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this is the first time ive made candi syrup, since all the othertimes ive used a malic acid inversion tek so i guess that was caramel syrup. my ratios were: 60# refined beet sugar 4 g. h20 8oz fermax bring 3 g h2o to 180, add sugar, stir, add fermax(dap) at 200. hold at 255 for 75 mins...

What cha think of this one. This is my first crack at house smoked malts. I smoked 6# of munich for an hour over oak, maple, apple and palo santo woods. It smelled freakin awesome! I even put about an oz. of the palo santo into the grains while they were smoking and ran it thru the mill and...

Ive been making my own syrup for a while now. 4# beet sugar, 3c. h20, 1/2 oz. lactic acid. boil 1 hr (or to desired color), cool & bottle. I have kept it up to 6 mo w/ no off flavors coming thru or crystallization. So my question is; Everyone is saying that this recipe is for `caramel syrup`...

Black Jack 9/9/11 This is my stab at a 1bbl batch with a couple small tweaks. Recipe Overview Wort Volume Before Boil: 37.00 US gals Wort Volume After Boil: 35.00 US gals Volume Transferred: 33.00 US gals Volume At Pitching: 33.00 US gals Volume Of Finished Beer: 31.00 US gals...

@ JRems- Thanks, I posted in that thread. Those are what I have 4 of allready and what im really looking for. They work great and the price is right. @chefmike-Those tanks look sweet. There a bit out of my price range, I was hoping to scoop up somthing used for about half that, but if i cant...

Upgrading brewery capacity and looking for the right fermenters. The supplier I got my first for from is now out of stock. I snoozed & I loozed. So If anyone has something appropriate or leads, I greatly appreciate it. Looking for stainless tanks 4 @ 35-40 gal or 2 @ 65-75gal Pref w/ cip spray...

Looking to buy 4 of these tanks. I have 4 now but outgrew them. If anyone has one or any leads please let me know. cheers, chandler

I bought 4 of these and they work Awesome! Unfourtunatly the company (hocking international) sold the rest of the back stock and dont have anymore. I am looking to buy 4 more so If anyone has one or any leads please get back to me. I started doing parti-gyle brews and now brew 2bbl per. They...

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The box seen on the bottom is an immersion heater. The tanks can be purchased w/ or w/o heater. I suppose this could be hooked up to a thermostat to keep temp in the colder months. Or I was thinking a still. I took mine off, a real pita with a 2" box wrench and a cheater bar. Also 2" ss plugs...

I just bought 4 of those on ebay. There going for $300 ea. or 4 for $1000. There are some mods to be made since there not conical (draw off tube up for drawing off beer) but they seem to work awesome. First batch fermenting now. There labeled as 35 gal., But I think there at least 40 gal...

Basement Brewhaus in Providence RI is hosting ongoing Brewing workshop at the shop in Providence. On the second and fourth Saturdays of the month we will be brewing a 1 BBL all grain batch of brew. Style to be decided collectively. The Batch Ferments at the shop in the temp. controlled...

Hey Uze, So this may be my first post, for all I know. The mead workshop in providence RI (some nov. day) went great. Started w/ 60# of honey, We did 1/2 bbl of mead cooked for a bit outside made from local "natural" honey ie only heated to 130 deg., divvied into: 1/4 bbl sac mead, 5 gal. cycser...

I recently aquired two Golden Gate Kegs that I would like to use for cask conditioning and serving. I have the taps and new gaskets. Issue being, I cannot figure how to get the threaded retainer ring off in order to sanitize. Do I need a special tool? I s'pose I could fabricate one, but rather...