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planned obsolescence is on the rise. coupled with general garbage quality in electronics and mechanicals.

This is why I took an entire year off of brewing while I waited for a kegerator deal. I might be too cheap for some people but I managed to get maybe $1,250 worth of gear for $125 because the guy was moving. He was only 30 minutes away too. To me buying a kegerator is automatically a sunk cost...

I have my sample port on the top middle port. If you're doing 5 gallon batches you have to be really pushing it with the trub calculation. I'm not sure even 5.5 gallons would be sufficient to get a tiny sample from it in that port. As much as I like variety I like making the best I can, so I...

I've seen you quite a bit on the forums so I know I'm not as well versed as you, but why isn't it clean exactly? The yeast/hops from fermentation? Just not sure I understand. From a racking arm in the sample port, maybe you could use a valve with the sight glass? Edit: I guess the above...

Hello, I just finished my first beer after about a year off. I had to adapt my super cheap ($125) kegerator score from Craigslist to fit corny kegs. The grain that sat was infested with buggy-bois but I carried on as recommended here. During my first ever cold crash, I made the severe mistake...

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Just finished up every step of my first keg, for those of you who have been following, it was a bug beer. Lots of tiny bugs in the grain after I finished mashing. I did it all any way! I closed pressure transferred for the first time smoothly, I carbonated the beer, then I went to tap it and...

I just can’t afford that. I’d rather DIY a glycol chiller with a $50-$100 used AC unit than save up to drop $1,000 or more on a pro version. I will test the $4 solution for now with as little water as the pump can manage.

Sorry, I should've specified I wasn't going to carb at 15psi, lol. Just didn't know if those reading knew it capped at 15 psi. I checked out their carb chart and the Spike range being below 15 definitely favors colder temps. I will have to try I will have to buy some 2 liter bottles and...

About to transfer my bug beer after a year long brew hiatus with all the new QOL materials I've gained. First thing is first. I don't have a glycol chiller, I use a cooler with ice for temp control in my conical. That means cold crashing for many days is a bit difficult. Am I able to force carb...

Hello all, I would like some help determining recipes using only organic ingredients I can find. I'm not asking you to do my homework, but I also don't feel like wasting my money doing what I think would work well and it being some yuck. So, here's the list. Hops (not much) : Williamette...

it was unbelievably active. the airlock hose was like a motorboat at 68-69F.

I’ve concluded there’s nothing wrong with it other than my own strange feelings about it and it would be a shame to waste. I boiled for almost 2 hours. Many have mentioned the disgusting things we eat from mass manufactured food product.

I expected nothing less from a lizard that brews beer on an island!

this is 9lb from a recipe kit. No more left. I look at all the grains, I double milled it. I swear I didn’t see a thing and then bam! Floaters.

“Delicious aged grains, inoculated with scrumptious weevils that deepen the flavor over time. Killed with low heat to harvest their fear and adrenaline, then simmered to perfection with infested aphid-hops.”

As mentioned I’m vegan, I didn’t feel like bringing it up to avoid argument (though I also said I’m a raised bed farmer and kill critters daily) but I do collect many cookbooks. One is called Oaxaca from a famous restaurant in the US. Apparently she ate grasshoppers growing up like popcorn...

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Nope no more grains. This is the only remnant from pre-kegging. I’m switching to all organic brewing, there are only 2 hops available on Etsy and a number of grains so I am a bit limited but I’ll have to come up with my own grain bills… that will be for another thread! I hate to bring up the V...

I buy everything as needed too but this was a recipe I purchased right before my hiatus as stated. So yes I agree. I just pulled the bag, not really a remnant of bug. Smells delicious so it’s not rancid.