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Thanks guys!

Hi guys I made a song called Brew Doc it was during the begining of my painstaking self education of brewing beer! I entered it in a canadian battle of the bands for new artists and had the thought of reaching out to yall! All you have to do is click vote and listen to the track. Bipolar and...

In the same boat what did you end up using?

Where is your blowoff tube?

Sorry for the spelling. Blaming it on my fat fingers and small cell phone keyboard!

Hi all. I have a brewhemoth and use the coil chiller and 24 inch temp probe. Problem is this last time (2nd batch in new fermenter) I realized the temp of the wort going into the fermenter was 58f. Once the temp probe for the controller was in there and water flowing in the coil chiller my temp...

Well pulled the trigger and will be hitting up the 2013 NHC .... solo. Long trip from yellowknife Canada but must say im stoked as hell it is my first confrence! If there's any other first timers or old timers for that matter going as well PM me and good times shall ensue! Hoping this will give...

Hi just wondering if theres anyone keen on water chem. That can take a quick glance at my numbers to see what styles are most suitable for my profile. Thanks in advance! 30-Nov-12 Alkalinity, Total (as CaCO3) 16.3 mg/L pH 7.13 pH units Major Ions Calcium 7.9 mg/L...

Scud brewer Do you know the water profile for yk tap water? If so what adjustments do u make?

What gauge is the steel?

So I have a 2 stage ranco controller and a mini freezer. I made sure the settings were correct the first time I used it and had 2 successful brews. So this time I noticed the temp on the controller was where it was supposed to be but the ambient temp in the freezer was like 40f! Also the...

Had 2 new oak barrels 3 or 4 months ago. A 2.5 gallon any 5 gallon. Problem is been busy and after washing them out with water just filled them up and left them. There is a small amount of mold forming on the outside of one, what should a guy do to clean and store before he can put some beer in...

So does one put a beer through a week of primary fermentaion or so, rack the beer to a bottle bucket with priming sugar (or put the sugar in the barrel for that matter) and age for a while, topping up and taking periodic samples? Wondering because I have a new 5 gallon white oak barrel on its...

ha yah id take a sleemans over molson and labatts any day, although im pretty sure if i do a side by side with sleemans and this home batch there going to differ quite a bit!

haha yeah the only thing i can really see thats 'cream aleish is the corn maize..