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been thinking about updating my brewing system. found this link for a two-tier'ed system and thought it seemed simple enough. do any of you have any experience with this set up? http://hbd.org/mtippin/2tier.html im not looking to automate my process with a RIMS/HERMS like system. things...

So i've been brewing for a few years and the last two batches have really thrown me for a loop. i take my SG reading pre-boil and then before pitching the yeast. i always correct for the temp of the wort. well today while brewing my IPA my preboil SG was 1.061 and it was to be 1.062 so i felt...

http://www.sierranevada.com/graphics/life-limb/index.html Didn't see this anywhere else, just happened to be on SN's website and saw the link. they brewed a beer together, I'll try it if i can find it around here next month.

My girlfriend and I have been wanting a dog for sometime and we finally got one a few weeks ago from a local shelter here. She is a Beagle mix of some kind. Really awesome dog, full grown they think only about 1.5 years old. i've had dogs before growing up, but this dog does not like playing...

This is the first beer i ever entered into a competition (Kentucky State Fair). Its and American IPA and i really loved how it turned out. Grain: 12 lbs American 2-row 1.5L 2.5 lbs Vienna 3.5L 0.5 lbs CaraPils 2L 0.5 lbs Crystal 20L 0.5 lbs Crystal 60L Hops: 1.25 oz Magnum 14% @...

So my kitchen frig is weird. starting thursday-ish i noticed the milk tasted warm when i was getting breakfast around. so yesterday i noticed its not working right, check to make sure the thermostat wasn't bummped by mistake..it wasn't. i check the temp's, the freezer is -3 degrees F, but the...

Since i've switched to AG over a year ago, i haven't had any problems with attenuation. The one thing i've changed is using a theif to take my gravity readings. i'm using the same hydrometer i've used for years. my fermenting temps are around 68-70 (like to stay away from 70 but this time of...

ok...so i've never used the stuff till last night. i just bought some better bottles and reading about them people said not to use a brush, but to use oxyclean free. that stuff worked AWESOME. i put about 3/4 scoop in my carboy and filled it up, about how much do you normally use when cleaning...

Last sunday i hook up a new keg, i have about 10lbs in my 20lb CO2 tank. i come home from work monday and my tank is empty. i have some new kegs, and i figure the new keg has a leak. get the tank filled and yesterday and today i've been fighting weird things. i have 4 regulators in a row...

not sure if this in the right section or not, but here it goes. get home from work yesterday, haven't looked at my Chinook plant in a while, first year plant, its huge and really taken off...i have cones! i'm happy, life is good. go in the basement, pour myself a pint of beer. wash the car...

YouTube - Top Gear - Ken Block - July 5th 2009 If you love Top Gear and/or Ken Block video's, you'll love this link.

brewed this weekend, and it was just hot out. while cooling down my wort, it pretty much just stuck at 80 degrees. put it in the carboy, stuck it in the basement until it got down to where i wanted it then pitched. question is, i made this 3/8" chiller back when i did extract, and its...

Keg Liquors Fest of Ale Beer Festival if your around the Louisville area, should hit it up. many local craft breweries and others from around the country. going for the first time this saturday, any other HBT's going to be there let me know!

I had a friend come over a month or so ago, he wanted to learn how to brew. he's been making wine for years. so we went though an AG brew day, he jumped in went and got a 5 gallon starter extract kit. he's made a few extract batches then this past saturday i had him over again (he had ordered...

Got my two cascade and two chinook in the ground yesterday. Going to build the trellis today or early this week. Hopefully in a few years I'll have plenty of hops!

Went to keg my AHS spiced wheat today only to see something fuzzy floating on top. Sucks still smells like beer though. Been brewing three plus years without an issue like this. Always clean clean clean!

i started doing all-grain about 8 months back. been using a CPVC manifild, been hitting around 70% eff with it. i'm having problems with it staying together though. only twice has it came apart during the mash, and the last time was this past weekend. it was a real pain dealing with it...

just got mine in the mail friday, unplugged my freezer, plugged it into the controler and plugged that into the wall. oh i've also leveled it and everything before. so the freezer started right up, i have the freezer set to the coldest position per Johnson's thermostat manual. went down...

so i got a free 20lb tank from a guy i work with, he had moved into a house that the guy use to have a bar in the basement and had left the tank. it looked like it was in prety decent shape, went to the welding supply store to get it filled today so i could start force carbing my first keg...

got an email from my old LHBS when i lived close to indy yesterday saying i could pre-order some ryhizomes. i've read over the sticky, but i better lay down some final plans for the hop garden, haha. i order 2 of each, Cascade, Centennial, Chinook & Horizon. i live in Louisville, KY and...