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Local Pick Up near Akron, OH only. Brewing Equipment: - Professionally welded single tier brew rig on casters Three 23 tip Natural Gas Jet Burners (two choked down a few tips for efficiency) HLT has measured Sight Glass and stainless ball valve w/ quick connect, analog thermometer MLT has...

For Sale - $2800 **local pick up near Akron, OH only**additional pictures upon request** As sad as I am to say it, with my lack of time and decreased passion to brew, I’ve made the decision to sell all off my home brewery. I literally have everything you would need or want to start one badass...

Thanks, ill check that out. I have a direct fire HERMS system. So would it be better to do the first mash and raise to mash out temps then drain? Or drain at mash temps and add the second runnings to bring the grain bed up to 168-170? I'm just curious if mashing out will take too much of the...

Hi all, I'm planning on attempting my first partigyle brew this Sunday. An imperial IPA and a session IPA. I've done some reading in Gordon Strongs book, but am having trouble setting up the recipe. I'm using iBrewMaster, if that helps. 1) how do I figure out how much water for the first mash...

This was the single worst brew day of my brewing career... So i brewed my holiday ale yesterday, well I attempted to at least... I just bought a hop rocket, and I was stoked to use it to spice my holiday ale. I used my hop rocket for the first time, and did a couple upgrades to my HERMS single...

Okay, I just bought a Blichmann Hop Rocket to use as both a hopback and a randal. That being said, the first brew I plan to use it with is a holiday ale. My thought is to use the spices (vanilla bean, cinnamon sticks, coriander, etc.) in the hop rocket along with an ounce of whole leaf hops to...

Tootsie rolls?! Wow, Sam will do anything! What kind of beer was it, a stout?

So I am ordering a cartridge filter this week to use as both an occasional filter and also as a Randall. Obviously I want to do a pale ale or an ipa and pour over whole leaf hops, but I'm trying to think of other options of what to fill it with. I want to try a stout and pour over coffee beans...

I made my own pickup tube, just using 3/8 copper tubing. If you have some basic soldering skills you can do it for less than $10. Someone has mentioned to me that they would recommend using half-inch but I just haven't gotten to that point yet. I welded my couplings and so I can't comment on...

The best combination I have found for clarity is Putting 1 tablespoon of Irish moss in the last 15 minutes of the boil, then at the end of fermentation, Cold crash your primary container for about 3 to 4 days. I basically fill a basin tub with cold water and put my primary container into it. I...

US05 will definitely still work at 68, just may not give you as much of a smooth, crisp finish as 60 would. I'm pretty sure US05 is rated up to 72*, so you should be fine. Not too sure what to make of the gravity being so far off. I'm assuming you didn't take a Pre boil reading? That would help...

I don't take it as a dig at all, I didn't really pay attention to the style guide lines of it. I suppose you couldn't just think of it as a really overhopped, light pale ale but the bitterness of it in my opinion puts it in an IPA category. I kind of wanted to go for a founders all day IPA type...

You know, I thought about this too, and the last beer i ended up making was a session ipa. It is only like 3.2% abv, but it's nicely hopped and a GREAT summertime beer. It's really nice to drink at bbq's, since it's nice and hoppy like a classic ipa, but it doesnt have the weight to one. I drank...

My problem with BMC is their control of the market and distribution circles. They constantly sh*t on the little guys. They just do not have the "support fellow brewers" mind set that the rest of he brewing community has. They don't care about their product as much as they care about their...

I'll keep an eye out for this thread, I live in cleveland and I'm always up for a beer with a homebrewer! Plus I'd love to give you some beers for feedback! Let me know when you're around the Cleveland area!

Bottle carbonating will give you some sediment at the bottom since you're basically restarting fermentation a little bit. It's unavoidable. I am sure most of it is just from that, unless you were pulling a bunch of sediment from the fermenter. If you want to improve the clarity of your beer, you...

Well since your pre boil gravity was lower than expected, naturally your original gravity will be lower. I have never found that letting the work trickle out of the mash tun has affected my efficiency. I would guess the reason for your mash temperature being so low is because after you added...

Actually, I just realized I posted an old photo. Here is the inside of the sanke with the pickup tube I made. The stainless one that was there before didn't seal with the compression fitting, and I didn't want to spend an extra $20 to get the adapter. Here is the HLT, with no false bottom, you...

Yeah, since the bottom will be concave, you'll need the pickup tube to be at the side if you aren't doing a false bottom. As you can see, my pickup tube is directly in the center, so whirlpooling doesn't help me that much, I terms of leaving sediment behind. I'm not entirely proficient in the...

I just finished my keggle builds earlier this year. I put two 1/2" couplings in. One at the bottom for draining and one at the top for recirculating. I also added a sight glass and thermometer while the welder had it all. I got most everything from Bobby M, it was all great! I use the cam lock...