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Hey, I made it batch 100 is next.... I want to do a split batch of American Stout.... but then drop #1 or #2 of dextrose (corn sugar) into the fermenter at high kroysen or just after. How much dextrose do you think, I can sneak into a 5 gallon (half of the) batch? This is recipe for the full...

i stood up another couple 6.5s today....

I got lazy... I racked to beers into two kegs (8% IPA US-05) and then left the yeast and 1/2 gallon of beer in the side yard next to the trash cans. Today it's like 90F outside and I discovery my lazy ways.... with bubbling and flies in the fermenters. Note: Fermenters are 7 gallon with...

Hey thought I'd share my failure "success" in accidentally doing a double blind test. I brewed 10 gallons of Double IPA 8.1% all 2 row (10ml Columbus hop extract, 10ml Centennial hop extract, 1/2# Amarillo at the end of the boil, 4oz times two dry hop charges with Citra). I put 5 gallons of...

Q: I wonder what it's like working in a brewery where you can just pull a beer on tap during your working shift. A: COVID-19 Anybody else?

My buddy has a kegorator for two cornioes. No brewing equipment. He ships 50# 2-row and a dozen ounces of cryo hops to my house. I provide the dry yeast and he gets two kegs of beer. He may or may nor show up on brewday. My wife probably prefers that he doesn't. What do you think? I...

Sometimes I read a post about someone that stopped homebrewing for X years and is taking it on again. That's not me... I brewed a 130 gallons in 10 batches all-grain in the last 12 months with my brew budy. But I've been away from HBT, no new brewing books... generally just coasting on the...

I just got a new ITC-308 wifi and it's always heating or cooling. I own the old Inkbird wifi and dual stage units so I understand how to set it. The issue is that it does not respect any Difference Value settings. (and it does not respect Refridgeration Delay) Is it broken, need updated...

It was my 45th birthday so we went to Chico for 2 nights. First stop was Sierra Nevada brewery.... lunch was good. 4 x 2oz pours for $3.... so, I tried 12 beers. Tour was ok.... brewery is huge... pretty much like a Budweiser I went to before. 800 barrel fermenters and 5 vessel brewing...

I just dry hopped 15 gallons of IPA with 3oz of hop hash. There were some big chunks of hop hash, I tried to chop them up with a spoon which was marginally successful. They hop hash is so sticky that I expect to find big chunks after fermentation. (I doubt it will dissolve completely.)...

The purpose of this thread it to document the interactions I have with someone who knows nothing about brewing and asked for help. So, at work it's no secret that I've gone homebrew crazy and after 6 years anyone can ask questions.... A week ago, a girl shows up at my desk and says that...

Retracted thread - my error.

In BYO Magazine (Nov 2012 page 48), John Blichmann suggested home brewers should have a proper janitor mop bucket and I'm here to say it one of the best things I've done for my home brewery. When I have used PBW (OxyClean) or StarSan it goes in the bucket. When I'm done brewing I: 1) hose out...

I usually just lager my kegs on tap. This time I have a second keg lagering in a chest freezer. Should I use a picnic tap to dump a pint or two before moving the keg to the kegerator? My concern is that shaking the keg up will resuspend the same stuff that just dropped out during cold...

In 2016, I brewed 14 times for a total of 191.95 gallons. Just under the 200-gallon legal limit!

Anyone call in sick to brew? I came up with "Ferris Brewer's Day Off".... man I hope that is original because it killed me. Anyway... today I brewed "Brewevement Porter" since my work gave me the day off for my grandma's passing.... she would have wanted me to be happy right? So, this new...

I'm brewing this "Pilsner SMaSH" again. Amazing. 10-gallon batch (suggested) 100% Pilsner Malt (From Germany you pick) SMaSH 1.055ish OG you pick the hop (mine was Mosaic) 40ish IBUs US-05 for 5 gallons (then dry hop -- I used 4oz Citra) :rockin: 34/70 for the other 5 gallons (no...

Ok, i know I'm not supposed to clean my aluminum kettle to a shiny brightness. But I gave up the beer stone was too much. I'll probably have to boil some water in it to get it back to passive. BUT it was worth it!!!! Look at this: (Before) (After)

I have a single pressure (dual gauge) Taprite regulator. Last time I moved my kegs around the Stout was forgotten (no CO2 hooked up). The bad news is that it got better as the pressure dropped. Does this mean I have to upgrade to a dual pressure regulator? ;) Or just remember to forget to...

After brewing I back flush my Therminator plate chiller. Then I recirculate StarSan with the pump. Every few brews I recirculate hot OxyClean. I have started to flush the Therminator with water to ensure I am not storing it full of StarSan. But then.... Before brewing I recirculate...