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In my opinion the quality of the output of your brewing process is defined by how well you hit your temperatures, volumes and how sanitary the overall process is. If you hit your temperatures and volumes in a sanitary environment you will have good beer! The previous was a cut and paste from...

Man **** ale? Hormone altering chemicals are suspected of being a reason why men are now getting man ****s. This includes a common chemical Bisphenol A (BPA), which is found in a range of plastics. I would be very careful even with the "food safe" ones due to the heat, pH etc in the mash tun...

Download some brewing software and let it do your calculations. In my opinion this is the only way you will ever get repeatable results without a bunch of hand calculations. Hand calculations get a bit fuzzy sometimes when under pressure brewing and enjoying a beer or two. Although written...

I too got by with 120 volts for a while when living in a place with no 240 access. Some tips. -Use the maximum wattage element you can without blowing the breaker -Use a second or third outlet in your house to be able to run all elements at once, i.e. find which outlets are on different...

Yea it looks a bit coarse to me. Are those intact grains intact, or are they broken on the inside of the husk and just not broken open? If those grains are intact, this is a horrible crush. I have some notes and photos of the crush I look for here on my website. It may help us a bit if...

10 Gallons of my Bitchin' Blonde Ale kicking off in a few hours!

Tell us about that oatmeal stout recipe!

I am brewing this as I post! Just finished the 122 rest, headed for 153. BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: Birthday Beer #10 Brewer: Dustin Norlund Asst Brewer: Style: Oktoberfest/Marzen TYPE: All Grain Taste: (35.0) Recipe Specifications...

To all of those who have emailed me or contacted me through my website, no I do not have a video version of this.... but YES, I will work on a video version of this guide. I am going to brew an Oktoberfest here soon and will record the video with that brew. I am sure it will take me a few...

Are you sure your drill was running in the correct direction during all of this? The fact you changed bits and had the same occur makes me think you are running backwards.

I have recently cloned a local beer that is made from Citra hops. The clone turned out almost dead on. I would not be scared of any of the cat piss stories or anything else, use the hops as you normally do, calculate your IBUs as normal and shoot for what your target is, do not worry about the...

l put together a quick video on how to replace o rings in corney kegs. I hope those of you who are thinking of kegging or are needing to replace o rings find this helpful. It is on youtube, but I could not get the embed to work here for some reason. The link below takes you to the video...

Thank you all for the feedback I have got, I have fixed many of the typos you have pointed out. I welcome any more input on errors, this is large content and new!

The first thing that should be looked at is the grain crush, water quality, pH, drain time, etc are all secondary. Who crushed the grains? Have you used the mill before? Here is how I crush and some information on what I look for in the crush. See this link to my My Brew Day Preparation Cheers

I see you are wanting to start all grain, I put together an All Grain HERMS "How To" you may enjoy and learn from. Have a look here: How to Brew All Grain With HERMS, a How To Guide Table of Contents: PT 1 - About My System PT 2 - Brew Day Preparation PT 3 - Mashing PT 4 - Mash Out and...

You may take a quick look at my system in the links below, this also includes the overall brew day flow. I think you may pick up some ideas for how you want your system to be setup based on my HERMS brew day. My system has been modified over 13 years of brewing experience for quality and ease...

I get numerous questions via my web site asking 'HOW TO' do various steps of the brewing process with my HERMS system. Over the years I have been negligent about responding to each and every one who has emailed. To make up for those I have not responded to I have put together a 15,000+ word...

With RIMS you have many options for a non traditional sparge. For myself I have found that I like to add my sparge water at temperature, stir the mash a bit, then recirc for 10 to 15 minutes. After this pump to boil and finish boiling. Over 13 years I have found this to be a good mix of...

Due to the lack of a homebrewing club north of Toronto serving those of us in the Barrie, Collingwood, Orillia, and surrounding area we have founded one! Click the link below to get to our facebook page. If you live in the area click the like button so you will be updated for our next...