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It seems like my fermentation is beginning to finish out, so I'm going to watch for a couple days to make sure my gravity becomes stable then dry hop. I would like to try cold crashing, but I have some unease about taking my beer into the garage fridge because we just had to bug bomb it.i was...

I just finished my first BIAB, but had issues getting the wort down to pitching temp with my immersion chiller. It seemed to stall out at 81 degrees. So in response, it put the sealed bucket (with an airlock) into the garage fridge to hopefully bring it down to temp. With some luck, the temp...

I'm looking to upgrade my Bayou Classic 44 qt kettle with a ball valve and an option for whirl pooling to help speed up cooling with my immersion chiller and settling out trub and break material. The only add-on the kettle has is a 6 in weldless thermometer that is placed about 1/3 of the way...

I just purchased a Bayou Classic 44 Qt plus a Fermentap thermometer to mount inside. I ended up drilling the hole a tiny bit too big but it seemed not enough to make a difference. Now the thermometer leaks. Not a a lot by any means. It is a tiny drip about every 30 seconds to a minute. Its a new...

I just purchased a 10 gallon kettle with a weldless thermometer to begin doing full boils with my extract brewing and do some BIAB. How much water is a good volume to steep grains to utilize them for their full potential? 2-3 gallons then top off to 5.5-6 gallon full volume, or just steep in...

I am wanting to soak some oak in Cabernet Sauvignon for my Consecration clone kit. Its still going to be awhile before I oak, but how long is a good time frame to soak the oak in the wine?

I have a 1.4L brett brux starter going for my consecration clone. Question is should I worry about decanting or just pitch the whole thing, since I'm pitching Roeselare 8 weeks after the brett?

So I was taking a sample to check the gravity (I have one of those big metal turkey baster deals) and accidentally squeezed while it was in the wort. It has been fermenting for 3 days. Did I just do some major damage to my batch or can I breathe easy?

I have already asked this in another thread I posted under Yeast and Fermentation but I wanted to ask here since it more of a beginner topic. I am doing a Morebeer Consecration Extract clone kit as my 4th batch so I have something fermenting for majority of next year while I do other smaller...

Hello all! I'm currently in the middle of a MoreBeer Consecration Extract kit. Currently in primary with Abbey Ale yeast, then transferring to secondary w/ currents and Brett brux when gravity hits around 1.018. The question is should I cold crash the primary before pitching the Brett and...

I just received this kit today. I checked out the instructions included and they seem a little bit vague. I would like more input on adding the Brett. Has anyone else brewed this kit and can give me some pointers of what you did? I love this beer and I want it o turn out as close to the real...

I just received this kit today. I checked out the instructions included and they seem a little bit vague. Has anyone else brewed this kit and can give me some pointers of what you did? I love this beer and I want it o turn out as close to the real deal as possible.

I finally have my Brewers Best PSA IPA bottle conditioned and tried the first glass today. There is a little bit of hop aroma, but the taste is little to nothing. I do have quite a bit of bitterness at the end. And it also had a massive head on the pour. This bottle conditioned for two weeks and...

This is my very first brew. It is a Brewers best PSA IPA kit. Before racking to the secondary, I took a sample which was 1.014. When I tasted the sample, it tasted kinda bland with alot of bitterness. The smell was kind of astringent but I'm assuming that is the hops used. Does anyone have any...

I have water that is crazy hard and after cleaning my carboy, I got random hard water spots on the outside and inside. I used 1 gal of distilled water and a couple splashes of distilled white vinegar and it seems to be working really well. Do I need to rinse this solution out or can it be drip...

Hi all! Virgin brewer here! I got my first batch of brew in the primary with a 3 piece airlock set. It seems to be bubbling at a regular rate but the inside hat is a little lopsided on one side. I figured it would be fine but I wanted another opinion so I'm not setting myself up for infection or...