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Decided to Cold steep my Dark grains via the method outlined by Strong where you steep your grains in room temp water, 2 qts of water to 1lb of grain. I'll add the water after filtering out the grains with ~15 minutes left in the boil. I have about 4 lbs of dark grains in my recipe for a 12...

Making my first HG ale this weekend. It will be a DIPA OG of 1.071. I've been checking all of the yeast calculators and it seems the number of yeast cells I need are more than a single step but less than a 2 step. I need 360 billion cells for a 5.5 gallon batch. I have 1 vial of WLP001 with...

This is painful but wanted to share in case it keeps someone else from being stupid like yours truly.... Made my 8th iteration of a Belgian Wit. I've been honing this since the extract days and I expected this beer to be the best yet. Brew day was perfect, hit all my numbers. Fermentation also...

Looking for suggestions on keeping my witbier cloudy. I brewed my witbier for this years NHC which has done well in competition in the past but I have had trouble keeping it cloudy. This batch I did a step mash at 120ish in hopes of keeping it cloudy per the style. But, alas, yesterday I poured...

I am on my fourth version of a wit that usually comes out excellent. This version I way undershot on the spices and I overpitched on the yeast as the Belgian yeast strain I used is all I taste in this beer that I keeged this evening. I'm considering adding some more citrus zest and coriander...

Just checked my White labs poster and it shows the WLP029 Kolsch yeast attenuation at 72 -78%. My OG = 1.047 and the FG was all the way down to 1.007. (I calibrated my hydrometer and performed the reading at 59 F for FG) This is an apparent attenuation of 85%. My question is should I be...

Hello to all of you BeerSmith users. I have a new 10 gallon system and I have brewed two 10 gallon batches. Yesterday I purchased the ingredients for a 5 gallon batch of blonde ale that I want to brew on my 10 gallon system. Do you think I will need to make any changes to my BeerSmith...

I'm currently water testing my new 3 tier homebrew system. I'm using keggles and I'm testing with 10 gallons. I have one of the large 50' ICs from More beer and I've hooked up a whirlpool arm via JZ's instructions. My pump is a Chugger with a 7 gallon per minute flow rate. When I turn the...

Hello Engineers and smarter than me brewers. Working on my brewery build and have gone with Natural gas feed to banjo burners. I have 1/2 NG pipe and a banjo burner which I have connected to an orifice from brewershardware with the correct sized hole for natural gas. The problem I am having...

Been searching the forums for hours and cannot find the answer to what I am sure is a simple question. I have 1/2 NG in backyard and the black pipe on my brewstand is also 1/2. I need to find flex tube to connect these 2. I have found a few 1/2 flex tubing setups but none of them seem to fit...

Having a difficult time figuring out how to connect my Metric 8 RTD temp sensor into a 1/2" Stainless Tee. Please see pic. Does anyone know where I can find a stainless bushing where the center of the bushing will take my M8 RTD sensor and the outside of the bushing will screw into my 1/2 "...

Excuse the n00b question here. I sincerely wish I was an engineer with a hobby like this. I've purchased a temp controller and thermocouple to measure mash temp The Temperature Controller is STC-1000: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00862G3TQ/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 I also...

Can anyone help me find a stainless T like the one in the photo?