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So im starting to suspect my local homebrew shop accidentally gave me Munich dark instead of light in the grain bill for my kolsch. I’m a little disappointed but not too upset as it should still be tasty. However, as my inaugural brew at my new house, I was looking for a solid summer kolsch. I...

I think what he meant was that you should start your own introduction with your intentions either on this introduction section of the forum or the market section instead of posting your introduction on someone else's thread.

5251 + 5.5 kolsch + 5.5 pale ale =5262

My pups waited patiently for the spent grains. They love it so much I decided to make some grain bar treats for them. Sadly, they have spent the last two days stinking up my house with dog beer farts. Lol

First brew day at my house on the old brewery was a success. My efficiency is a little low at 71% so I’m going to work on trying to raise it over the summer. But other than that, everything went smoothly. Went with a kolsch recipe I came up with. Hope it turns out good since I’ll need it for the...

I'm a jump in head first kind of guy. I recommend getting the best equipment you can afford from the start. It'll save you a lot of money in the long run over continuous small upgrades until you get where you are happy. Buy once, cry once. The big decisions will be the style you want to brew...

Here is my HERMS system. Thinking about going electric once I get my new garage built.

Cider is now in the fermenter and bubbling away. Now that long aging drinks are done, it’s time to start working on some good beers to brew for the wedding. And to top it off, my dad is coming up from Oregon for the inaugural brew day at my house!

I know phosphoric acid cleans and inhibits further corrosion but I didn’t have any.

If you mean oxalic acid, I’m not sure if it would help. I’ve never heard anything about it passivating sulfuric soaked steel. Might be worth looking into. I use it to bleach wood after I fractal burn it.

I looked all over the shop for phosphoric but couldn’t find any so settled for sulfuric. After that I scrubbed them in running water for a long time but still plan on running some sacrificial grains before the next brew day.

yeah, if I can help it I wont be putting my brewery back in storage ever again. It's going to get a lot of love to make up for the last few years.

That’s a little bit too caustic. I went with the more mild option of sulfuric acid. Lol

That’s what I was looking for but only had sulfuric and chromic acids on hand at the shop.

I couldn’t handle them looking like that. So decided to do a 10% sulfuric acid 90% water bath for 20 min and they came out looking like new.

So my mill was sitting in storage for a couple years. Apparently it still had some grains between the rollers that got wet and corroded them. This is the best I could clean them up after going to town on them with acetone and a wire wheel. All the corrosion is gone but I can’t get rid of the...

I know right? At first I was worried it was going to be stolen since the tweekers around here rob garages and steal anything that's not bolted down. But it was just a nice guy in a nice house in a nice neighborhood. He doesn't brew anymore and wanted to make some room in his garage.

Holy crap that is insane for a first setup. I'm very impressed! I'm building a shop/garage next year and now have changed my end goals. I think you may have set the bar a little high! lol

Very well done! Looks neat and clean both inside and out! :mug: