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My apologies up front for such a long post. So, I've been rethinking my mashing methods here lately. I typically brew 30 gallon batches. That's a lot of water and grist that needs to get mixed and it takes some time to get the temp stabilized. What I've been doing is basically a two step...

So I go get a 15 lb tank filled for the first time today. I've had it for a while just hadn't filled it yet. I'm on my way home and the tank starts hissing at me. Luckily I live super close so I hurried home and got her sealed up. It was the little plug with holes in it on the opposite side...

I was browsing the net today and stumbled across this article on zero waste reverse osmosis systems. Apparently they are already selling them as well. http://www.wwdmag.com/membranes-reverse-osmosis/zero-waste-look-future-reverse-osmosis...

I harvested some pacman last night, made some starters and threw them on the stir plates. Harvested from primary at about 6 weeks. OG 1.055, FG 1.012, ~5.5% abv. It's been 19 hours and they haven't krasuened yet. There's a fair amount of condensation and the smell is starting to change a...

For those of you who say it's impossible to save money home brewing beer, I'd like to show you that is indeed possible. I'm living proof. First off, I would like to point out that if I would abstain from drinking beer, I would save a lot more money. If you look at it from that angle, it...

Hello all. I just called the water company and was able to obtain the following information. I tried to get a bicarbonate concentration, but they said they didn't test for that and that bicarbonate was part of the total hardness along with some other stuff. So my question is, how do I use...

How much trouble do you think cutting the jacket off of a steam kettle would be? Anyone? Thinking about trading for one and would like to use it as a direct fire kettle. And please don't reccommend flipping it to buy something else because I've already considered that option. Any other input...

I'm thinking about trading for a RIMS tube but I can't seem to find much information on brewing large batches with RIMS. Is anyone doing this? If so, what size heating element would I need and would one tube/element suffice? I'm not planning on stepping, just maintaining mash temp, although...

So I was going to wait for my friend / brew partner, but he's working 12's for the next week and I couldn't wait that long :) I just got my secret santa beer in today and couldn't help but crack one. Especially since I sent my last sixer out to my recipient and all my current beer is still...

I was going to add a little gypsum to my water, but I forgot. Since it's meant to help bring out the hops is it ok to add now before I boil, I'm already sparging? If not it's not a big deal.

Photo courtesy of Keiths If you are thinking about upgrading the brewery with an RO system, here is some information that may help with your decision. What is an RO Unit? RO units are pretty much all the same in concept (with minor differences). They are simply a series of filters. Most RO units...

Photo courtesy of Keiths If you are thinking about upgrading the brewery with an RO system, here is some information that may help with your decision. What is an RO Unit? RO units are pretty much all the same in concept (with minor differences). They are simply a series of filters. Most RO units...

I saw a thread recently about hopsdirect's new belma hops. For five bucks a lb I couldn't resist and jumped on the bandwagon. Anybody drinking on a batch brewed with these yet? I won't be brewing for another week or two and was wondering what to expect.

I stole a few pints from the primary tonight. It was mighty tasty. I haven't had any homebrew for three weeks. It had to be done. :tank:

Recently I tapped a fresh keg and my immediate impression of it was not good. By the next day I was fairly happy with it and by the second day, my taste buds had adjusted and it was spot on. Granted, I switched from a stout to an IPA. After drinking stout for about three weeks, it took a...

So I'm thinking I want to add some orange zest to a pale ale. What do you guys think would be the best approach? I've never used any and was wondering if I should add it to the boil, fermenter, or make a vodka extract or something. I couldn't find any recipes for pale ales with zest. I think...

A friend of mine had two fridges one for the food and one for beer. The food fridge died and he had to make better use of the beer fridge until he can get another one. He took the shelves from the keggerator and cut them in half. Now there is food in the front and kegs in the back. Just had...

I had a couple buckets of pale ale I went to keg up recently and they were a little too fruity. I used 1272 and my ferm temp went a bit high on me. I decided to dry hop one with 2 oz of CTZ for 10 days. Ended up with a killer IPA that tasted great. You couldn't taste the fruitiness at all...

I'm looking for an alternative to fermcap s. Seems the FDA does not recommend using it without filtration. I just started using it and am pretty happy with the results. I found this with a google search. It's made by New London. Anybody try it? Appears to be non oil based, so it shouldn't...

Thinking about going electric. Couldn't find any good answers with the search function.