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Went to get ingredients at lhbs yesterday. They didn't have 6 row, they said 2 row brewers malt is pretty much the replacement. Does this sound right? Will the differences be noticeable? Thanks

Do you already have the extra faucet and shank for the additional tap? What about running 2 tees, one on each side of the filter and running a length of hose parallel to the filter and then a shut off for each branch. I would think since your not changing line length then, it wouldn't require...

I'm still new, and use beer smith, but I haven't really used it much to determine my water volumes. Instead I've just been using the brewers friend mash schedule for determining strike temp and the mash out temp and volume. I've always just followed a half a quart per pound of grain for loss and...

The latex gloves helped a little with the heat. I can't keep a continuous squeeze with them but I can at least get a better longer squeeze then with out them all together.

Well I've got 2 other batches coming up, that will need to be kegged so I might pull this one out and let it sit a couple weeks more. This is really the first batch that I had a hard time drinking, all my other batches have been pretty good, and very much drinkable. I will say this is the only...

Thank you guys, so what do you suggest? Should I leave the keg in the kegerator or should I untap it and pull it out?

As the title states. I am aware that time will allow the beer to conditon, But what conditions are required to rid a beer of being green tasting? Should it be kept warm for yeast to continue? Will beer condition that is in a keg kept in a kegerator? My reasoning for asking is that I made a...

Starting last batch I had my grain milled twice, and I came out with 75% efficiency, with only a dough in stirring and a mashout step, which I'm pretty happy about, just as long as I can start to maintain some type of consistency. I will test the ph of my water and begin to rectify it as I...

I'm actually not so much looking to make my beers any drier, I'm just curious as to what the little differences that the mash temp and mash volumes make. All my beers have turned out ok, some better then others. As for water ph, I'm not sure actually what it is, but I do think it's low, because...

Hello all, still a pretty new brewer, been doing it for about 3 months with about 10 BIAB batches under my belt. 1 brew ago I broke my thermometer and moved to a thermocouple thermometer that I can leave in the kettle, this last brew the mash temp seemed to be more consistent, at least according...

I see the probe says lifetime replacement, Have you had any issues? I did use a baking thermometer, with my floating thermometer. It was very useful but it started reading incorrectly after 2 batches, assuming due to a non waterproof probe. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll probably go this...

As the title states, broke it when I was cooling my Belgian wit. It was alcohol thermometer, so i decided to siphon out of the kettle and move to the fermenter. I figured what do I have to lose at this point other then a packet of t58 yeast, even if I siphon off only half the carboy, it's better...

Well I missed the thread made towards the bottom of the page, and it did answer most of my questions, but if using the entire yeast cake will be way over pitching yeast, how much yeast slurry should I use?

I started with a kona big wave clone that I really enjoyed, and plan to do it again this weekend. As stated before, maintaining temps and determining how much water is needed to end with 5 gallons are the major items. Good luck.

Hello, Ive been reading a bit about reusing yeast and washing, but a couple of questions, sorry if they've already been answered. I made a blonde ale that I'm gonna keg this week and I wana make a big wave clone golden ale and just rack it right on top of the yeast cake from the blonde ale...

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My other keg fiinally blew last night, so I hooked this one up and pulled a glass. The pee aroma is gone, and the taste is good, needs more carbonation, but I only started carbonation Monday and I'm using the set and forget method. It taste a bit wheaty, hopefully it smooths with some more time...

Nope, no cat lol. I generally go to secondary just to thin out all the trub on the bottom and then it makes it easier to transfer it to keg without sucking a bunch of trub/yeast. But those batches had been done with paint strainer bags, no hop bags and no dry hop bags. I now have some...

Hello all, still a new member, just moved my batch to a keg and after transferring I took another hydrometer sample. After measuring I usually smell and drink the sample. I noticed it has a strong pee/ out house smell. Last Tuesday I moved it to secondary, it didn't smell like this. Here's...

Excellent, thank you. I had a couple bottles of miller lite in the fridge (still waiting for my current homebrew to carbonate), and I put an ounce of guava nectar in a glass, with the miller lite, (I know different then a wheat beer), but it was pretty good, a little strong though, so I might do...