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A machinist at my work is making a grain mill for me from a plan I found online. Right now only one of the two rollers will turn via a drill. The rollers will ride on sleeve bearings. How important is it that the 2nd wheel be powered? I have literally $0 in this thing so far and hate to...

A buddy and I own the barrel and each have 15 gallon shares, we have give 5-10 gallon shares to a couple of friends. Sunday we drain the Wee Heavy and put in Denny's Imperial Vanilla Porter.

Pretty much exactly what I ended I up doing. I used about a 1/2 pack, put it on my stir plate with a bit of clean water for about 1/2 hour. Put this in the bucket with priming sugar solution and racked beer on top, got a very good swirl during transfer. Now, when I bottle 53 gallons of Wee...

I have a Russian Imperial Stout that has been sitting for about 10 months. Plan to bottle today. It is a 5 gallon batch. I have been told to add some proofed, dry yeast to the bottling bucket. How much dry yeast should I add? Doing this today, any info is greatly appreciated. Lakedawgs

Howdy Putting a couple of weldless bulkheads in an HLT keg and have seen many posts using one oring in the inside and other posts using two orings; one on inside and one on outside. I'm leaning toward using only one on the inside. Tell me which is better and why. Thanks much, Lakedawgs

We have two bottling spigots on our buckets like you do but put the bottling wands on the spigots with only a couple of inches of tubing. Put the full bottling bucket on a milk crate on the table, wants hang off the side and away we go. Very easy and your only cost and construction is to buy...

I want to build a cold room/fermentation chamber. Me and a buddy need to get a better handle on temp control during fermentation. I am thinking 4'x7'. I have a window unit A/C and temp controller. This will go in my garage and be made with 2" insulation board with roll insulation sandwiched...

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HI 2nd year garden, hops are growing pretty good. Starting to produce some nice cones. Cannot figure out why some of the leaves are faded in color. Any thoughts are appreciated. Matt

Thanks, This is what I was thinking on both, but was not sure. Some mills have a single wheel adjustment for sure. I, like you, have not had a chance to inspect one yet. I have the roller shaft knurled, just need to cut it in two pieces and mill the ends. I have a machinist at my company helping...

I am building a dual roller grain mill and have a couple of questions about specifics. I have read a handful of good DIY threads and have my rollers knurled. Couple of things I am not solid on. 1) Most mills I see use an dual eccentric knob setup to adjust the gap of the rollers. Can someone...

Brent and Jason have stepped away from the business leaving Adam as the sole proprietor.

Careful capping so hard as unionrdr said. I have actually broken the neck off a bottle while capping too hard, scary stuff.

About to get a case or two of Heady Topper in a couple of weeks. What is the best way to preserve the beer for optimal yeast harvest from the can? Keep the beer in the fridge or keep it at room temp? Thanks

You are perfectly fine. You over shot your OG and your abv% will be a bit higher, no problem at all. You apparently got good extraction, congrats.

Chris White and Jamil's book, Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation. Personally, I have learned more from that book than any other regarding brewing.

We were just there for an event a couple of weeks ago (from Indiana). I really liked Revolution Brewing's, 'Anti-Hero IPA' and 'Eugene Porter', both outstanding beers. Also, 3 Floyds in Munser, IN (not too far) is a must visit. If you are a hop head, you will find nirvana here.

RM-MN is correct, start with a kit for sure. Great way to get the basic process down. Good Luck

That does look like a cool event, we'll be there.

Interesting thought. Without getting too technical, hops are loosely based on aroma or bittering. I am more interested in aroma hops, but any info someone can give would be appreciated.