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Any one from Williams county Ohio. Looking to get together with others that enjoy brewing and share ideas.

Accidentally knocked a FULL Igloo mash tun off it's step stool, in the kitchen, in front of the wife. She just turned around and walked out. What a mess!

If only to have unlimited funds to indulge in my hobbies.

Are you by any chance using 2 different thermometers? I've chased my tail in the past trying to figure out what was going on, when the problem was both thermometers where off. One was high the other low. You can check it by putting your thermometer in ice water and it should read 32 and then...

Do you have a lot of mash water not coming in contact with the grain like in the Anvil?

I take it your not using the Anvil Foundry, because I don't think you could be recirculating at 1.5 gal with an .030 crush. I never gave the all in one's a second thought because of price, until I saw Short Circuited Brewers review of the Anvil Foundry. I thought how simple and how much I could...

I've done 2 more brews since my last posting. The previous brew before today's was a disaster, I tightened my mill gap to .035 and the mash compacted. I had the pump throttled way back, I finally just shut it off. Sparging didn't go any better. I wound up with a mash eff of 66% and lots of...

Relax, Don't Worry, Have a Homebrew

Feel better......

A friend of mine that no longer brews gave me his old bottle of StarSan that looks old and syrupy plus his bottle of BLC cleaner, it also looked old yellowed and syrupy and had a crusty cap. There's no mfg date on either bottle. What would it be good for any ideas? Maybe use double or triple...

I received a stainless steel fermenter for Christmas this year. After taking it out of the box I gave it a quick wash before putting it away. It looked clean and shinny as I started to dry it, but I quickly found my towel was turning black, I was like “what is going on.” Had to be from the...

That was the only thing I did.

Well I modified the mash pipe by blocking off the side holes and my mash efficiency jumped up to 78% from 66%. That's a big jump. I was expecting a OG of 1.048 and got 1.049. I noticed right off the bat that it took much longer for the sparge water to run down thru the mash, verse how it ran...

Besides the yeast, something other was growing in it.

Not an expert, but I had one very similar to that and it turned out to be infected. Mine was a lager also ,and it smelled bad. How's it smell and taste?

I realized that on the 1st brew. There's just over an inch of mash water under the mash pipe and sides that's not in contact with the grain that has to be made up for.

I gave up and I just change it for the wife.

Charlie Papazian's Amaizeing Pale Ale 7lbs 6 row (I substitute 2-row) 1lb Crystal 1lb cornstarch (I substitute corn sugar) Your favorite hop - 35 IBU's 60 minutes Your favorite hop - 1/2oz 5 minutes Ale yeast Goes down easy on a hot day or any day for that matter.