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Hey Guys, new brewer here with 2 brews under my belt. I need advice on how to manage the temperatures of both brews in my fermentation chamber. Brew #1: Zombie Dust Clone, brewed on 1/11. Using WLP002. Has been at around 68* (fermometer) for the entire fermentation, got up to 70 at one...

Maybe you lose out on contact with the bartender, but at the place I have been to, lots of patrons who didn't know eachother were excitedly discussing the beers in their hands and recommending beers. It's a lot of fun and a great communal environment. I wish I had thought of this :(

I don't go for the experience. I go to try 40 craft beers for $25. If I wanted to do that at a bottle shop, it would cost me a ridiculous amount of money.

There's a place like this in San Diego called Barrel Republic. They already opened multiple other locations, the concept is kind of blowing up. I absolutely love the place. Half the places I go to, the bartenders have no desire to chat anyways. Barrel Republic has like 40 beer taps, 10 wine...

BeerAdvocate has the most users, but you can't post for the first 30 days of signup. Reddit and ratebeer.com have trading sections too. There is a Trading section in the forums on this site that you could start with. Just go to Forums and click on "Sampling and Critiquing and Beer...

I don't know if you've explored online beer trading yet, but you now have some great bargaining chips. Pliny and RR sours can net you some hard to get beers that aren't available in your market. I live in CA and was able to trade some plinys for Zombie Dust, Heady Topper, etc. of course, I have...

I'm using one for the first time. I really dislike the silicone bottom. I'm not sure why they did it, must have been a cost cutting move but not sure. Every time you move the fermenter, it's kind of a PITA. That being said, I love everything else about it. I haven't racked to a keg yet so can't...

The Blichmann BrewEASY? You so lazy :)

I just Brewed my first batch ever and was able to do a 2.5 gallon batch. I ended up boiling too long because i couldn't get the cooler hooked up to my sink so it ended up as a 2 gallon batch. So yeah you can do small batches.

Love the tap handles, nice work.

Yeah I'm liking the looks of that.

Extract recipe at bottom of first post: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=303478

Anyone here use an IC instead of the provided CFC? I'm tempted to try it as lots of people are hyping up a recirculating IC these days. It seems so much easier, and you could use a basic IC with the grainfather pump providing the whirpool/recirc. Would be nice for me as I'm going to be doing a...

Yeah, the stopper kept either wanting to pop out, or seemed like it could fall in as well. I was able to shake it pretty well, but this was my first brew in history and I'm being paranoid. Thanks guys, will look into the Oxygen route probably, depending on how this batch does. Also, pretty...

So I have a couple minis and I did my first brew with one last night. Anyone have any tips/advice on aerating in this thing? I put the stopper in, which I wrapped in sanitized tin foil to cover the hole. I did my best to shake it for 5 minutes but it wasn't easy. I don't have the ability to...

US version doesn't beep or read HH. My plate is warped (concave) as well, I don't know for sure if one way is easier than the other. I have as much trouble as you getting the bottom plate in. I've heard someone recommend spraying some star San mixture on it. I think I'm gonna try that next...

Overreaction panic first brew. Ignore.

From my research, conventional wisdom states that DMS starts building back up in the wort as it sits at high temps after the boil. I think this is one of those widely accept wives tales that has been debunked in recent years. But as far as I can tell, there are still many people who think you...

I was supposed to get the basket this week. Now that I know it's not coming for a while, it's time to do some jerry-riggin'!

Gahhh this is torture. Got my GF on 12/24 and still haven't been able to use it because of the dented grain basket and I'm probably not getting the replacement for 1-2 weeks. Everyone stop posting about their brews, ok?