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First off, I feel comfortable doing electrical projects being that I have already added two new breakers to my houses panel and installed the associated wiring and two new 20A outlets in my garage. Having said that, I followed P-J's wiring diagram below and have run in to some problems. I have...

Is 2.5 gallons of deadspace too much in a fermenter? I ferment in 6 gallon Better Bottles and would like to make 3.5 gallon batches since I am the only one that regularly drinks them and I don't need 2 cases sitting around. Let me know what you guys think.

I just received my kit from AHS yesterday and the yeast pack was already swollen. This is the second time in as many orders that this has happened from AHS. I guess I am asking is if this is a problem? The other beer I brewed with the last pack seems to have fermented out fine. I went ahead and...

Like the title says, I'm looking for a pond pump to use with my IC so I can recirculate water and not have to waste as much. I found one at Home Depot and it has a max of 80 gph. Is this enough? If not, what would some of you fine chaps recommend as a good gph? Thanks guys, Chad :rockin:

Quick question. I know I have to aerate the wort but should I do this after I pitch the yeast to it in the primary or before I pitch the yeast to it? Thanks guys!

Like the title says, I'm looking for a beer that SWMBO will like. She really hasn't been enlightened about the homebrewing scene being that I just bottled my first beer this weekend. She is a light beer drinker of the BMC kind. I don't have a way to ferment lagers at this point so I'm stuck with...

I'm a new brewer having just brewed my first batch this past weekend. I have a question on top-up water. If I were to use water that is ran through a Brita filter would I need to boil the water before adding it to the fermenter? I have 6 empty spring water jugs that I could use to store the...

Well, I went out and purchased a kit on Saturday from a LHBS. Got everything home and had to complete the honey-do list on Saturday so no brewing that day. Sunday, still had honey-do's in the morning but finally got to brew later on in the evening. I chose a brown ale kit from my LHBS that...