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You will need a breaker sized to the feed wire. If you run 10 guage, you dont want to be running a 50 amp breaker. I would consider running a 50amp with correct wire to your garage, and then a 30gfci out of another panel to your setup. Then you can have a bit extra for lighting, etc. Otherwise...

I am about to try some 6 gallon better bottles for the first time, to go with my glass carboys. Glass is heavy, a bit more work to clean from the shape, fragile. But you can see the fermentation going on, they will last pretty much for your lifetime, they clean up "better" without scratching...

As a firefighter, glad you are ok. Any plastic equipment may have smell and stains that wont go away. Give it some time, try the sunlight as above, etc. I would think metal should be cleanable. Best guess on beer is yeast may slow down during lower temps, "should" pick up again when warmed a...

I have only done one smoked type years ago, before I recently got back into homebrewing anything besides mead. I think it was a peat smoked malt, somewhere between 4 and 8oz in a 5 gallon. For me it was a bit much, though I think it was the peat and not so much the smoke. You could try smoking...

Bobby_M is correct, and since ice usually isnt free, how do you figure how much ice you need? The easy way is, figure 8 lbs if ice per gallon of wort to get from 212f to 70f or less, this is very close. Another way is, ice takes 144 btus of heat input to melt, then 1 btu per pound to raise the...

I am using an 8 gallon stainless, happy with it but I havent done an all grain yet. Many people use aluminum and are fine with it. It takes less heat input to get your wort boiling, better heat transfer. Harder to clean properly, easier scratching, less money. You could start boiling your AG...

I seem to usually have Session Black around.

Business dress can look hot I think, dont need dresses.

Hello all Threw some porter-ish stuff in the pot last weekend, nice color in carboy, coming around nicely. But, what is it? Descriptions for both brown ale and porter have some similarities, at least to me. Here is what I made: 5 gallons 5 lbs light DME 1 lb amber DME 3 oz black...

Of all the posts so far I would have to try that squash soup, with bacon in it. Maybe trade habenero for serrano.

Good to know. I think I was using scorching or burning as carmelizing, leaving out the "why bread turns to toast" part. My bad.

I also dont like alot of sweetness in my beers. I leave crystal malt out of most recipes, add in a bit of sugar (I make mead so i usually use honey)during the last 5 minutes or so of boil so I know it is clean. DME or LME, both can carmelize in boil; LME may be more likely to, as it sinks to...

Mine was a 6 gallon batch raspberry light ale with about 5 lbs of berries, didnt have blowoff tube, just lighty sat bubbler on glass carboy. Doing fine first day, next bubbler had slowed down alot. Thinking it may be clogged I leaned over slowly removed bubbler from stopper, and pop out came...

This doesnt answer your question, but it will bump it to the top anyway. I was/am considering a small amount in a porter, I will watch replies here with interest. I have never tried apple juice in a beer, sounds interesting. Would your recipe be ready by xmas, i may have to try it. Are you...

I added 1 oz of black patent and 2 oz of midnight wheat to mine, about 4 1/2 gallons. Maybe it will be a pale black but it has some color anyway, it is an experiment. Which I suppose all new recipes are.

I would consider dry hopping.

Here is what I would do. MAKE SURE POWER IS UNPLUGGED, then hook the cord connections right to the heating element. Plug back in. If element heats it is working, if it doesnt, it isnt. Check for voltage going to element, to check if it threw a breaker. This will eliminate the element as a variable.

Hello all I dont mind a bit of haze in my glass, but if I wanted a nice clear IPA, will finings strip out much hop flavor and/or aroma? Can finings be used after primary has slowed down, then dry hop? After dry hop? Eric

Anyone done an experiment to see how much pressure yeast can produce, say if you fermented in a sealed corny? What affect does pressure have on the yeast life cycle? Will it stop at a given pressure? Does different pressure affect flavor, byproducts etc? Does beer fermented at sealevel beer...

Hello all I made a couple batches on Sunday, the notty batch is doing the usual foam overflow, the Safale us05 has great bubbler action that started a few hours before the notty, but minimal foam. Are notty and safale us05 the same? Is it normal for great bubbler activity but minimal...