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here's a link to a semi-informative website from U of Maine extension about growing hops. https://extension.umaine.edu/agriculture/sustainable-agriculture/profile-sustainable-hop-production/ the article references a family-run hops farm near Caribou. here is a link to their website. not sure...

I assume you mean that you drain the contents of your brew kettle into the SS paint strainer and into the fermenter?

+1 on checking/replacing any o-rings in the sanke coupler.

I'm very happy with the Keezer I built. IIRC (Im away from home right now) the collar is about 10" high (high enough to accommodate a keg on top of the compressor hump). it was simple to detach the lid from the chassis, then reattach it to the collar using some foam tape on the top of the...

thanks for all the suggestions. I will stick to the recipe for the first go.

it's Northern Brewer's Fruit Bazooka NE IPA extract kit. here is the instruction sheet. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2785/6868/t/3/assets/FruitBazooka-1646237913713.pdf also I notice that the instructions call for the first dry hop addition 2-3 days into fermentation. is that advisable...

I'm brewing an extract kit from NB after 20 yrs of all-grain--there was a sale I couldn't pass up. I need to steep 1lb of flaked oats in 2.5 gal of water. I have RO water at home--do I need to treat the 2.5 gallons of water for steeping? the recipe calls for a 30-minute boil of the 2.5...

Did you use the dregs from several bottles of Bell's? what OG starter did you make? thanks

would you mind sharing your recipe? thanks! Ken

and if you find a bottle of "100% juice", look carefully at the label. most of those products are diluted with pear juice, or some other cheaper juice, than the primary juice. eg, "100% cranberry juice", except maybe some high-end brands, are partially cranberry juice and the balance pear juice.

BarKeepers Friend is great stuff. It's made by a family company in Indianapolis, where I live. I checked their website, barkeepersfriend.com, and they have a "where to buy" link https://barkeepersfriend.com/where-to-buy/ good luck

let us know the day before your next brew day so we have time to find our votive candles and set them up for the vigil for your spray bottle. HAHA

another "feature, not a bug": every brew day my kitchen floor gets cleaned!

I boiled wort for years in a 10-gallon kettle, emptying it with a siphon. I finally took the plunge and bought a 1/2" pipe size "weldless bulkhead". both the inside and outside are tapped for 1/2" pipe threads. it came with thick gaskets for the inside and outside of the kettle to account for...

what was the hop schedule, and which yeast did you use? thanks

sorry, I was imprecise in my wording. what I should have said was "wort" not "beer". yes, the trub is nicely compacted in my fermenter, but I was referring to the slurry at the bottom of the kettle. I usually wait an hour or two after the last whirlpooling so as to let the trub settle, but...

in my experience, the 6, 6.5, and 7 gallon brew buckets all use the same lid as the 5 gal, hence the same diameter at the top. they are just taller.

Please let us know whether the 400 micron does the trick or if you decide something finer is required. I would really like to go this way rather than wasting 1/2-1 gallon of beer after fermentation.

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did you talk to them on the phone or via email? I have only one experience with Blichmann on a product issue and they fell all over themselves to be helpful and remedy the problem. I would think they would talk you through the troubleshooting steps to verify the exact problem then work with...