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I love my Barley Crusher. I just did my third batch with it today.

You can save $5 and make beer or you can spend an extra $5 and make the beer you wanted to make. If I were wanting to make a Belgian Strong, I would use the correct yeast.

A plastic Milk Crate would be perfect for this.

I'm on a well here in Rock Hill and I haven't had my water tested. I'm suspecting a little high in carbonates but not really "hard" I have lately started adding a little gypsum for my IPA's and it's made a huge difference in hop flavor and aroma. I'm working on a keg of a single hop...

I love Beersmith! The only thing I don't care for is the yeast tab. I calculate everything out on yeastcalc. Other than that, you can tweak it to get your numbers exact. I always hit my temps and gravities. One of the best things about it other that just the recipe calcultors is just...

I think more than anything else, temperature control is the key to being able to "control" fermentation and get the best that the yeast can offer. Take WLP500, for example. Depending on the temperature range that you ferment, it will give you totally different character through 3-4 ranges. I...

Awesome!! You have fermenting beer! Relax, that's perfectly normal. Give it 2-3 weeks and all of that stuff will drop out. Be patient, leave it alone and your beer will reward you!

Ok...the real question is why your Mom gave you duct tape for your birthday!!! :D Seriously, that's a great idea and one I will implement asap! :mug:

Once you "pull" the trigger in, it is constant on. The dial on the trigger (it's kind of hard to see, but notice the round piece on the trigger), allows you to adjust the speed (RPM). This is a low RPM drill so you can really dial in the speed to whatever RPM you want and get the crush you...

The drill has a threaded hole for a handle on the top (bottom in the picture since it's upside). I used a bolt with the same threads, drilled a hole in the table and used some washers to shim to the right height. Very solid mount. That drill has a variable speed dial that you can adjust while...

Soviet, I just kicked a keg of a Belgian Blond that I used WLP500 on. This yeast would not drop out for anything! 4 Weeks in primary and then 3 weeks in the keg at "set it and forget it" pressure. After the 3 weeks carbing, it was still cloudy like yours. I warmed up some water in the...

I just got this all set up and have used it once. I'm lovin' it!

I have about $150.00 in this setup. Very happy with it!

I just did the same recipe. I let it sit in the primary almost a month. The highest I raised the temperature was to 70. I cold crashed for two weeks (after primary) and it never cleared. I went ahead and kegged and let it sit on the gas for three weeks and it still didn't clear. The WLP500...

that is one cool stand!

I got lucky and went to two stores and found 1 drill of the old style with the rotary speed dial. I did the same setup as you did and it works awesome. Plus I had one of the 25% off coupons so I think it was like $32.

Check this out: http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shop/dry-yeast/belgian-ale-m27/ This may be what you are looking for.

I always preheat my MLT (HD Cooler) with with a couple of gallons of HOT tap water. I measure the temp of the grain and the temp of the inside of the MLT. I use Beersmith so I enter those numbers and get a pretty accurate calculation of my strike water temp. Then I add all but about a...

I got a 40 on an Arrogant bastard clone that I entered as an old ale. Didn't place.

Are you putting an airlock on your flask? The reason most people (I may be wrong here) use foil is that we want the starter wort to have access to oxygen to get the cell walls of the yeast strong and ready to take on a more harsher environment. "Stuff" usually wont fall "up" into a starter...