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because that would mean i have to upgrade my entire house panel, and run wires to this room, which would be very pricey, 10-15K. Running gas lines from a pro cost me $300.

Guess my thread is super boring. If anyone has some any input i'd be happy to hear it. Thanks!

All, I put an addition on the house a few years ago and planned to turn it into a brew room, the room is approx 8x16' feet in size. life got in the way and I am picking up this project again after a long hiatus and I am wondering what ventilation fans folks are using these days? I am currently...

Thanks for that reality check. epoxy it is!

I should add, i'm going to be filling to a depth of about 1/2" seems like i'll need to do 3-4 coats of the epoxies the more I read. Any issues people see with doing this? The other option I am now mulling is to get 6" strips of glass cut from my local hardware store (these could be up to 52"...

All, I'm in the middle of building out a brew room, one wall which butts to my original house exterior has a partial brick covering so i'm going to make a nice shelf out of it. I want to use a bar-top epoxy to cover some of the many caps and coasters I collected when I lived in Germany for a...

All, I'm looking at the spincycle whirlpool arm from Bobby at Brewhardware.com. I'm curious what length of drop folks think I should get for a 15 gallon sanke keggle. I measured it last night and it looks like about 15 inches max of flat side distance on the keggle from the bottom to the top...

I'd clean it with some really concentrated PBW, then boil water in it for a good while (and toss the water) a good 3-5 times and i'd call it good. It's unlikely anything is diffused into the glass, and even it was the boiling step should take care of that.

fork, it's the only way to get some nice topography to hold the butter.

i'd love one of those. entered.

I started dry brining about 5 years ago, so much easier. Just rub a bunch of salt all over the skin tonight, the salt will draw liquid out of the skin, which will then be re-absorbed and the end result is similar to the messy brining process I used to do. Google dry brining and i'm sure you can...

I sometimes have a little extra beer when kegging and may have enough beer for 1-6 bottles depending on the batch. Due to this I transfer with my auto-siphon into a metal pitcher I use for brewing about a half gallon before I fill the keg. I then transfer to the keg with the siphon until the...

Thanks Balrog. I will report the last few years I've moved away from doing 10 gallon overnight mash batches to doing more 5 gallon no-chill batches (with great success BTW). If I have everything ready I can brew 5 gallons from 6-10pm on friday night, then leave the kettle outside overnight to...

yes this works great. I had a thread a few years ago on my experience with this. It worked great for me when I was dealing with limited time and very young kids.

I had the honor of brewing a GABF pro-am entry with a local place this summer. One of the coolest parts of that brew day was something we don't really have the ability to do as a homebrewer, playing with the carb and tastingt he results on the flavor. They had two 7 barrel bright tanks filled...

looks normal to me, the darker krausen is just dried yeast, which happens when the fermentation starts to slow if it's gotten up into the neck of the carboy like that.

Actually I usually use a strain multiple times (probably 4-6 times on average) by saving it in a mason jar. By the third generation with WY2565 I noticed greatly improved clarity in the beer. Likely it's a bit of natural selection as each time I use it the hard to clear yeast gets transferred to...

I love WY 2565 for my kolsch. Takes FOREVER to clear, but damn it makes a good Kolsch.

Silicone tubing comes in different thicknesses, but I doubt even with thinner walled stuff you'd burst it just be recirculating. Since it's not a closed system the only pressure will be from the flow resistance of your re circulation loop.

I just got version 5.3 and compared my mash pH for a moose drool style brew I worked up yesterday on the old version. new version 5.43 old version 5.45, which is pretty much the same in my book. My mash thickness is at 1.72 Qt/pound. my water is quite soft this time of year.