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I also thought about not going very hard with the boil as well on the theory that some flavors might be lost in extended boil, again this is just my hunch not really anything else. This is definitely something to look into as well. Thank you!

I guess I don't know enough about the science of what is happening during a mash. I kind of assumed that in any individual piece of grain all the various processes we are trying to get out of a full length mash are all happening at the same time. But you guys seem to be indicating that it...

Hello folks, I'm pretty new to brewing and I'm not even sure if this is the right place to post this question, but I've been wondering if there is an advantage to intentionally having low efficiency when brewing. Specifically wondering if we can get vastly different flavors by perhaps having...

The virus needs a host to survive long term. I think your link provides you what you need to know. If you want to be cautious wait at least a week before consuming the beer after kegged.

I actually decided to pressure ferment as a means of temperature control or rather a way of not needing to invest in a fermentation chamber or chiller. A spunding valve is a lot cheaper than another refrigerator for instance. Anyway I am also interested to see how pressure fermentation handles...

Nice! I like that you have a standard formula for your labels. Are you the artist making all the pictures as well?

Thank you this will be a big help! Edit: Found these on amazon which appear to be the right stuff for anyone else in the same boat.

GAH! I didn't even consider the thing leaking. Do you by chance have a link to the O rings you purchased? My Ispindel is fantastically uncalibrated so the numbers it displays are essentially nonsense, its just the trend I am following and for my purposes that's fine. For an accurate FG I'll take...

My fermentation does not appear to be slower. Based on the graph from the ispindel fermentation should be done sometime tonight, but I won't transfer till tomorrow morning (2.5 days since the kettle). Temperatures in my unfinished basement have been in the mid 70s. The beer has been between 85...

Depends on when we are talking about. My historic understanding is that coopers used whatever wood was available to them to make barrels. Different species would have been available in different parts of the world and this included many species of trees other then oak to make barrels. I was...

I am newbie sooooo yeah not going to be able to give you specifics. I usually don't like oaked beer that I buy at the store. But I do woodworking as a hobby so I have immediate access to a relatively large number of different species of wood. I was thus very very surprised to find that in the...

I am fermenting in a keg for my first time right now. I decided to go pressure ferment. If you are not doing a pressure ferment then there is no advantage in using a keg over a cleaned carboy other then there being less chance of light interacting with your beer in a keg and its easier to move a...

I got my static cling from uprinting.com. They do regular stickers though and if you are buying say a couple hundred, they are going to be cheaper then printing them yourselves.

Years ago I asked my wife for a nice bottle opener for a birthday present. She got me this: It's a solid piece of steel so its got a very nice weighty feel to it. After getting it virtually every brewery near me switched to cans so it rarely sees any use, but when I do get to break it out...

Thank you guys! I just wasn't sure if the ball locks would seal themselves when not connected. I don't need a perfect forever solution, just something that will work for a few days.