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I bought a 3/4" x 18" water heater connector instead of the 1/2" diameter... Will this still work or should I go look for a 1/2"? http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100261679/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 Just seems real big compared to the fittings that will...

New to all grain and trying to get all of my equipment ready for my first batch. I have a ten gal rubbermaid cooler that i will be converting into a mashing/lauter tun. My question is, is this fairly standard practice? To mash in the lauter tun? Reading on the process, I've got the impression...

http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/catalogsearch/result/?q=Valve&x=0&y=0 Wasn't too impressed with the prices here and was looking to do this on the cheap without shipping costs ect. Thanks for the link kh

I am trying to swap out the spigot on my 10 gal cooler to convert it into a pretty nice lautering tun. My home brew store charges somewhere around 30 bucks for a ball valve with a barb. Being cheap, and trying to lesson the costs to appease SWMBO I figured this looks easy enough to find ay my...

Tried my first partial mash and ended up not getting much sugars from it, so I am much lower for my OG than I expected. I have some Belgian sugar that I could boil cool and add to the carboy,but would this alter the flavor? Thanks

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I agree with the above posts. I used to do more secondary transfers, but I am leaning more towards leaving it in my primary for a good 3-4 weeks regardless. You will always have bubbles in my opinion. I've never had a beer completely stop bubbling. I've had it being extremely slow, but FG...

I'm making a homemade Belgian Tripel. The OG was measured at 1.080. It's a test batch, about 2.5 gal, but I used the entire yeast package (so, in essence I double pitched). The krausen was pretty dense and it started fermenting like crazy. It has settled down quite a bit, but the krausen...

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That actually sounds like a much better idea- leave the coils on the backside and put a coating of sheet metal to help decrease the heat. I was unsure of the whole physics involved- how the metal cools the coils versus using wood- but makes sense that wood is a better insulator. The...

In reference to this post: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/fermentation-cabinet-67542/ I am thinking of doing the exact same thing, lucky to find this post to someone who did it as well Some questions for those who know much about this: 1. There is a discussion in this thread about heat...

I have a 7.2 cu ft fridge I am converting to a fermentation chamber. I am looking for advice from anyone who knows anything about this process or has gone through it themselves. I have 2 objectives: 1. Temperature control. Option A: Purchase a Johnson Controls thermostat (such as...

I have a 7.2 cu ft fridge I am converting to a fermentation chamber. I am looking for advice from anyone who knows anything about this process or has gone through it themselves. I have 2 objectives: 1. Temperature control. Option A: Purchase a Johnson Controls thermostat (such as...

I had a very high alcohol content beer literally blow off the standard air valve (dried up wort spattered along the walls- good thing I leave it in the unused bathtub!). Who knows how long it was off for- had the wife put a blow off valve on it while I was on my way home from work. The beer...

Honey leaves a clove-type taste. It will ferment completely regardless of what you mix it with before you put it in the fermenter, IMO Nice attempt though, interested to see what happens. With my honey wheat bear I didn't boil it at all either. It was added right before putting it into my...

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. Exactly what I was looking for! Gives me a great place to start!

From what I have found, it's really tough to spoil a batch of beer- you have to either be real careless with your sanitizing or you have to actually try to spoil it. I think you are likely safe, give it a month in bottles

So I have been brewing other recipes- either kits from the local store or recipes found online. I am still more of an extract brewer, slowly branching out. I would like to start making my own "house beer" and playing with making my own recipes. The problem is- where do you start!? There is...

I am getting ready to make my first IPA and it calls for dry hopping in the secondary. Is it beneficial to use a straining hop bag for this process? Or will it be better to just put the hops in there? I am worried about stray hops getting into my final product, and thought maybe a...

That's what I figured. Did that right away. Crossing my fingers