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I just racked my Belgian Tripel to secondary and decided to harvest the yeast, (mostly because I've never harvested yeast before). I hadn't decided what, (or when), my next brew would be, but I know I don't really want to do back to back Belgian beers. I brewed this tripel 2 weeks ago and hadn't...

I want to brew Belgian style beers using 750ml Belgian-style bottles and cork & cage. I was wondering if anyone knows where to find quality reference corks? They are usually stamped with the (REF) in brown ink. The "Belgian" corks most home brew supply stores sell are cheap, (if they...

I am looking for reference corks that are stamped with the "ref" I have heard a lot of horror stories of people having to chip and peel cheap corks out of their bottles, or use pliers, or a knife, or cut it off and get a cork screw... I also heard that it is important to make sure the...

Every youtube video I've watched about decanting, either a starter or washing yeast, they pour the beer or wort into a glass vessel and wait for it to settle into layers. Once it has settled they try to carefully pour off one layer at a time by tipping the vessel sideways. As careful as they are...

Ha ha ha. If I was going to ignore all the answers I probably would save myself some aggravation and just not ask the question. I do what I want to do regardless, but at the same time there's no sense reinventing the wheel all the time. Asking questions is one way learn this stuff. A lot of...

Yeah. I always feel silly after asking a question on here. No matter what the question is, 50% of the home brewing community swears up and down "A" is the correct and ONLY way to do it and 50% believe with all their hearts that "B" is the correct and ONLY way to do things. I've only been doing...

Thanks everyone.

My original schedule was 6 days in primary, 14 days in secondary and 30 days bottle conditioning (aging). It's a Belgian Tripel I'm doing that is kind of a conglomeration of books I've read, (Hieronymus, Palmer, etc), as well as other tripel recipes I've seen and tips I got from youtube vids. So...

Is it possible to move from primary to secondary too soon? I brewed a Belgian Tripel 6 days ago. My original plan was to let it sit in primary for 6 days and then rack it to secondary. I had major activity in the airlock 3 hours after pitching the starter, and I had my pitch rate calculated...

I ended up using a 1.2" NPT tap I found in my garage. I held the washer on edge in a pair of vice grips and screwed the tap thru with a wrench. Cut thru like nothing. Now the washer threads onto the back of the nipple without the need for a nut. It's a temporary fix on a 10 gallon cooler to get...

My intent wasn't to get into a debate about supply and demand or price gouging. I get it. A plastic doll that normally sells for $5.00 but sells for $35.00 when you dress it up like one of Disney's "Frozen" characters is not [technically] price gouging - I stand corrected. On the other hand to...

I paid 40 to 80 cents each for these which seems fair, reasonable and honest for stainless steel washers. I bought them at brick and mortar retail stores and the sellers didn't seem to have a problem selling them for that price. Like I said, the one place actually weighed them first to determine...

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I found two different 316 stainless steel SAE flat washers locally. One is 3mm x 24mm ID x 51mm OD. I believe they were .80¢ each. Then I found some 316 stainless steel that are 3mm x 20mm ID x 38mm OD for .40¢ each. My issues are these: a 1/2" nipple has an OD of about 21mm. So the larger...

Thanks again everyone. I got a lot of valuable and much appreciated info. There's definitely a little more to it than I initially thought - but learning is half the fun.

Okay thanks guys. Good info. It get's me in the ball park so I know I'm not completely screwing things up. I realize making beer isn't an exact science, but the perfectionist in me is constantly telling me that certain things should be a little more exact than they are. I know I'm in the ball...

I've never done a yeast starter but am planning to do one with this next batch. I've read through a bunch of threads and comments trying to piece together enough information that seems to be trustworthy enough so I can hopefully avoid the trial and error route and possibly wasting time and...

Yup! I got so involved in thinking about HOW I could do it I didn't stop to consider IF it should do it. :/ I think I'm going to go with the seedling mat. After all, I live in Phoenix AZ. Finding ways to heat things isn't a huge priority. I have a few months out of the year where outside...

:off: I have a fermentation chamber I've been building (on & off) for the last 9 months or more. It is basically a plywood box lined with 2" insulation board. I have the compressor and copper tubing from a small mini fridge adapted to cool it, hooked to an Inkbird controller. I've been going...

I saw that. I've been watching his videos since I got into this. He seems to know his stuff. That flexi site tube he sells fits 2 of the 3 criteria I was hoping for. It's durable and doesn't cost much. Ascetically it's not really what I hoped for, but I suppose what it looks like is the least of...