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Ok, it's time to blow a little hard-earned cash on some type of brewing gear and I'm thinking an upgraded wort chiller. Not a big fan of immersion nor plate chillers. Counterflow chillers just seem easier. I currently brew on a Brewzilla Gen 4 35L and use the built in pump to send the wort...

anyone out there tried the Flava-Malt product by Proximity?

Received an advertisement email from Craft Beer and Brewing about a Proximity Malt product called Flava-Malt. From what I understand they somehow infuse a malt-based wheat powder with different flavors (strawberry, coconut, blueberry, pineapple, chocolate, etc, etc) and you add it during...

Gonna give this a shot soon and looking for advice. I can put together a good oatmeal stout recipe but curious if anyone has direct experience getting a good apple pie flavor in there. I'v read thru numerous posts and looked at bunches of recipes but so far non where the poster said if it was...

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If she floats, she's a witch. If she sinks, she's innocent. Now, related to Hops - I tossed a bunch of T90 into my fermenter for dry hop at 55 degrees (mix of 3 different hop varieties). Most floated but some sank immediately to the bottom. I assumed all would float. Why did some sink? Is that...

Need help refining a lager recipe/process. Been brewing about 12-13 years and this was my first stab at a lager. Overall I am pleased with it but have two main issues I want to improve on next time: 1) the body is a little thin and 2) the head is gone in a matter of 5-10 seconds. Below is the...

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Long time brewer but first time trying a lager. Looking for suggested water profile for International Amber Lager (BJCP 2B). Thanks, Mike

A Belgian Quad is next on my list. I've got a good recipe that I have used before but since I live in a suburb of hell, ordering liquid yeast right now is out of the question (normally I would use Wyeast 3787), so I need to sub in a dry yeast this time. I am considering Lallemand Abbaye unless...

I was looking at the back of a box of SweetTarts and the ingredients are dextrose, maltodextrin, malic acid and calcium stearate. Anyone ever tried using them in a beer recipe? (flavor addition, abv booster and possible sour effect?)

I have a 20lb CO2 tank and a transfer hose that I use to refill my 5lb CO2 bottles with. Works great. But I got to wondering. How does it know to move the CO2 from one bottle to the other. I assume that when the 20lb bottle is full, the pressure is enough to force the CO2 into the empty 5lb...

I was looking around the shop for a motor I could use with my grain mill and found an old shop fan. Motor works ok but the rest is busted up. I'm guessing a fan motor is probably too fast for a grain mill but I can't find any info on the motor to make that determination. The sticker says FE-50...

One of my favorite aspects of brew day is smelling the hops. I just love that aroma. I was getting my hops ready for brew day yesterday, opened the first bag and smelled... nothing. No smell at all. I thought that was weird. Opened another bag, smelled... nothing. Third bag... nothing. There is...

On the standard black and grey ball lock QDs, if you unscrew the top cap, there is an o-ring that sits in there. Anyone know the size or a good source for replacements?

My fermentation lid has an extra port where a carbonation QD would normally screw onto, but I would rather add a thermowell there. The threads on that port are PCO 1881. Anyone aware of a thermowell that will screw onto PCO 1881 threads?

Can someone out there who owns a Fermzilla tell me the exact inside dimension of the top opening? I have a Speidel fermenter and its top opening has an inside diameter of 4 7/8". I was curious if the tri-clamp pressure lid that is designed for the fermzilla would also fit the Speidel opening. I...

This is one of those questions that I am pretty sure of the answer but want to hear from people have actually done it to get any tips or pointers. I normally brew 5 gallon batches so all my equipment is geared toward 5 gallon brews (35L brewzilla, 30L Speidel fermenters and 5 gallon kegs). I...

I am brewing this coming weekend but realized I left the flaked oats off my recent ingredient order. I see that my local Kroger has Eden Organic Oat Flakes. I assume those would be the same thing as what you would get from a homebrew supply store but just wanted to confirm. Would these be ok to...

I only brew beer but someone recently gave me a wine ingredient kit and I was thinking about giving it a try. Is there anything about making wine that would be detrimental to my beer equipment (fermenter, tilt, siphon, hoses, etc) or should I keep the two separate? I am not familiar with the...