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Anything from Bear Republic, Heretic, Moonlight, or Knee Deep in the Bay. In So-Cal; Ballast Point, Lost Abbey, Green Flash and the Bruery.

Did you put it back in the pitcher of water to see where the leak is coming from?

A couple of quick things first, What was the makeup of the grain? You said it had rye but how much and what other specialty grains? Rye has a max yeild of 63% while two row is closer to 80%. If the grist was 40-50% rye this makes a huge difference. What temperature was the water/wort when...

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Put your mash tun on a table or chair and both burners on the ground. You can pump from the HLT up to the mash. You can pump from mash to kettle as well, but could also gravity drain. With batch sparging you could also just have a single tier. You can pump from each vessel to the next without...

To help find your issues, more information is needed. What was the gravity of your first runnings? What was your pre boil volume? At what Temperature? What was your pre boil gravity? How much liquid was left in the mash tun after reaching pre boil volume? What was the gravity of that wort? What...

Stir bar size only really matters in that it matches up with your magnet placement. I.E. if your magnets are 1" apart, you need a 1" bar. If your stir bar is off center as you describe (with one leg looking longer than the other when spinning) then it sounds like your bar is too long for your...

1. High enough to drain into the next vessel. Including from the boil kettle into the fermenter. Mine is a little taller than that in case I want to get bigger kettles someday. 2. Same as Yooper I have a false bottom from Jaybird at Norcal Homebrew Solutions. 3. I have a sightglass on my hot...

I have a three-tier gravity fed system that uses three sankey kettles. I do not heat my MLT. In the winter (sub freezing outdoor temps) I wrap the MLT in a moving blanket secured with a ratchet strap and don't lose more than a degree during my hour mash. For several brew days this summer I did...

There isn't an iPad app. You should be able to download the iPhone app to your iPad without buying it again. However, I just use the website through chrome on my iPad--it is more functional and easy to use on my iPad mini.

Crystal (malt or hops)

Here is a good calculator for this method. http://www.brewersfriend.com/gyle-and-krausen-priming-calculator/ You should freeze the unfermented wort, not keep it in the fridge. Otherwise you are just asking for infection. When you are ready to bottle, thaw it out and boil for 10-15 minutes to...

I would just make the starter now. Without yeast in it, that wort is just asking for infection. If you make the starter now, you can chill it when it is done until your brew day, then decant the spent starter beer and pitch.

Kegs. I ferment in 15.5 gallon sankeys, but lots of people do it in cornys too.

Your plan is solid. Once it is carbonated it can sit untouched for years I'd you want. You should check it occasionally just to make sure it doesn't leak. Don't just purge and store. That CO2 will absorb and the keg might open up and expose the beer to air.

Put the racking cane all the way in (in an empty fermenter of you can) and mark on the outside of the cane where that is. Assume the yeast cake is the same thickness as in your carboy. Position the racking that far up from the bottom using your mark's distance from the carboy cap as a guide...

Yes, I have done up to a 4.5 L starter in my 5L flask on my stirplate with no issues. I use a 1" stirbar and my stirplate is just like the simple one in the DIY forum. It does not spin as much as my 2L flask, but it keeps the yeast in suspension without a problem.

If you are sure you will during the keg in 1-2 days, here is what I would do: Option One: Cut the valve stem from an old bike tire and insert it into a piece of tubing and clamp. Hook the other end of the tubing to a gas disconnect for your keg. Use a bike pump to pressurize your keg and...

I occasionally run both heat and cool at the same time, but usually unplug the freezer when it is cold enough in my garage to only need heat. Condensation is an issue, DampRid is your friend. Keep the lamp and cords high in your freezer and you shouldn't have any problems.

Why are you not comfortable with a light bulb, but you would be comfortable with a reptile heater or space heater in the same space? I ferment in sanke kegs in a chest freezer and use a 100 watt incandescent light bulb. No paint can or anything, just a regular lamp like this...