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I just killed a keg of Morebeer's M-80 IPA that uses Columbus, Centennial and Simcoe and calls for the addition of 3 cut-up valencia oranges in the primary. Honestly it was one of the best IPA's I've ever made. It's not super bitter and really toes the line between a weak IPA and strong PA so...

How big is your brew pot? When are you adding your extract during the boil? Where are you sourcing your extract? Are you using DME or LME? Are you using light or dark extract? How are you aerating your wort? How are you controlling your fermentation temps? I've stated...

I'm going to chime in as an extract brewer who has no desire to go AG. I absolutely agree that "extract twang" is a thing, but in my experience it's not due to the extract, it's due to a poor process. My first handful of batches ranged from nut brown's, to pale ales, to a Big Foot barley wine...

No clue, honestly. It's mounted on 1" spacers but it's the best location I could find. Maybe I'm just thinking about it too much but side mounting the fan seemed like a broken fan waiting to happen so I chose the lid/spacer setup.

Looks like the beer god's are going to require more tithing. I appreciate the help everyone!

Just got back into brewing after a 5 year hiatus and rebuilt my kegerator. This time I built a "tray" for the kegerator to roll around on, added a 6" collar with another 4" collar stacked on top to hide the lid seam and cover the edges of the corrugated metal. Oh, and I also covered the front...

So I've got one regulator that goes into a 4-way distributor. I am currently serving at force carbing all of my beers @ 30psi for 24 hours, then 20 psi for 24 more hours, then keeping the kegs at serving pressure which is around 11psi. This keeps my beers well carbonated, but there I'd like to...

Yes, it was sold this afternoon. Thanks for the interest!

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***SOLD*** ***SOLD*** ***SOLD*** Selling a 3-tap Stainless Steel tower, with faucets. Tower has been in storage for 5 years so humidity has ruined the hoses and caused pitting in the chrome faucets. The faucets work perfectly, but have surface pitting. The tower is stainless steel so it looks...

Selling a 3-tap Stainless Steel tower, with faucets. Tower has been in storage for 5 years so humidity has ruined the hoses and caused pitting in the chrome faucets. The faucets work perfectly, but have surface pitting. The tower is stainless steel so it looks nearly brand new. Price $150 +...

So I have a large outdoor kettle that I use for full-boil batches. I've measured my stir-stick up to the 5 gallon point with a marker and I always measure up to this point before I start the cool-down for the wort, but my last two batches have both come up 3/4-1g short which I noticed both times...

I've bought multiple cases of SN Bigfoot in '05, '06, '07, and '08 and my favorite bottles are always whenever they are their freshest. I love the "in your face" hop flavor of the fresher brews, which is less obvious in the aged examples. Here's my question. All I ever hear on here about aging a...

I clean everything with Oxiclean and kill the bugs with Star San.

Hear me out. I sanitize anything and everything that comes in contact with my beer, pre and post fermentation. However, I find it hard to believe that with the lack of present sugars, and presence of alcohol, that anything but the strongest bacterias could spoil a batch once it's been fermented...

I've been making starters for a couple of batches now with a 2L flask and it's been working well. I see a lot of people mentioning stir plates and how they always use them. Do I really need a stir plate ...or should really want one? I mean, we don't have stir plates for 5g batches of beer, but...

Before I got the kit and saw the second pack of yeast, I didn't even know I had to *repitch*. I was just going to pitch the BW on top of the yeast cake from a previous batch. Will that not be enough? I've never repitched before so this is all new to me. All of my previous beers have been 1.070...

I ordered the Bigfoot clone from Austin Homebrew and it came with a packet of champagne yeast. The instructions call for it to be pitched into the secondary fermenter after racking. I've never brewed a beer this big, and I've also never used champagne yeast. The beer is supposed to have a SG of...

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So I've got a few beers under my belt and I think I'm ready to try something with a higher gravity. I ordered the SN Bigfoot clone from Austin Homebrew and I'd like some tips and hints for my first big beer. I'd like to pitch on top of a yeast cake for this beer, however I've never done that...