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I've always just shaken and stirred, never had a stuck fermentation (asides from my first brew which was because I pitched the yeast without hydrating).

Just brewed this the other day. It was my first all grain batch, so I lost a lot efficiency, but so far I've got 4.5 gallons of 6.75% brew. I think I may have used a whole ounce of sorachi ace by accident....:drunk:Lets hope the alpha was depleted!

I think I want to avoid the thermal-well route if i can. Just extra parts/sanitation/cleaning. Will that packing foam work better than Styrofoam? I'm using a piece from a Styrofoam plate currently and it's not holding temps.

The only issue with that is once I start trying to cool 5 gallon carboys and kegs, a small bottle of water is going to cool much quicker than a 5 gallon container. Right now that would be fine since I'm only dealing with bottles, but down the road that won't work. From what i've read, taping it...

Hey all! So I recently bought a used 10cu ft. chest freezer which I will be using as a fermentation chamber/keg chiller. I also am running an STC-1000 temperature controller. However, I am having troubles with keeping temperatures down. I've done plenty of reading on different methods...

Ill have to use top off water until I upgrade to a 10 gallon pot. Boiling 6.5 gallons in a 7 gallon pot is cutting it a bit close for my liking...

Thanks Guys, I only got about 1.8 gallons from my first runnings, and by the end of the second runnings was at about 5 gallons. I was trying to go more by gravity than volume. I could have kept adding a bit more sparge water but my gravity was getting too low. The reason I went with 6...

Hey all! So I did my first all grain brew yesterday, a bit of a variation on the Cottage House Saison recipe. Here are the specs, as estimated by Beersmith: Total Grains: 11.5 lbs (including 1 pound honey) Estimated Pre-boil volume: 6 Gallon (only 7 gallon pot) Final Volume: 5.25...

Anybody know if its possible to have a dual c02 disconnect set-up coming out of a c02 tank? I have some kegs that are pin lock and some that are ball lock and I don't want to switch lines all the time when carbonating.

No we did not top off at all which is why the OG was significantly higher. But we weren't far off our target volume of 5.25G even though our pre boil volume was 5.25. I just find it odd that no recipes ever take into account amount of LME when determining boil volumes.

Hey all, So I just recently brewed an IIPA. My target volume was 5.25 gallons so I chose to just brew 5.25 gallons as my stove couldnt handle much more. I had top up water ready to go but I notced that once I had the 12 lbs of LME in there, my volume was much higher. At the end of the brew my...

Thanks Yooper. I followed the schedule you gave me but it brought the total IBUs down to like 74. Here's how I revised it 1 oz Columbus @ 60min .5 oz Columbus @15min 1 oz Chinook @ 5min .5 oz Cascade @ 5min .5 oz Chinook @ 0min 1 oz Cascade @0min (.5oz each for dry hopping)...

is 15 minutes to early for aroma/flavour hops? What is the purpose of 30/15 minute additions then? I thought 60 minute additions were for bittering and 30/15 minute additions were aroma additions.

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Hey Everyone, I'm about to brew an IIPA and I'm looking for some major IBU's and aroma. I've got 2 oz Columbus, 2 oz Cascade and 2 oz Chinook. Here's the schedule I've proposed. 1 oz Columbus @ 60min 1 oz Chinook @ 30min .5 oz Cascade @ 30min .5 oz Columbus @15min .5 oz Chinok @15min...

So I just transferred this to secondary. My FG was down to about 1.010, so I'm sitting at about 12% which I'm very happy with. It tastes wonderful. A LOT of straberries (puree) went along when I transferred it. How do I get these to drop to the bottom? They were floating/supsended.

Hey everyone. So I gave it the mead one last stir close to a week ago, it was 1.030. It's been bubbling for a good week so il sure the Gravity has gone down even further. However, it's been im primary for 4.5 weeks now on strawberries. Should I leave it til it stops fermenting or transfer and...

I just ordered a 7.5 gallon kettle. Will positioning it over two burners produce a boil?

Hey guys, Sorry for the lack of updates here. I stirred daily until it got to 1.055 and then I left it for a few days. I checked a few days ago and it was down to 1.040. I gave it one last good stir and closed it back up. I'm really hoping to hit about 1.15 which would give me an 11% mead and...

Hey all, I'm looking at ordering a new brew pot and will either get a 7.5 gallon or 9 gallon. The 9 gallon has fittings for a faucet and thermometer however. I only plan on doing stove top brewing for the next while, but is a 9 gallon pot too big for a stove? I've heard of some people warping...