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One thing that helped improve my beer ended up being very unintentional. At one point I was backed up by about 40 gallons. What this did for me was not force me to be patient, but not have to worry about getting my beer ready to drink to quick. I ended up letting beers sit for as long as 6...

I have homemade stir plates and had the same issue when i started using 1 gallon growlers for my starter vessels. At the time my magnet was about 1/4 to 3/8 inch below the vessel. So I raised the magnet up so it is almost flush with the base of the stir plate housing. Now all i do is drop the...

I think if my wife ever told me I think/talk to much about beer then I would agree. But to this day she has yet to say that. As much as I talk and involve myself in the hobby she supports me and is actually more and more interested and gets involved in the hobby. A lot of my time goes...

I try and build things as much as possible. I do take price into consideration and if I can find it cheaper I will buy it. But one thing I do is search for free things to use. I am always surprised at what people are willing to give away or even sell/trade for almost nothing. Yeah...

I received my regulator and cleaner yesterday no issues shipping only took 2 days

not sure if this could be your problem but i had an issue with my water. The water (tap) i use for cleaning when i rinse it off would leave a ton of mineral deposits on all my equipment. Not sure if this could harbor bacteria in it or not, but to relieve the issue after i rinse everything off...

really like the WL001 for my hoppier beers. The WL004 and 013 work for my porters and stouts. I always have some 05 on hand as well. yesterday however i brewed a stout and tried using 04 for the first time maybe this will add to one of my favorites.

+1 on the trap. I made one out of white wine and apples in a bowl with the plastic wrap and within a few hours almost all of the FF's were gone. Also for your air lock you can put a piece of plastic wrap loosely around it with a gumband to snug it up near the bottom or if its in a carboy...

the southern tier pumking and the arcadia jaw jacker were my 2 favorite pumpkins, but this year i think both have fallen off a bit. Not sure why the ones i got were bad but the arcadia was bad tasting and the ST was just not how i remembered it. So now i am gonna say that the punkin ale by...

i ordered the co2 double regulator that was on sale for 45 and some line cleaner that was on sale for 5 and all went well. Well i guess ill find out if all went well in a few days. -ordered from them before and never had a problem

your gonna luv kegging. Its a huge time saver, easier cleaning and for some reason it is just awesome pouring your own beer out of a tap. With that being said for about a year I kegged almost all of my beers and bottled maybe 2 or 3 batches. But recently I have gotten back into bottling. I...

I don't have one near me but I hear a lot of people getting RO water from a dispenser at their grocery store. They talk about it costing I think around 30 cents or so a gallon. If you had that option I would go that route. I buy RO in gallon jugs and sometimes split it with my tap water that...

+1 for the oxy or PBW soak. Some of my dirtiest fermenters still only needed an overnight soak. I rarely use anything to scrub my equipment with. And if I do I use a sponge or soft rag. As far as getting rid of a yeast strain I would think either one would do the job. But if not if you...

brewing 10 gallons of American stout this afternoon and picking up 10 gallons of fresh crushed grapes tonight for my first wine batch.

Thanks for all the great info everyone. I did a bit more research on the glass cooktops after reading the posts. Main thing I came across was not using a pot that goes more than 1-2 inches beyond the burner depending on what the manufacture says. The other thing is how much weight to put on...

Man that sucks that people can be so ignorant. Agree that all those decisions are personal and not even sure why somebody else would care what your decisions are.

Thanks for the tips TexasWine. Really like using the oven sure hope my pot fits.

I was looking into getting a BIAB set up inside my kitchen. I wanted to use my stove and assist it with an electric heating element. I would be doing 5 gallon batches, full boil. I looked on my stove and could not find any BTU ratings for the burners but it is a glass cook top. I tried a...

Should work ok but they won't last long if you are just pouring straight from the tap. I would say at most a couple of days.

I have a set up very similar and works great. I have a herms system. The only difference between the 2 is mine has a piece of copper tubing in the HLT to recirc wort through from the mash. This helps to greatly control mash temps. Also the wort is clear when ready to transfer to the BK. You...