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Greetings brewers! I've been a brewer for maybe 5 years now. I have been making regular large scale batches and have worked my way up to ~25 gallon batches. I have been making very similar recipes and using rehydrated dry yeast, particularily the S0-04 and Nottingham yeast. I was...

I'm running a temperature controlled fermentation on a conical fermenter. I've been re-using So4 English Ale yeast and fermenting 64-66F with little temp fluctuations for two weeks before kegging. I would like to hold my beer a little longer but it would necessitate another fermentation...

Hi, i'm 24 hrs into an Irish ale fermentation. I had my ale at low 70's over night but eventually i got it down to about 68F today. It's currenty hovering at 67F or so and stable. I was hoping to ferment at 64F but now i'm not sure if i want to adjust my temperature even though i have added...

Doh, somehow i posted my DIY Fermentation closet in the electric brewing forum, here is the link: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/salmon-houses-fermentation-closet-235549/

Ok so I just brewed my first batch of beer since assembling my DIY aquarium controller as seen in this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/ebay-aquarium-temp-controller-build-163849/ Brewed a stout, OG 1.07 and made a huge starter of Irish Ale yeast, ended up with ~ 15 gallons. I did...

So i'm looking to upgrade from carboys to a conical fermenter so i can harvest yeast and reuse it. I live in Seattle and am torn between aquiring a Blinkman 27 gal http://store.homebrewheaven.com/27-gallon-fermenator---conical-bottom-p1048.aspx or a Stout Tanks 27 gal...

I have a full size sankey of homebrew i'm carbing and i have some PBW in the beer line. Just wonder if there is any way it could get back in my keg and spoil the beer. Hopefully all sankey couplers have a check valve in them and or the pressure in the keg is enough to keep it at bay...

So i went a little crazy and brewed maybe 60 gallons of beer in January and February, now i'm doing a silly detox with my special lady friend and will not be drinking for a few weeks. And it might take a while to get through all of that beer after i start drinking again, especially since its...