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First brew day went great right up until... Cooling. The pump simply could not pump through the chiller. Never even used the damn thing before. Tried all of the tricks I read about short of the bike pump (don't have one that fits it). I don't know what could be stuck in there having never...

Thanks, Ed! A couple of questions: - I've seen that some folks added clamps in a few spots. Are there common recommendations here? I think I saw one at the filter and one at the cooler intake (or was it the outlet?). - How are people getting water out of the counterflow chiller to ensure it's...

Warning: Nothing interesting here, just another person saying they bought the Grainfather. Read on if you want a little story. I've been eyeballing the Grainfather and similar systems for years. My first electric brew was in an apartment over 8 years ago. I'd been brewing for years, but had...

When I lived in New England, I kept an extra bucket of the cheap calcium chloride used to melt ice on your driveway around. Scoop some of that into a bowl and it absorbs all the moisture. You'll know when to replace it when it's basically jelly. In California those buckets don't exist and it's...

I've had an Inkbird ITC-310T sitting in a closet for about 1.5 years. Never used it. I bought one "just in case" something happened with my main PID temperature controller. Welp, my thermocouple crapped out and I couldn't find the other. So I plugged in the Inkbird. Very easy to set up and...

I'm going to be dry hopping in a keg with some cryo hops for this batch and almost randomly found this thing looking at a thread about something completely different on a different website. About 15 minutes later, I ordered one. Seems like it'll be the perfect device for this purpose.

Money sent to @bigdawg86. Looks like we're good to go here. Thanks!

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I've had one of these for a couple of years and it stopped me from getting a plate or counterflow setup. I really like bringing the entire temperature of the wort down out of the danger zone quickly. Mine starts lagging around 100F because our groundwater is around 80, so I'm finally going to...

That Silver Serpent looks pretty good. Pretty busy at work right now and I'm not sure I can even meet halfway at the moment (Corona?).

Looking for a wort chiller to use as a pre-chiller. Preferably $30 or less.

This is a great yeast. It's very versatile, but that comes at a price. If you don't control your fermentation, you're rolling the dice. I used WLP002 for Sunday's brew, which is basically a malty porter. My applicable technique for this one: - Start a 1.5L starter early morning with the stir...

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Price will vary by item. Let me know if you want any of it. Local pickup in Orange County only. I no longer bottle and have upgraded a few pieces over time, so some of this stuff is taking up space. Most can be seen in the picture. - Aquarium Pump Aerator: I use pure oxygen now, so I don't...

Irish Red - All-Grain Recipe Kit

Frankly, this recipe is as yet untested. I’ll try to update this post with taste notes in a few months when the beer is ready. I’m brewing tomorrow. Mad Alchemist Savage Stout is a not-to-style dry stout that utilizes rye and oak cubes sanitized in rye whiskey. It is intended to be a...

That sounded way more douchey than I meant it to.

My brother is newly back into brewing. When we first started brewing together 10 years ago or so, we racked to secondary like good little soldiers. He hasn't brewed for about 9 years and started talking about racking to secondary. So I hit him back with a really long email that became a blog...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1047041389/california-brew-masters-book-project This is a project I backed because I think it's pretty cool and I like supporting this type of thing. The interviews with some of the top talent in the industry today are worth it to me, and the pictures are...

Incredibly Short Version: I brewed in a bag for about a year (2010-2011), then switched to a more traditional homebrewing method and have never looked back. BIAB Negatives Cleaning the fine mesh is something I never successfully mastered. You will invariably end up with some grain in the...