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I just finished brewing an imperial milk stout this weekend and am getting some very perplexing gravity readings. The pre-boil/pot-mash gravity came in at 1.084 (which was pretty close to the BeerSmith estimate) and now the post-boil/OG gravity is 1.082! I had a 2gal boil off starting at 7.5 gal...

I'm just jumping into the wonderful world of kegging and am making sure I have all of my ducks in a row before my next brew. I obviously need to chill the kegged beer before enjoying it and am weighing my options of how to go about doing this. I have a converted chest freezer that is being...

I'm just jumping into the wonderful world of kegging and am making sure I have all of my ducks in a row before my next brew. I obviously need to chill the kegged beer before enjoying it and am weighing my options of how to go about doing this. I have a converted chest freezer that is being...

Anyone have any suggestions about using a plate chiller with warmer tap water. I live in Los Angeles and our tap water is usually between 65 and 75 degrees. I brewed yesterday, 75 air temp and 72 water temp, and had trouble cooling the wort to the desired temp for pitching, 70 degrees. I ran the...

Brewed my first all grain batch yesterday, which went pretty well, but my mass ended up about 4 degrees to cold to start. I heated the strike water, compensating for the temperature of the grains, but not the mash tun (10 gallon Rubbermaid cooler) itself. The grains and MLT were sitting next to...

Anyone had any issues with wind that lead to excessive boil off? I brew outside, and yesterday was a breezy brew day. I usually experience a 1 - 1.5 gallons per hour boil off. Yesterday was 2.25 gallons in an hour! OG was 1.054. Any thoughts?