoidin malt. According to Palmer's water book, the guidelines are: Ca 50-75 Alkalinity 0-40 Sulfate 50-150 Chloride 50-100 Kolbach RA -60-0 My recipe calls for 7.67 gallons of water...

I recently installed an RO system and I've been having trouble adjusting the pH of my sparge water. First the pH meter (MW101) seems to be having a hard time reading the pH. I'll put the probe in and the pH takes forever to stop and settle on a number. Then, I'll add some phosphoric...

The directions call for this stuff to be dissolved in warm water before adding to the boil. Is this really necessary? It's just various minerals.

I did a search, but didn't find anything. I recently bought an RO system. I'm going brew my Altbier recipe for my next batch and was looking for recommendations for a water profile for that beer. Thanks.

I'm planning on brewing this weekend. I went to the LHBS to get my yeast and all they had for that strain was from April. When I commented on the age, they gave me another pack (from the same date). This shop usually has pretty fresh yeast and this is a strain that they don't sell much of...

I was trying to install my new RO system today but I'm confused. Here is a picture of what I have, the white hose on the right goes to the three prefilters. Per the instructions got, the blue tubing goes to the tank. The black is the drain. The unit came with all these tubes...