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SNERHC is pleased to announce that we will have a CT Brewer’s Choice prize winner who will be invited to collaborate with head brewer Frank Lockwood at Reverie Brewing Company for release at their tap room in Newtown CT. This prize is for beers brewed by CT Homebrew Club members as a way of...

Registration for the 2023 Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition (SNERHC) opens this Saturday August 26th! This is a BJCP certified competition of beer, mead and cider and is well regarded as a great competition to get feedback on your homebrew. Full details and entry at Southern New...

Underground Brewers of CT have done two group buys since Maltose closed down. The last one was from Thralls in Windsor, CT. Usually posted on the FB group page.

I have not found 2206 to be a slow starter when pitched fresh and with enough cells. Did you happen to note the best before date on the Wyeast pack? Seeing it took 3 days to swell suggests either an old packet or it was already stressed prior.

The OG was 1.087 for this batch. It was pitched directly on yeast cake from a prior batch of a Dunkel, so the yeast was good to go. :)

I have a Doppelbock going right now, also with 833 yeast. :) I will typically start raising the temperature about 4 gravity points from FG and start spunding at the same time. However, if the gravity trace from the Tilt starts to plateau I'll consider bumping the temperature earlier. I...

I've been using the Oktober SL1 for about a year now - the unit is absolutely solid and I have had zero issues. No adjustments or dial-in time required: first can was spot on and every one since has sealed without any problems.

Just unboxed my S40 and ran a quick temperature test using 5 gallons of water (approximately full volume for a 3 gallon batch). Target mash temperature ran 2-3 degrees F higher than the temperature set on the S40 based on two digital thermometers. Brought the unit up to boil, and sure enough I...

As part of Big Brew Day, a group from the Underground Brewers of CT homebrew club will be setting up kettles and brewing at Spacecat Brewing in Norwalk tomorrow May 7th 2022 from 9-3pm. If you are local please stop by and say hi.

Can confirm the iPhone app can handle multiple Tilts as long as they are different colors.

Reached out to the AHA - here is the response: Thank you for your thoughtful feedback below. After further consideration, we have increased Club Night to 3 hours, new times (6:30pm – 9:30pm) are updated on the website and will be communicated to those clubs that have already signed up. Hope to...

Some suggestions for can filling: Cap on foam I found I would lose some volume in the transfer to the canner, even using a gentle squeeze. I now keep one finger on the cap pressing down, then tilt the can so I can get my second hand under it. That way, I can transfer from the fulling station to...

It would be helpful to know a bit about your current process/brewing equipment to assess. If, for instance, a glycol chiller would allow you to introduce temperature control for the first time it would be my preference. In my case, I already had temperature control via old refrigerators with...

If you want to use real pecans instead of flavoring, I'd suggest a multi-step roasting process to pull as many oils out of the nuts as possible. This is the method (don't recall the original source) I've used on a pecan brown ale: Pecans toasted 300F for 10 mins Paper bag overnight to collect...

I’ve been using the Oktober SL1 for a couple of months now using either the Blichmann Beer Gun for filling off the keg or can-conditioning. No detectable oxygen issues so far, even for a NEIPA canning. A good video to watch is (Bryan Rabe) in which he shows his entire canning process. In...

Registration for the Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition (SNERHC) is now open! We are pleased to be a part of the 2022 Master Homebrewer Program (MHP) Circuit of America. Medals won will count for MHP points. SNERHC is hosted by the Underground Brewers of Connecticut (UBC), the...

Yes! SNERHC is coming up in Feb: SNERHC – Underground Brewers of Connecticut

I refill Sodastream tanks as well off my #5 CO2 tank. Works most of the time - I find that getting the flow is tricky as too much will close the valve built into the Sodastream tanks. Sometimes disconnecting and a second try works. I've also been only filling when my CO2 tank is full: I just...

I would blind triangle taste test an unmodified beer and one dosed with sodium metabisulfate or potassium metabisulfate to see if they change your perception of the beer. Use a pipette into each glass and add an equal amount of just water to the control to keep things even. If you cannot taste...

Sounds like you are considering most of the key variables: water quality, mash, fermentation, and sanitation. Since you describe your brews as bland and bitter it makes me think you are not getting everything out of the grains/extract in the mash or are not boiling enough off to get your...