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I have been brewing using a 3 vessel system for 4 years and I recently read an article in Zymurgy about the BIAB process and thought I would give it a try. I found the process to be very simple and I used the burner to control my temps which worked way better than I thought it would. Hit my...

I have a Duvel Clone that has been cold crashing for two weeks and I am preparing to bottle it. My plan is to take the dregs from a couple of bottles of Duvel, put it in a starter and pitch it before bottling. My question is how do I know how much to pitch and do I need to worry about over...

I have a friend who received a water report from his local water supply. The Manganese level is .04 milligrams of parts per million and the Iron is .02 milligrams of parts per million. Hardness is 270 milligrams of parts per million and 15.7 grains of hardness. He is waiting on the rest of the...

I live in Lino Lakes, Minnesota and I have a couple of friends in the area that brew and because the closest Homebrew Clubs are either in Minneapolis or St. Paul, we thought it might be a good idea to start a brew club in the Lino Lakes/Blaine area. I spoke to the guys at Hammerheart Brewing...

I have my first Saison finishing up fermentation. I have read that a saison should be carbonated to a level of approximately 3.2 vols. I want this saison to be as close to style as possible so I am looking to carbonate to the 3.2 vols level. Based on the research I have done I cannot use my...

Here is a picture of my 28 hour old 3711 French Saison starter. After a few hours it developed a little foam and a little activity in the airlock. It has basically looked the same ever since. There has never been a krausen. This is my first experience with this yeast and it just doesn't look or...

I have very alkaline water (Bicarbonate - 241) and I know I should be using RO or Distilled but right now those are not an option for me, so I am trying to do the best I can with what I have. I am using the Brunwater spreadsheet and I think I have a pretty good handle on it. Basically I am...

I brewed Denny's Wry Smile IPA 2 weeks ago today and pitched a proper starter of Wyeast American Ale II. Fermentation temps range from 62 - 65 degrees. Attached a blow off and within 12 hours it was bubbling and in 24 hours it was blowing off like crazy. After day 4 things slowed down and I...

On December 1, 2012 I made a 2 liter starter with wyeast 1272 American Ale 2 yeast. This is for a 1.070 IPA I was going to do. I did it on a stir plate with a shot of 02. I've done a lot of starters and I use Mr Malty to calculate pitch rate. I was supposed to brew the beer the first week of...

In 2 years of brewing I have never dumped a beer. I have replied to dumper threads to not dump your beer, just give it more time. Alas, I am considering dumping this one. This is my 12th all grain batch, 30th batch overall so I am not completely inexperienced. Until now, all of my beers have...

Here are the pictures. This is listed at auction as a pump panel. I think it is from a glycol chiller. I was wondering if anyone knows if these pumps could be used like a March pump.

I just finished my 9th all grain 5 gallon batch, and again I had a lower than expected FG. Everyone of my all grain brews has attenuation far beyond expected FG. The brews have been good, but I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or right. My first thought was my thermometer was off...

I just checked gravity on a couple of brews and they both finished much dryer than expected. Here is what I have. The first is a light hybrid ale. All grain Fermentis US05 Expected OG - 1.040 OG - 1.040 Expected FG - 1.010 FG - 1.000 I was shooting for a light beer for the ladies and...

I do all grain but I do partial boils because I have a 5 gallon brew pot. The most I can boil is 3.5 gallons. I just bought another 5 gallon pot that I found real cheap and I was wondering if I could do a full boil using two pots. Just do one pot the way I always have, add the wort, my hops and...

I have an AB Clone that seems to be stuck. It started at 1.072 OG and after 1 week in primary it was at 1.024 and at week 2 in primary it was at 1.024. 3 days ago I racked it to secondary and sucked up a bunch of yeast and added about 1/4 packet of Fermintis S-04. Checked it today and it is...

Hi All. I know another recipe question but I am a Belgian noob and I know there are alot of great belgian brewers out there. I am shooting for a light to medium body belgian pale ale with noble hops. I am pretty sure I am ok with the hops. I am more concerned with the malt bill. I have heard...

I just got done mashing and sparging my grains for a partial mash. Everything seemed to go well but how do I know if maybe my gravity might be a little low or a little high maybe I wont add as much dme or maybe add more dme. My preboil gravity on 3.5 gallons preboil volume was 1.058 adjusted for...

I see a lot of threads on HBT where it looks like someone has somehow copied their recipe from Beersmith and posted it on HBT. Whenever you need help you have to post the recipe for someone to know what you have done. I have been doing this manually as I cannot figure out how to copy and paste a...

Arrogant Bastard Partial Mash Clone 5 lbs LME add 15 minutes left in boil 6 lbs Pale 2 row 1.75 lbs Special B 0.5 lbs Crystal 120 White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale 1.75 oz Chinook FWH 90 minutes 0.25 oz Chinook 45 minutes 1.0 oz Chinook 0 minutes 70% mash efficiency ( I don't...