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I'd recommend starting out with some standard American Pale Ales. They generally have a fair amount of hoppiness to them but are not as bitter as an IPA. From there you could try some of the North Eastern IPAs. They are excessively hopped, but with late additions. This leaves them with a bunch...

Mine doesn't seem to have a thermostat knob (at least not that I can find). I've read there are different versions though, so that isn't really surprising. Mine gets down to 35F or so, which I think is ok. It would be nice for cold crashing if it made it down right above freezing. I'm not...

I've definitely had suck back with the 3 pc. I wasn't paying attention once, filled the 3 pc up to high. Came back the next morning and a good portion of the liquid had gone missing and the remaining was sucked up into the central area. So, I can only assume some of the liquid had gone into the...

Rock on! (pun intended) I have the exact same setup! I was going to build a custom lid too, but after using the fridge a few times for brews and not having any issues I haven't gotten around to it. So far I've only done ales though, so it might behave differently at lager temps. I...

Most airlocks have a 'max fill' line printed on them. Just fill to there and you won't get any liquid suck back problems. On the S type airlocks this is equivalent to filling one side all the way (or slightly under). When the pressure is equal on both sides, each chamber will have half of the...

If I won I would go for the Three Floyds Zombie Dust Clone - All-Grain Recipe Kit! Mmmmm citra!

I would start by cleaning the airlock. If you don't have a spare, just cover the hole with a piece of foil while you clean the airlock (or don't worry about the foil, since the chances are low that an infection will get in the hole while you are cleaning).

From what I've read, mixed star san has a limited shelf life. Maybe a few months at best. As another poster alluded to , If you have a ph meter you can test it. If the ph is 3 or lower it is still good. Quote from northern brewer site http://www.northernbrewer.com/star-san:

Pretty much any American Pale 2 row malt will do. Look for 'Pale Malt', with around a 2 SRM. Briess, Great Western, Colorado Malting are example companies.

If you can justify the cost, the Chrome Commercial Capper sold by William's Brewing is awesome: https://www.williamsbrewing.com/CHROME-COMMERCIAL-CAPPER-P3901.aspx It does weigh a fair amount, but I would still call it portable. I hate those wing cappers too! Cheers

To get the sticky stuff off, I use 'Duck Brand Adhesive Remover' https://www.amazon.com/Duck-527263-Adhesive-Remover-5-45-Ounce/dp/B00178MNVS/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1502736852&sr=8-5 I think it is pretty much the same as Goo Gone. It works pretty well. The downside is you then have to scrub...

+ 3 gallons Zombie Dust Clone + 3 gallons Foreign Extra Stout + 3 gallons Blonde = 7169

Plugging in your recipe in Beersmith in comes up with these estimates: Original Gravity of 1.060 Final Gravity of 1.019 ABV of 5.4% So, possibly a little under what you were shooting for, but still a fine beer. Also, I feel it should be pointed out that the Pale 2 row and the Flaked...

Hmm, just saw your post that you are trying to harvest wild yeast in the Kombucha bottle (so my previous reply perhaps isn't so relevant). For harvesting yeast, you might want to be a bit more careful, since it would affect subsequent batches. I don't really know since I've never done that...

I think the difference is having a single bottle be infected vs. having your fermenter infected. A single bottle going bad: no big deal. A fermenter going bad: entire batch(es) affected. For what it's worth, I've reused many bottles which had sours in them. Haven't had any problems myself...

I had the same experience with wing cappers. They are a pain to use. I found that certain batches of caps worked better than others, ymmv. Better yet, I'd recommend upgrading to a bench capper. And, if you can afford it, get the most expensive one you can find. Williams Brewing...

I too do the 'rinse after consumption' and then dry the bottle on a Fastrack. The day before bottling, I put the bottles in the dishwasher, by themselves with no detergent, and run it on high heat, sanitary rinse and heated dry. On bottling day I dunk each bottle in a Starsan solution, and...

I second the vote on the crusher! Though, I still brew on my stove so my opinion may be biased ;). Not only can you store grains, but, in my case anyway, it also raised my efficiency a couple points. And, it gives you control over the crush. I bought my mill after getting some rye malt from...

Final update. Bottled a couple of weeks ago. Opened a couple last weekend. Beer came out great! :ban: Ended up 2 points higher than predicted at 1.024, so that works out to around 7.4% abv. Decent brown head. Nice hits of coffee and chocolate on nose. Taste is more chocolate. Some...

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