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I have not used one of those but if I ever managed to break my thermapen, I would immediately buy a new one. They are pricey but worth every penny, in my opinion.

I recently cracked my 6 gallon glass carboy while pitching a starter. I poured in the starter and quickly uprighted the flask. The bottom edge whacked the carbon and spread a horizontal crack about 6 inches long. I managed to save it by siphoning into a different vessel. I’m done with...

A lot of pre-packaged hash browns have oil in them(I think). Which can probably lead to some problems. You might be better just off using potatoes.

I've used this yeast recently and I noticed that it settles at the bottom of the fermenter in a really dense layer. You may just need to give it a gentle stir to get the yeast back in suspension to speed things up, maybe up the temp a little.

Just finished Brewing orfys boddington clone

You could use vodka in the air lock

The acudilated malt lowers the ph and you might end up with lower mash efficiency as a result. The point of adding it late is to let the conversion take place before that lactic acid gets in there and messes with the ph. Then it's added late to "sour" the mash. I followed that procedure...

I have that chest freezer. The inside is 15 1/4" x 22 3/4". And with a collar you can jam at least 3 corny kegs in it...of course if you do that the co2 tank needs to go on the outside.

I had a similar problem with 2 batches and I turned out that my thermometer was off by a lot. Did you calibrate it at your mash temp by comparing it to another thermometer? I found that my bad thermometer was pretty accurate at boiling point but was off by over 10* in the 150-160 range. I...

I brewed this once before. It was an extract kit with steeping grains from Northern Brewer. It was a few years ago and I remember it being a lot darker than the picture on the website. It was one of my favorite beers and it was especially good with a splash of Makers Mark.