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I just had Ballast Point Even Keel (3.8%) and Founder's All Day IPA (4.7%) and they have similar flavor profiles. I prefer Even Keel - can't believe the hop flavor and body they get with 3.8% ABV. I appreciate that both are actually under 5% ABV...not a fan of 6% "session" IPAs. If you're...

I will sum up my feelings: 1. I hate the base of the BrewBucket Mini. 2. I love my Brewmaster Bucket. 3. Attaching the spigot takes a little getting used to. 4. I recommend the Brew Bucket.

Go Thermaworks - I bought the same CDN one and it broke real quick.

I put a few sanitized glass marbles in there to weigh the bag down

Did you cold crash?

Boil size: 7.4gallons - are you really only getting 5.25 gallons of wort into the fermenter with 7.4 gallons preboil? With my Grainfather, I shoot for 6.8gallons preboil, 6 gallons post, and 5.5 into the fermenter. I'm at sea level so maybe my boil off is different.

This is what I sort of want to try. The only thing I'm worried about is open fermenting the wort with the scoby at the beginning. Sounds like an easy infection. Booch is open fermented, but there are much more simple sugars for scoby's to ferment in booch than in wort, so I'm expecting...

After much research on here and online in general, I have yet to come across a How-To on how to make Kombucha beer. My girlfriend owns a Kombucha company and I work in the beer business (and homebrew) so we are anxious to come up with a collaboration. Doesn't seem like much info online but it...

The only thing I can guess is that the oxidiation is a result of filling bottles. Do you know how long after you bottled your entries that the judges tried them? I have an entry into a competition that I submitted 45 days ago and the results don't come out for another 3 weeks. I have no idea...

You really should wait until fermentation stops naturally. Especially if you're bottling. Reason being that yeast will clean up off flavors towards the end of fermentation. Also if you bottle beers that aren't done fermenting, you could be creating bottle bombs. Reaching FG in 7 days is...

Does that mean no?

You ever make your way out to Orange County? I would take one off your hands for $35 if so.

This is what I do now except I use about 2 gallons and just empty back into my reusable bucket. I hate rolling this thing around the ground and hoping everything is getting covered. Also I don't have a un-drilled stopper so I always get some leakage out of the lid port. In thinking about maybe...

Ss Brewbucket owners: what is your process when sanitizing your fermenter on brew day? I have my own process that I am not fond of and I'm looking for an easier way. I have the Brewmaster BrewBucket (7g).

it's really human hair from the child you kidnapped last year?

Are you doing big whirpool additions after the boil? Many commercial breweries are no longer adding ANY hops during the boil, and just doing one massive whirpool addition. This provides much of the hop flavor we are now accustomed to in IPAs - and does lead to a little aroma as well. Then they...

My CFC only gets my wort to about 80 degrees in the summer and uses a TON of water to do so. I'm thinking about maybe chilling the wort to around 120 - 150 degrees, putting into my brewbucket, and throwing into my ferm chamber to drop it to ferm temp. Does anyone see any issues with this other...

Brewed this last friday. Had to add some magnum at 60 minutes because my AA's on the Columbus and Simcoe were too low. Added Simcoe and Columbus at 5 minutes though, and substituted Citra for Mosaic. Excited to see how this bad boy turns out, especially since I almost always whirpool my IPAs.

Whoever is in the Facebook user groups probably saw this already but a new controller was (sort of) announced. They are sending it out to beta testers in NZ now. Will have step mashes, Bluetooth connectivity to phone, and some other stuff. They emailed info to someone who wasn't supposed to...

After someone had told in the GF Facebook group that he had emailed them and inquired about an upgraded controller, I decided to email them as well. The first guy was told that there may be one coming out this year. I got a reply that said the development team is looking at doing something with...