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Hi, I have a party coming in a few weeks. We will be outdoor and I want to bring a keg (cornelius). I was thinking about an inflatable "jacket" that could go around the keg that I would fill with ice in order to keep the beer cold. Did any of you know where I can get that or if there are any...

Hi fellow Canadians, I am looking for a wall mounted drip tray to put under my 2 taps on my kegerator. I want it to be at least 10 inches long, and no drain. The problem is that in Canada, the price is ridiculously high. I see on US sites drip trays that I want for 20 bucks, but they don't...

Hi all, A month ago I made a belgian ale with the wyeast3942 (belgian wheat). OG was 1.090 and I expected a FG of 1.023. I made a decoction mash at 56°C, 66°C and 78°C. I made a starter and everything seemed normal except now I am stuck at 1.040. The taste is right on what I wanted except...

Hi all, I have prepared my yeast starter yesterday to make a Dopplebock, a lager. I used the yeast WLP838. I am planning to chill my wort to 16C and pitch the starter before putting the carboy in the fermentation room (10-12C). When I made my starter, I pitched the yeast but some yeast...

I start I would have pick Moose obviously as username but it was already taken. So I had to use random numbers beside (1231). I looked and "Moose" only posted twice in 2006 so now I can't use my username :p Did that happened to you?

So if E = mc^2, then, m = E/c^2 That means that the faster you go, the higher the mass. Therefore, why do we consume beer by standing still on a couch? If you run fast enough, your beer can have significantly more mass! :mug: OMG, is is nobel prize material? I think I just...

Hello everyone I am planning to make a cider from apple juice (EdWort's recipe) but I wan't it to have a higher density. I want that because I want to do a black velvet (Half cider/half stout). In order to make a good one, you need to have a higher density cider so it stays in the bottom of...

I made a little diagram to explain my concern. Let's say I need to transfer wort from kettle A to kettle B using a pomp, and let's say that I have a marsh pump. I heard that a marsh pump can't dry run, which as I understand, means that there must always have liquid in it in order to pump. Does...

Yesterday was brew day. I had already prepared my starter 2-3 days before. Most of the yeast had settled in the bottom, but I only pitched the wort of the starter, not the slurry. Needless to say that no activity was present this morning. Luckily I have another mason jar of s-04 and i'm making a...

Hello fellows, I am planning of doing a pumpkin ale for Halloween. I wanted to put chai tea in it, real tea bags. Does this seems like a good idea and how much should I put? I want it to tastes but not so much that you get sick of it. I was thinking about 5-10 tea bags. Any thoughts?

Hi guys, I have Perlick taps on my kegerator, when I pour my first pint, it foams a lot. There is turbulence in my line but just for the first second. After that the line is clean but it's too late, there is already too much foam. I remember when I was working in a pub, we were pouring the...

Hey guys, I'm planning to make an american pale ale soon, and I'm gonna use sorachi ace for the dry hopping. Last time I made that, that gave my brew a nice fruity taste. Now I'd like to do the same, and I may want to put some orange peel as well. Do you guys think that it's gonna make a...

I was thinking about that this morning. What would be the best roadtrip/travel song? You know, the song that you would like being played if someone made a movie about your travel. I was thinking about "beast of burden" from the Rolling stones. I love the beat. What would be your choices?

Hi, so the other days I was with some new colleagues at the bar. We were discussing what pitcher we would take and they choose some crappy beer (molson export, canadian crap beer). Without being obnoxious, after several years of homebrewing, I kind of think that commercial beer like bud or coors...

Hi, So I want to estimate de SRM of my beer. I'm planning to use these formulas : MCU = (Weight of grain in lbs) * (Color of grain in degrees lovibond) / (volume in gallons) SRM color = 1.4922 * (MCU ** 0.6859) For that I need the color of grains in lovibond. Although homebrewtalk...

Hello homebrewers, I've been brewing for a while now and I recently decided to harvest my yeast. Since everytime I saw someone using harvested yeast, he was using a starter, I decided to do as so. I had never use a starter before and frankly, I don't really know why I should. I've been...

Hello, I intend to harvest my yeast for the first time. I normally brew with whole hops, but this time I used pellets. When I transferred the wort in my fermenter, I didn't filter all the pellets and now I can see a 3 inch layer of pellet residue in the bottom. Is there a way to harvest my yeast...

I recently had a problem with my cornelius keg. A few days after putting my IPA in my keg, it got clogged. I looked on the internet but found nothing that could help me so I decided to to post a quick solution if it happens to someone. Actually, it turned out that some hops had clogged the...

Hi! I've recently brewed a Maple Syrup scotch ale. Although it does not taste maple syrup. I followed the receipe at first, where I mashed my grains in maple water. Then I add .5l of maple syrup after boiling. When I transfered, I tasted the beer and it didn't taste maple at all. So I add 1...

Hi, I am brewing my first AG this week-end. I want to estimate my strike temperature for my mash, and I want to calculate it by myself. It is a simple thermodynamic problem, but there is 1 unkown and it is the Specific Heat of grain. I looked on the internet and I haven't found anything...