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I'm not sure how cold I fermented my lagers in my fridge. All I know is I would put them in my fridge and the lagers all came out great. Regardless, if a temperature controller can keep my refrigerator at ale temperatures, than that's what I should do.

I think the swamp cooler method would work best for me. Besides that, does anyone know if I could set my refrigerator to ale temperatures?

I can control the temperature of a lager by putting the whole thing in my fridge. But how do you expect me to control the temperature of an ale?

In terms of schedule, I brew my beer two weeks in the primary and another two in the secondary. Since we are talking about ale, I leave it at room temperature. It doesn't matter what yeast or recipe I use. I get the same off flavor and they all barely carbonate every time I make an ale.

I don't know where to post this, but there is a sharp contrast with the ales and lagers that I make. The lagers that I make always come out perfect. The flavors are spot on and the fermentation and carbonation are strong. But I have always had problems with brewing ale. the flavor is hard to...

This is my first attempt at home malting and I decided on malting teff as no one's really tried it before. I did some soaking and then drying in tupperware, but it was still moist after a few days. When I went to spread the teff out on baking sheets for kilning, I noticed it had a strong, yeasty...

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I have a 2.5 gallon brewing bucket and a family member unknowingly used it to put cleaning chemicals in it to clean a bathroom. Now I'm worried that those chemicals have forever contaminated the bucket and I have to use a new one. It is safe to re-sanitize the bucket or does it need to be replaced?