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I built this today and it worked great. One suggestion, if you are using kegs as your brew pots then use a grinder to notch the top of the keg for the rods to fit in. It works really good and the apparatus stays in place better than with just the wing nuts.

On my first batch of AG brew I accidentally messed up the mash temp. I had the mash temp around 165 but during sparging I noticed it dropped to about 160. So I turned on the burner and then got called away for a minutes. When i returned the mash temp was around 185. What are the affects on...

I have only brewed a few 5 gal all grain batches but I want to convert a 5 gal recipe to 10 gallons. Do I just double everything, including hops and grain? Any help would be great.

I have three full sized kegs and I want to build a brewery with them. My friend and I need some help on how to do it. I have seen a few but I want to make sure I have a good plan before I get started. Can anyone help me out with direction, a place to look on the internet, or pics of...

I am in Menifee...where are you....Yes it has been raining all day

I rocked the fermenter for another 5 minutes and then I took the reading again and it was right on. Thanks....I have done the last two batches in a new glass carboy and obviously I have to pay more attention to mixing the wort than when I used the buckets. Thank you all

I did a partial boil...I rocked the carboy for about 2 minutes before the reading...I will try to rock it more and take another reading

:confused:I have been brewing with extract and steeping grain for about 3 years and I am having a problem. I am getting kits that have an estimated O.G. and when I am done with the boil and ready to pitch yeast I am no where near the O.G. I am way low. The last batch was a Brewer's Best...

Thanks for the info...I will try adding it at the end of the boil...

I think I am going to try to add it near the end of the boil for more flavor I hope....let em know how yours turns out

I am going to be brewing a porter that I have done before a few times. I wanted to see how adding Honey to the mix would change the beer. I was going to add 1 or 2 lbs of honey to the 60 min boil at about 20 minutes. Anyone out there have any other suggestions about when to add the honey...

This looks like a great recipe....I am going to try this soon.

I tried this recipe a month ago or so and followed all my usual sanatizing and bottling procedures but the beer ended up being over carbonated. In 8 years of brewing this has never happened. The beer would fiz like normal and then about 3 seconds after opening carbonation would come up from...

i am looking for a recipe for a oatmeal stout that I can make with extract and grain. I have only been able to fine all grain recipes. Please help

I have been brewing with extract for about 5 years off and on and I really want to make a barleywine recipe that requires a starter yeast to be made. As I understand it I am supposed to put the yeast into about 2 quarts of wort about 2 to 3 days prior to brewing. What do I make the...