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Back in November I made a very simple Hefeweizen: 68% wheat to 29% Pilsner, 3% acidulated, Wyeast 3068 @ 63DF. Within a week of bottling this, I was convinced it was the best beer I'd ever made - I totally nailed the clove/banana balance and it had a mild tartness left over from the acidulated...

I brew a lot of hefes & dunkels with 3068 and I'd like to start harvesting it since it's not exactly cheap... Am I wrong in thinking if I had a choice between washing from the primary vs. the secondary, for 3068 in particular I should choose the secondary? The only criticism I've ever heard...

Still kind of green to AG brewing, and I'm brewing my first-ever high gravity beer - 17.5 lbs of grain for an expected 1.081 @ 5.5 gal, almost twice as strong as anything I've ever brewed. I have a couple of options for mash tun. One is a 10-gallon SS mash tun with a false bottom w/ a 2 gal...

Brewed Biermuncher's famous Centennial Blonde recently, which I've done many times before but for the 1st time as all-grain instead of partial mash. By my hydrometer measurements, I had a 1.043 OG and ended with a 1.007 FG, for an attenuation of 83%. I didn't keep great records back in the...

Just ordered 6 pin-lock kegs from Kegconnection.com during their sale. I don't need 6 kegs at the moment, nor can I afford them, so I'm looking for an interested party to split the buy with me. PM me with your interest if you: 1. Want exactly three 5-gallon pin-lock corny kegs 2. Have...

I've been brewing for a while but I'm just now getting into AG and thinking about things like wort clarity... My LHBS does my grinding for me, and it always comes with a significant amount of powder. I always dump it in, powder and all. Back in the BIAB days it never caused me much trouble...

I got a good deal on a Bayou brew pot that included a false bottom like this one (only the 10 gal version): http://www.meatprocessingproducts.com/bayou-800-408.html The pot has a lip that the edges of the false bottom sit on when it's in the bottom of the pan, which I guess is supposed to make...

I'm feeling the need to get a Maibock going this weekend. This is what I've settled on: any tweaks or WTFs would be appreciated. Batch size: 5 gallons -- 4 lbs. Pilsen Extra Light Dry DME 1 lb. Breiss Sparkling Amber DME 2 lbs. Vienna 1 lb. Pilsner 1 lb. Cara Munich II Mash 149DF for...

I'm considering an outdoor burner like an SQ-14, but not really having much experience with propane-fueled burners outside of my gas grill, I don't know what to expect in terms of fuel usage. How many hours of outdoor burner operation can you get out of a single propane tank (assuming the usual...

Partly bummed & partly amused with myself...I wasn't really emotionally attached to the Vienna Lager I just bottled, but it sucks to end almost two months of work like this: Went to bottle and followed the process I usually do: make a big bucket of Star San to sanitize the bottling bucket...

I just brewed a Centennial Blonde ale that started at .038 and stopped bubbling three days later (yeast was Nottingham). I cracked the bucket open to take a sample. The beer was clearly on the tail end of primary activity, still cloudy, fizzy and a bit churned up. It measured .009, and when I...

So for the past few batches, I've moved up from partial boil/extract brewing to partial boil/partial mashes of about 3-4 lbs. worth of grain. So far I've created an absolutely horrible oatmeal stout and an Irish Red Ale that started out OK but I'm trying to drink quickly because each bottle...

So my life has been a lot easier since I discovered nylon paint strainer bags. With my limited equipment, it's allowed me to BIAB partial-mash beers up to 4 lbs of grain. But I also got the idea to use a sanitized strainer bag to strain the chilled wort as I pour it into the primary, which is a...