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I recently made a Pliny the Elder clone, and it is fantastic. I was visiting a friend out of town and filled up a couple bottles to share it. This was a quick and dirty bottling, no CO2 purging or counter-pressure or anything, as they would be consumed within 24 hours. Just a growler filler...

Greetings all. It finally happened I think. After years of homebrewing I think I have an infection issue. I brewed a session IPA back in March, a double batch I split with a friend. It was no chill. His portion goes into a no chill cube, my portion goes into a stainless conical. Both...

I made a witbiet with an og of 1.051 and pitched a healthy starter of wlp400 with pure o2. Pretty aggressive fermentation. Temp control started at 66. I let it go 2 weeks, starting to ramp it up to 70 degs after 1 week. With a hydrometer the fg measured 1.022, which is way too high. Figured...

My first time posting in the cheese forum of HBT. So... hi everybody. I'd like to get my wife a brie making kit for Christmas. She doesn't have a lot of hobbies (esp compared to me), and we are both pretty into the culinary arts. She also really likes Brie, though our purchasing options...

For the last 10 days or so, I'm having a horrible problem with IPAs. I've had Lagunitas Hop Stupid, Deep Knee's Simtra IPA, and the new wet-hopped IPA from Victory. They all have this strong weird taste that I'm REALLY not a fan of. Its also not a taste I'm familiar with. I've been brewing...

I've been slow force-carbing for a couple years now, and I'm finally annoyed enough to ask the question. I carb and serve at about 10 PSI, through 9' or so of beer line. I keep the keezer at a balmy 36-37 degsF. First few times I kegged I tried to speed things up, and always overcarbed...

Greetings fellow brewers. :mug: At the local homebrew meetup, I tried a Zombie Dust clone, and it was amazing. Once I figured out that he keeps his doors locked at night, I figured I'd just brew up my own batch. The issue is, I am a no-chill brewer (for tons of reasons I won't get...

So, I had planned on trying to clone Tall Grass's 8-bit pale ale. Good stuff. The LHBS had a pretty skimpy grain selection, so I made some last minute adjustments. They also only sold in 1 lb increments, so I had to get extra grain. Finally, they did the milling, so ALL of the grain got...

http://brewha.co/collections/biac/products/biac-package For those ready to take the leap into a high end AG system, this one looks interesting. Comes with the heating element, controller, water jacket controller, pump, everything. I wonder how heavy that insert gets when it is full of...

I picked up a cheapo Lowe's bucket-style shop vac, after seeing a few others try shop vacs in their breweries. It is something like $20 I have a 20g stout tanks MLT, and it is a pain to get in there to scoop out spent grain. The shop vac did it in minutes, barely any grain left at all...

I tried no-chill for the first time recently. For me, it makes a lot of sense for a lot of reasons. Cut down on the brew day, use less water, store less equipment, and potentially decouple the brewing and fermentation schedules. I used the 6g plastic winpack white barrel thing. 6 gallons...

The first brewing on a new system is under way. Stout tanks, electric, herms. Experiencing a problem. The HERMS coil that stout includes in their HLT is sort of insufficient. I would guess it is maybe 30' of slightly under 3/8" stainless. The wort coming out of the coil is less than the...

I received my three stout tanks vessels the other day (first time somebody delivered a pallet to me), but I've been putting off the recommended cleaning and passivating, due to lack of a large sink. But yesterday, it dawned on me a great way to get all 3 tanks cleaned inside and out without...

Normally, I'm hitting low 80's for efficiency, even for big beers. Trying the centennial blond, a low OG beer. Beersmith says a 1.033 preboil gravity, and I was down at 1.021!!! After I mashed in, the grain looked pretty un-crushed, so I guess somebody was futzing with the mill at AIH...

I recently received some DIN rail + components (breakers, contactors, terminal blocks) from ebrewsupply. The terminal blocks mount just fine, however the breakers and contactor blocks slide all over, even when 'locked down'. They won't pop off from the rail, but they aren't latching on hard...

I saw this while shopping for an enclosure: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOLIDAY-SPECIALS-AND-JAN-7-TH-16x16x8-Package2-Many-Componens-Save-Money-/400373452323?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d381e0e23 For those that don't recognize the picture (or if he removes it), this is an inside shot of...

Saw this, and jumped in right away: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brewbit/brewbit-model-t-wireless-temperature-controller I have a keezer next to a fermentation chamber, both requiring temperature control. I've wanted to use data logging, or fermentation temperature profiles, etc...

Trying to build something like this: http://blog.makezine.com/2010/06/17/beautiful-plumbing-pipe-lamps/ I'm always amazed at the DIY geniusness on these forums, so I'l posting to see if I can get some help. I can't for the life of me figure out a great way to build that shut off valve...

I'm planning a new (and hopefully final) brewery build. I have permission from SWMBO that it can be in plain sight in a finished basement. I'm thinking a nice little corner with polished concrete, stainless sink, etc... Now, I brew electric on a brutus style system, 3 gallon batches. For a...

So, I had planned on doing a german pils this weekend. The recipe was simple. 3.25 g batch, ~70% eff 6.65 lb german pilsner grain 1 oz Mittlefruh for 60 0.3 oz Mittlefruh for 15 0.3 oz Mittlefruh for 1 German bock yeast WLP 833 After a long discussion with a brewing cousin about...