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MoreBeer is great too. I bought all of my supplies from them for several years before my LHBS opened up. I still use them and a couple of others occasionally. I watch for sales since I retired and they have some good ones from time to time. As an aside, Williams gets $3.99 or less for almost...

Their yeast prices are very reasonable and they have $6.99 flat rate shipping. As a rule their prices are very competitive overall. I generally order several packets and fill the order in with other odds and ends. By doing this, even considering shipping it saves me money vs. my LHBS. I quit...

I get all of my yeast here: https://www.williamsbrewing.com/default.aspx

I just find the krausen often remains for a few days after active fermentation subsides and then is slow to flocculate and drop clear. I use a proper pitch rate and a temperature controlled environment that I set to between 64 and 66F when using US-05. I get much better results with Mangrove...

Sounds like US-05. Tell him to be patient and it will drop eventually. Sometimes swirling the fermenter gently helps too.

I use a false bottom to keep the bag off the bottom of the kettle so it doesn't get burnt if I need to apply some heat during the mash.

Just out of curiosity: Over a period of time I noticed that the weight measurements of the CaCl I was using appeared to be shrinking in volume. I figured it was due to moisture absorption and started measuring it rather than weighing. Is this a viable solution to the moisture problem at the home...

I'm with BigEd. Single infusion at 152. I wouldn't even bother with the mash out. With a 3 gallon batch size, by the time you screwed around with it you'd be at, or very close to, a boil and the enzymes would be long gone.

Boil for 10 to 15 minutes with a bit of salt in the water. When you pull the pan off of the burner put it in the sink and run cold water into it for 2 or 3 minutes. Drain off about half of the water and top off with ice. Once the eggs have soaked for 5 or 10 minutes they usually peel easily. If...

The best pickled eggs I have ever tasted were done by dropping the boiled and peeled eggs in the juice from home grown pickled beets with red onions. We also save the juice from pickled jalapenos and use that.

I use a Frigidaire 14cf fridge, a Ranco 2 stage digital controller and a thermowell. Got the fridge new at Lowes for about $235. It was freight damaged, but nothing affecting performance and, unless you know what to look for you'd never find it. It came with the factory warranty. I can...

For BIAB you should have a kettle that's twice your batch size. A bit bigger is even better. I use a 14 gallon kettle and do 5.5 gallon batches.

Easiest and cheapest way is to do a starter for one batch and harvest yeast from it to use in the second batch. If you do this you'll only be using about 1/4 of the harvested yeast and can save the remainder for future batches.

There are 2 different efficiency numbers most brewers are concerned with. Mash efficiency is the percentage of available sugars you extract from the grains. Brewhouse efficiency is the percentage that actually makes it into the fermenter. As for efficiency numbers being useful when brewing...

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Starsan works fine with hard water. The only problem is that it wont remain effective for nearly as long as it will when mixed with distilled or RO water. I used it with my tap water for several years without a problem, but mixed fresh for every batch I brewed. If I was also bottling within a...

Doc put me on a low carb diet a couple of years ago. I lost about 30 lbs. without giving up whiskey and beer. I quit eating potatoes rice, pasta and bread. Well. almost. I cheat once a week. Got used to it pretty quickly. Nothing wrong with living on BBQ and beer. Veggies and fruit provide...

Mix the nutrient with a little sterile water prior to adding to the must.

Copper is a much better conductor so does a better job of heat transfer.

Where are you shutting off the gas at?