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I'm looking to make some Fish, Beachy, palm tree or something beer flight paddles. Anyone have any they've made and would like tp share? Thx

Anyone use this? My wife wants n apricot wheat. From searches it sounds like real apricot will give me flavor and a flavor extract will give me the floral. Your experiences with apricot? Thx Jay

I make starters for ever beer I brew. What I’m wondering is how to maximize this process. Say I have a smack pack and make a starter. How can I insure the yeast continues to grow to make the starter 10 times what it started at? I’ve been adding more wort about 12 hrs after I start the...

I've searched up a lot of threads on this issue. Most ending up in debates for using the tanks. I do not want to fill my scuba tanks with CO2, So my question is for those of you that use your scuba tanks to force air (which contains CO2) into your beer pre pitch. How are you accomplishing...

I'm going to get a starter spinning on my stir plate now. I'm think I'll start heating water around 4 or 5. Be brewing in my garage for the follow 5 hrs. Anyone want to check out my system pm me and I'll send you it address. Cheers Jay

What does your 15lb tank read for PSI's at room temp after a new fill?

Living here in this wonderful tax you to death state we have this fun time when you can go outside and turn into a Popsicle called winter. Low 20's at night for the last week. Please shoot me. Anyways I use my garden hoses to bring cold well water to my wort chiller as well as power washing...

My first beer off my new system is an American Lager. Taste great. I force carbonated it with 30lbs for 4 mins at 42 degrees. Great head but very small and hardly any bubbles in the beer? Should I crank it up again with a little more pressure? Thx

Do I need a speed control on my stir plate? Picked up a bigass fan from a lab at work and added a plug to it. Took a hammer to a couple spent hard drives and pulled the magnets. Found a box that fits the fan. Bought a pill shaped magnet from the HB shop. My question is do I need to add a...

Thought mine did. That was until I did an iodine test after the first runnings. As a former Configuration Manager I'm a process guy. Track everything to repeat what's good and change what's not. So I like to test at all points. After my first runnings I took a sample and did an iodine...

I'm just getting back into brewing and I'm in need of equipment. Brewed 3 5 gal batches this week and have no other buckets for first stage. I have 4 glass carboys for secondary. Plan to lager beers as well. What cheap vessels do you use to ferment in? My system is a 1:2 keg. After I get my...

I know I'm using this as more of an excuse than anything but brewing 2 beers at once does seem to cut time. Do you guys double up on brew day? I'm going to get one beer going and as soon as I get it into the boil pot I'm going to start mashing another. Plus I need to use some of this...

I made a starter wort last night to run two brews today. Cooled down to 70 degrees, slit in half n pitched Wyeast 2112 CAL n 1007 German. Stirred up every half hr for 3 hours starting at 9pm. Woke up at 5:30am n found this. German going like crazy n CA not so much. It's now 15 hrs since n the...

Was going to have my friends do a lot of the build for me but decided it was my job. Grabbed a 170amp mig welder from harbor freight, watched some videos, started flux core welding everything in site. Not pretty as pro welds but rock solid. I encourage anyone thinking of starting to have at it...

Would like to try a few experiments to make some cider for a friend. He likes sweeter ciders from what he’s said. I personally am not a cider drinker so know nothing about good or bad cider taste. I’m looking to buy a half dozen gallons of store bought 100 percent apple juice from...

I've searched here and the web but have not seen this idea posted. Saving me lots of time so I figured I'd share it in hopes to save soemone else time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f91pGg8Yg-k

I have searched up a bunch of posts on whirlpooling,keg build parts, and placement of those parts. Thank you to all that posted them. :mug: Here’s my plan so far. Angle Iron welded frame. Stainless plate across the top with cut outs for the kegs so no heat rises up on the connections and site...

From what I’ve read on here the regulator size determines the output (BTU’s) of the burner. What size reg should I use on a 3 keg system? I want use 1 tank for 2 burners and a ball value to adjust. These 2 burners look identical to me. One states 100,000 BTU’s and one states 210,000 plus...

Figured since I’m searching the hell out of this site for info I would say hello. First THANK YOU all for posting a ton of great info. CHEERS!:mug: I’m Jay from CT. Just getting back into brewing after taking many years off raising 4 children. Now that they’re drinking...