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I'm just curious if anyone out there can explain to me why I get suck back at a stable temperature when I cold crash. Let me explain. I ferment and cold crash in a converted wine fridge that is controlled by an Inkbird temperature controller. My fermenter is a converted Fermonster with ball...

I'm planning to naturally carbonate my next batch of beer in the keg and need to calculate how much corn sugar to add to a 5 gal batch. Beersmith is giving 2 different volumes, one for bottling and one for kegging. None of the other calculators I looked at do this. Can someone explain?

I stumbled upon this article today. Stock up if this yeast is in your lineup. I'm not interested in the Boycott, just that the yeast is being discontinued to homebrewers. https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/omega-yeast-discontinues-400-series-for-homebrewers/38507

I've been brewing beer for many years and got my wife a 1 gallon WineXpert Classic Cabernet Sauvignon kit for Christmas. Today we started the kit and everything went well and seemed simple enough. We took a gravity sample before adding the yeast and got a reading of 1.061 (1.062 adjusted for...

I use Beersmith web to design all my recipes and have everything dialed in pretty well. Most estimated values are pretty accurate including Mash temp and SG/FG. The one estimate that hasn't been accurate is color. All my beers are lighter than estimated and I'm not sure why. Is there...

Anyone ever try this stuff? When I'm cooking it, my kitchen smells just like my garage on brew day. It tastes good too, with chopped walnuts and some maple syrup, but I think I like it mostly for the smell. 😄

Atlantic Brew Supply started a podcast this year which looks good. Just putting it out there if anyone is interested. Fermentality Welcome to Fermentality, a podcast about the art of homebrewing and fermentation. We started this podcast because we believe homebrewing is an essential and...

Does anyone know where to find an original tapered spigot washer for a Fermonster? I have flat ones, but wanted to find some tapered ones like the original washer that came with the fermenter.

Today I went to my local HBS to get a package of liquid yeast for my brew day this weekend. I told him which yeast I needed and he came back to the counter with 2 old packages which he sold to me for the price of one pack. The best by dates on the packs are 3/29/23 and the White Labs Yeastman...

My homebrew club is having a Christmas party with a bottle swap game. It's my first time attending, so I think the game is played where each member brings a bomber or six pack of their favorite beer. Then each person gets to trade with anyone else in the room. After you trade for your beer...

My Marzen finished fermenting at 1.013 and the sample had a butterscotch aftertaste which I attributed to diacetyl. I slowly raised the temperature from 50 to 62 and after a few days I still detected butterscotch. I raised it again to 68 and let it sit a few more days and I'm still getting...

I just wanted to start a repository on useful brewing tips. I've come up with a few on my own and would like to hear from others. Hopefully we can keep this post free of opinions and just share ideas that have improved our beer making. When sanitizing with StarSan, use additional sanitizer...

I have a SodaStream One Touch which I used for about a year and a half without any issues. I even fill the CO2 cylinder with an adapter I purchased on Amazon. A few months ago I started having issues with the cylinder unscrewing itself while making seltzer. I contacted SodaStream support and...

I bought a KegLand pH meter and decided to test it out before my brew day this weekend. It's my first pH meter, so I needed to figure it out. I have the storage solution and pH 4.0, 6.86, and 9.18 buffer packets. I mixed up 2 buffer solutions (4.0 & 6.86) each in 250ml of distilled water...

I'm struggling a bit with water chemistry and after my last batch with water treated with 6 or 7ml 88% lactic acid and having low attenuation with US-05, I'm finally looking to get a pH meter. The meters I have in mind are the Milwaukee pH55 and the Beverage Doctor MT624. They're in the same...

I'm trying to figure out how much 88% lactic acid to add to my brew water for a Cream of 3 Crops recipe I want to brew on Sunday. I've tried 3 water calculators and have 3 different answers to reach a target mash PH of 5.4. I'm shooting for a light lager water profile so I wasn't adding any...

I started brewing with filtered tap water and made pretty good beer. I collected the water the day before so the chlorine could off gas, but later started using campden tablets. Wanting to up my game, I ordered a water report from Ward Labs. I started playing with the water calculators and...

I have a pack of WLP820 yeast with a best buy date of 4/2/22 for a marzen I'm going to brew . I was planning to brew the marzen earlier, but things came up and I couldn't get around to it. Now I want to brew a few lighter beers for summer like a cream ale and a golden ale before I brew the...

I finally got a drill for my Cereal Killer 2 roller grain mill and thought the specs looked good to get the job done. I bought a Hyper Tough 6-amp 1/2" corded hammer drill at Wal-Mart. I took it out of the box to check it out and it seems to have decent weight for it's size. The steel keyed...

I've been using the same ball locks disconnects since I started kegging my beer several years ago, and I've never disassembled them for cleaning. I've always noticed the slot in the back and figured they could be opened up with a screwdriver, but never ventured any further. Today I did an...