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When I started brewing, I was using whatever bottles my friends would give me, as I did not have enough brown bottles yet. This included clear bottles. By using those, I learned that rinsing bottles just after pouring is not enough to really clean them, as I could see some residue along the...

As I said, I do not know where to get grains at $30 a sack. And for the space, I do not live in a tiny studio, but I do not have that much space either, because of all the brewing equipment that I already have :) Yes of course if I was to get rid of my 15.5 gallon pot, a couple of kegs, a...

I considered buying grain in bulk and get a grain mill, but I quickly realized it was not something that fits my need: * I brew different styles of beer, using different base grain. I do not want to store 50# of each. * On HBT, I see a lot of people saying that buying in bulk is worth it, but I...

After reading more about this, 1% of iodine corresponds to a solution of 10 000 ppm. The recommended amount for homebrewing to use as a no rinse sanitizer is 12.5ppm .... I would not use this as a no rinse sanitizer for homebrewing if it is not documented. And for some subjects, HBT is not...

I cannot really answer your question as I never did it, but make sure to use a S type airlock, as cold crashing will reduce the volume of your beer and suck some air in. With a 3 piece airlock, liquid from the airlock would end up in your beer. Clarity wise, waiting a month or two has always...

I followed this when I started with PM: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/easy-partial-mash-brewing-pics-75231/

Your calculation is probably right to have the CO2 volume you want. But you are asking the wrong question, which should be: "We'll my bottles be able to hold 4 volume of CO2 without breaking and doing a big mess ?" Well, what bottles are you using ?

I do not know the beverage you show in this picture, but as a rule of thumb, any bottle that used to contain carbonated beverage (beer, soda, champagne, sparkling water) will be able to hold pressure for your homebrew (It is sometime hard to get rid of the smell of some soda, so be careful)...

I am still figuring this out, but for some reason the software that I use includes any sugar added to the boil in the pre-boil gravity. This is not very convenient as I like to use this value as my target gravity during the mash. Now for the sugar addition, it depends on your recipe. As some...

Looks like an educated mistake to me :-) "Oops, I know my efficiency is very high now, but I do not tune my recipe accordingly" Do you build your recipe yourself and change the quantity of ingredient to fit your equipment/efficiency ? Beersmith is very useful for this.

The threads mentioned above are very helpful. If you want to know more about what is going on when you brew, "How to brew" by John Palmer is a good reference as well. It is good for extract as well as all grain brewers, beginners (first chapter) and advanced (the rest of the book).

This looks like a very slow leak. I had an issue on a custom valve I made like the one you describe. Soapy water was not enough. I had to put the whole valve under water to find the leak and then patch it.

+1 for the gallon jug. A flask is more expensive, and a gallon jug can be used to bring beer to friends, right out of the keg, or ferment a small amount of cider, make a mini test batch, etc. Also, a gallon is perfect for small starters as well as big starters for high OG beer. Why would you...

23 IBU is quite low for an OG of 1.065. See a graph example here.

Add some candi sugar before the boil, like a pound or two. 1/2 oz of bitter orange peel, and 1/2 tsp of cracked coriander 15 min before the end. 1/4 oz of bitter orange peel, and 1/2 tsp of cracked coriander 4 min before the end. This should give you a nice golden strong ale. My advice...

Is the temperature going lower without the controler ?

Welcome to the board Jonathan, here are some vendor's websites you may want to check out: http://stores.kegconnection.com http://kegcowboy.com/ http://www.midwestsupplies.com/ http://www.austinhomebrew.com/ I got different pieces of equipment from all of them, and I have been very...

Ball locks are taller and skinnier than pin locks. But the ball lock from the website you are referring to are CONVERTED ball locks, which means they used to be pin locks. Also, depending on the models, pin locks usually do not have pressure release valve that you can manually open. If size...

:off: just finished the first season... might have to read the books to know what's going on!

Whatever you decide to do, get a CO detector. It's cheap, and damn useful.