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Benthic (things living in streams)

I recent bought a couple of William's dip tubes and experienced the same issue on the first keg. Luckily I found your post and some ss fittings laying around. 🍻 cheers to you PVPeacock!

Grape jelly= Grape flavor Donut= Bread and sweet I would try making a berliner wiesse. You could make a lighter wheat wort for the bready flavor and then ferment with either a kolsh or a wine yeast if you are feeling crazy. I would add some decent grape must and cut back on the jelly since no...

Good thing that you wrote in when you did! Brewing consensus is now moving away from secondary fermenters in almost all situations. The only reason for a secondary would be if the beer was going to be aged for more than a couple months. You can start brewing two batches at a time since you have...

I am wondering about you cooler pasteurization method. I have done very hot water bath pasteurizing for my sweet hard cider in the past and have had success. The last time though I had a bottle explode and shot some glass through my hand. I am just looking for a better method. As for the main...

Since you asked.. From the look of your air lock you may run into clogging problems. I have seen two makes of the three piece. One with an open tip at the base and one with a tip that is slightly covered with more plastic, creating four smaller holes. If this is the case you can have a clog...

I just looked at the unistrut idea, Awesome! I have an over kill gantry and the strut idea would have been my choice if I had thought of it :/ Please post pics when it is up!

Your should look into a short run gantry. It is a small trolley that rolls on a beam or frame. I installed an "I" beam beneath my trusses in my garage. I bought a trolley and chain hoist on amazon. Mine has a 1 ton capacity, way over kill. You can definitely make one much smaller and cheaper...

I know this flies in the face of traditional lambic brewing since the slow munching of wild yeast and bacteria create the complex flavors, but... Has anyone tried doing something similar to the kettle sour technique used for gose on a lambic? Gose is traditionally inoculated in a simmilar...

I like the idea of dunk sparging in a bucket. This could be an easier solution to the transferring of mash and fly sparging, yet still increase efficiency from a batch sparge. I have never BIAB, is it heavy to pick up 12#s of grain plus water? I am guessing it can't be more than 30# in total. I...

This sounds like what I had in mind. Thanks for your comment

I used to buy all of my hops through them. They did a pre-sale of hops each year and I would buy 10 or 12 pounds, that way I new they were well cared for all year. They never did it this year, so I went somewhere else. When I was shopping there a lot they always had good stuff at good prices.

I am looking to setup a friend with his own set of AG equipment. I am thinking about using some basic equipment I no longer use to create a beginner all-grain setup. What does the HBT world think of this idea, or has anyone had experience with this set up? 8 gallon kettle 1 Fermenting...

Mine would look more like... 4 weeks @ 45F allow to raise on its own in 1 or 2 days 1 week @ 65F to give a diacetyl rest cold crash back down 4 weeks @ 35F for lagering

Stevens trail on the north fork of the American River Falcons crest on the south side of Folsom Lake Ride a bike up the American river bike trail, beautiful in spring Many of the great hikes are closer to Lake Tahoe, but these are a bit over your two hour drive requirement. Big Meadow off hwy...