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So, get this. We've been making a bourbon porter for years now. Always in 10 gal batches. We nearly always add a cup of bourbon to the corny keg BEFORE force carbonating. For this last batch, we added the bourbon as usual, sealed keg, and decided to leave it out to cellar for ~4 weeks before...

Hi, all, Getting ready to design and build a bar for a newly minted sun-room brewery (pictures shortly). My question is about pros/cons of chest "freezers" vs. chest "refrigerators". It seems that some of chest freezers have temp control that allows them to function as a refrigerator as...

In a word - awesome! :ban: About 10 years ago I built a counter-chiller with one of those Phil's fitting kits. You know, the one where you snake 20 ft of 3/8" copper into a garden house, and run cold water through outer jacket, hot wort through the copper. Wonderful, cheap device -...

I knew the day would come, and perhaps things will turn out okay, but - I had a bad brew day :( I put my journal entry under e-brewing, because IF this is a bad batch, it will be due to electrical. Brewing on a single tier, two pump, 3 kettle herms all-electric rig. Mashed in beautifully...

Let me first say - I really do like my BCS. Once you understand how to program the system, it's a snap to reconfigure and because it runs off-line you can just start a process and walk away. Nice. . . Really looking forward to the 4.0 upgrades that have been talked about. My beef is really...

So, I'm taking the plunge. Almost feels like being a brewing virgin all-over again. Add in a cherry or two and well . . . you get the picture. Going to start with a lambic for my first attempt (60% pilsner/ 40% flaked wheat), 18IBU's. Plan on splitting a 10 gallon batch into two 6 gal plastic...

An oft description of beer fermented with some strains of brett. I'm just not sure what this description connotates. . .I have horses and by the end of a long winter they're outdoor blankets are certainly sweaty and smelly, but is this really a quality delivered by brett? Do we want this? I've...

Hi all, Had a huge 30 gallon brewday on Sunday - 10 gal imperial red, 10 gal Nugget nectar clone (freshopped!), 5 gal oktoberfest lager, and 5 gal pumpkin ale. The problem is my fermentation chamber isn't big enough to hold everything at a single temp (two chamber set-up). So, some brews...

Just picked up a copy of Beersmith 2. Really liked the mobile cloud option, and wanted to be able to create a running log of beers I brew regularly. Does anyone know if there is a way to set-up a 10 gal brew, but then split batch for fermentation. For example, I've done a 10 gal batch of...

Building a BCS-460 based E-brewing rig. I would like to install 4" thermoprobes in my liquor tank and boiling kettle. Do I need thermowells? Or could I just screw a naked probe into a 1/2" NPT coupling connected to a weldless bulkhead? I see a need for thermowell as protection from open...

Started homebrewing in '96 and immediately switched to all-grain. Love to brew big beers - imperial stouts, triples/quads, barley wines. Newest project is a one tier, 2 pump, PID controlled 10gal all-electric brewery. HBT has been an unbelieveable resource for researching ever aspect of the...