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I use BeerSmith. A lot of folks use Brewfather but I have no need to switch. Beersmith works.

I hung one of these in my Keezer. Works great.

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It makes sense that the Arab American Oil Company would supply all those engineers and chemists with a primer on how to make hooch. Can't have those boys teetotaling their whole hitch overseas.

At this point, I think you can just do whatever you feel is best. I know guys who make a starter regardless of whether the yeast pack is dry or liquid. They've been brewing for 20+ years and win medals. I recently made a starter using a sachet of W-34/70 that I pitched into an even larger...

Look around and see if there's a local homebrew club near you as well as a "local" homebrewing Facebook group. Not sure where you live but a lot of folks near me (DFW) are looking to sell off excess brewing and fermenting equipment. If you have some cash, you can find great deals on enough...

Looking at the chart above, it looks like whatever you're adapting the hose to may be a 3/8" pipe thread size. Therefore, I'm thinking you need a 3/4 GHT x 3/8 MIP adapter. This might or might not be something available locally to you. If you have a local plumbing supply house nearby, I'd go...

There's an English-oriented brewery near my house. They never put Bitters on tap because the owner claims people don't buy them. Evidently the American drinking public doesn't understand what a Bitter is. So the brewery calls them "Pub Ales" instead and sells the hell out of them. Go figure....

And that's a pity because this is one of my wife's favorite hops.

Admittedly, I'm not the most scientific brewer but I've brewed a lot of beer that a lot of people enjoyed and having both experience brewing on my system and lots of notes allows me to replicate recipes batch over batch. I've been brewing on this system now for about three years and generally...

I run a homemade K-RIMS system currently. You need a valve on both the output of the pump and the mash run and the idea is adjust both so the wort circulates slowly through the system. It takes some playing with and brewing a couple batches to perfect. My suggestion is to brew a SMaSH beer or...

You've got a lot going on there. Looks impressive.

Brewer who's two years into the dad life here. My wife and I brew; me more than her. But she understood that brewing was one of my few hobbies and so didn't balk when I continued during her pregnancy. We were pregnant during the COVID lockdowns so there wasn't much else to do either. A few...

How did you close off the bottom opening?

Why wouldn't it be? If its flat, it may be vinegar. Otherwise, it's probably ok. If it tastes good, drink it. If not, pour it out.

No, no....I'm using a counter flow chiller, which works like a plate chiller. It has separate passages for wort and chiller water. I was implying that since you already have a plate chiller, that you could pick up the appropriate pumps to pump wort and chiller water from an ice chest through...

I've done it before. It flies against everything I was taught about brewing but it works. Be sure to pull your hops out to prevent them from continuing to work. Put the lid on the batch and carefully bring it in somewhere where the wind won't blow on it and people won't bump into it. It will...

How cold does it get where you are? My FIL in East Texas has a (really nice) pump house that stands by itself. He may put a small space heater in on the coldest nights but otherwise, he claims the pump generates enough heat to keep the lines from freezing. He's from Northern Indiana where it...

Try the No Chill method. Or if No Chill isn't your cup of tea, just buy a pump. I brewed for years in a garage with no access to water. I had to carry everything downstairs in buckets. You get really good at economizing water use like that. My added expenses were 6+ gallons of RO water and...

The meeting next week is actually at the homebrew shop. I'll see ya'll there.