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I'm doing my research on building an electric system and contorl pannel. When I do my build I probably won't do the RIMS right away just do to cost of it. But my question is, with a RIMS system, I assume once you are done mashing, you use the RIMS to bring the temp up to 170 F and then begin...

I will eventually go to all electric brewing... but that will be a future project. But for the mean time I am finishing my basement and part of which I am setting aside part of the storage area for my brewing. So my question is how much electric should I run over there? At a minimum I will...

I normally don't bottle (kegs and on tap) and hence normally don't lable, but we did a wedding brew and glasses for favors (even though my mother-in-law thought the idea was tacky). I thought they turned out really nice and just thought I'd share. I wish I would have done the printing on the...

I've made an Ocktoberfest about 3 months ago, I actually sampled it for the first time tonight and its pretty good. OG = 1.050 and FG =1.008. As this is my first lagger, what really is the point of 'laggering'. Is it really any different than an ale, once fermentation is done, its done and...

Can you use unmalted barley in your grain bill, say 20% of your grain bill. It is my understanding that typical 2-row base malt has a lot more enzymatic power than it needs for its own conversion, so could those extra enzymes be used to convert the starches in unmlated barley? I want to grow...

This is my version of a natural gas burner that I made. The main reason I went this route is the ease and convenience of using the unlimited supply of natural gas. In the long run it will be cheaper also as the cost of propone vs natural gas is factored in, but that will have to be a long term...

Well thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and show you how my first year Cascades did, two plants yeilded 6.2 oz before dryied, I'll let you know what that comes out to after a day or two when they are dried. I made my screen out of 2x2's and a roll of screen material from Lowes for about $8, I...

Does anyone know what these are? Do I need to worry about them?

I was going to wash my yeast and re-use it for my next brew. And as I'm transfering to my seconday it occured to me that the krausen left over in my primary should be all yeast. So just sanitized a spoon and scraped it off the side of the bucket and into my mason jar full of water. Is this a...

Well I just finished brewing and instead of throwing my grains out, I was thinking of putting them on my garden to use as compost. Is this a good or bad idea to put them directly on my plants??

I'm about to make a starter for next weekends brew (a Mocktober fest using a Kolsch yeast), I'm going to build up the starter a few times so that I can save and freeze some of the yeast. This will be the first time that I've used Wyeast smack pack as my LHBS doesn't carry White Labs anymore...

Okay, I've decided to let two bines grow from a singel rhizome. Should I use two different pieces of string/rope for them to climb or is there anything wrong with using a single rope?

Well I finally finished my trellis for my hops/garden. I might have to put some chicken wire around the base to keep the rabbits out as I'm pretty sure they can get through the lattice... but at least my dog won't be able to get in there. I haven't got anything planted (everythings still in...

Just got my my rhyizomes in from freshops and I just unsure about which way to plant the cascade (which is a nice size for their standards size). The end where there are two clean cuts I think is up (as I have it orented in picture 1 or to the left in picture 2), but the fresh new shoots/roots...

Does anyone know if the "Goldings" rhizomes sold by midwest.com (and morebeer.com) are the same as "Kent Goldings"? Kent Goldings is one of my favorite hops and I ordered some "Goldings" rhizomes form Midwest. I just wanted to make sure that I was getting what I actually wanted? Freshops.com...

Is there an adjustment that can be made to a faucet? I just tasted my first glass of my first brew, mighty tasty and I'm sure it will get better with age, but as when I turned off my faucet, it kept dripping and at a fairly good rate. Did I just get a crappy faucet, or is there a way to adjust...

My first brew, an Irish red, extract kit with steeping grains, its pretty much finshed. Its OG was 1.062 and it has been at 1.020 for the last 4 days. I used Nottingham dry yeast. This final gravity seems a little hight to me. What would you do. It fermented around 63 degrees the first 3...

I brewed on Saturday, so its been in the fermenter 4 days now and the bubbling has really slowed down (about once ever 3-4 minutes) but I have my fermenter in the basement and it has also cooled down due to some colder weather. It started out around 63 degs and right now its hovering around 60...

what's the advantave of using a carboy (or better bottle) over a plastic bucket? I'm about to buy my first kit and if there's a good reasone to pay for the carboy then I'll do so but I can't find a reason why they are better.

Well, I figured its time for another hobby (and yes I already have too many). I've helped my brother brew a few times and I always love his beers, so I figured its time to start reading up on the science and art of brewing beer. I'm sure I'll have a ton of questions as it appears there's a...