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Hey guys, been a while since I last posted. I bought my first house and would like to begin brewing again. However I want to install a sink in garage that way I don't mess up the kitchen. Water heater is located in garage has anyone done something like this? Trying to get an idea and of cost.

Ok, so brewed up 6 gals an amber ale and its day 5 of fermentation. The first couple days the fermenter smelled great nice and malty yeasty and just regular fermentation. It did take off and the blow off tube was going crazy for a day or two but no air leaks. Now its day 5 and i'm tasting it...

Has anyone used this? If so how did you control Fermentation temps? trying to find a fridge to put these in but they are all huge. Any ideas?

So I'm having problems with getting any flavors to come through in any way. All my beers have a certain taste to them. My IPAs have zero hop flavor and zero hop aroma. My pale ales come out very light and easy to drink yet I wouldn't call them "crisp". I use US-04 and use accurate yeast...

Ok so I just got a water filter that has a dual stage process. One gallon a minute rate with the first part filtering sediment and the second part filtering chlorine. So my question is, after I filter my water how will I know if I should make some adjustments to it such as adding Gypsum or Cal...

Hello all, kind of confused here. So I have a nice keezer set up that allows me to put in 3 five gallon kegs (sanke) and I have a temperature control device that I have set to 35 degreesF. When I took a measurement from a beer I poured I get a reading of 48 degrees F. I have my sensor inside...

Hello all, about to get a water filter soon. I live in Concord CA, the water report doesn't look bad to me but the brews definitely all have an odd taste and I think its my water. What I want to do is have a two stage filter, one having a 5 micron filter on it then the next one being an...

Was doing some work in the hop yard yesterday, accidentally snapped the big bulb of the roots out but then buried it back under the dirt. Im hoping it just regrows but if that killed it then ill end up replanting a new one. Its chinook...

So guys, I’m trying to find a way to see what the difference is between using carapils for head retention vs just using more carbonation to “push” the head out of the beer. If my beers seem kind of flat when the head dissipates I’m thinking that I don’t have enough Co2 in my beers or there’s...

Ok so after having some problems with a few off flavors, and determining that they are yeast influenced, I made some changes to my equipment with a few upgrades. 1. Aeration pump with air filter 2. Fermentation chamber with ability to cool and heat & control temp with 1 degree accuracy Even...

So I have an odd off flavor that I think is DMS, Im thinking that its because my boil pot is from a keg that has the top cut off. The only thing is that the top is cut off but there is still a little bit of a lip that hangs over the kettle. My guess is that it catches some of the evaporation...

Would you guys recommend having a base water that is tweaked for each style of beer I brew? So essentially using EZ and BeerSmith to really hone in on recipes instead of just using the one base water report with the same additions. I use Lactic acid, gypsum and calcium chloride to get the mash...

Might be a dumb question. But what if I wanted to just throw hops in water and boil them? Would I get the same results as I would with wort?

Its in a keezer, at 38-40 degrees F. 6 feet of beer line. Lines are clean. Heres where **** gets weird. I have the same two beers in different 5 gal Sanke kegs. One is fine and the other is pure foam. The problem one also had a different brew on tape with no problem with the lines. My...

Hello all, I'm thinking of switching to plastic to use for my primary fermenters. Only thing that im worried about is the ability to cool my fermenter down to my preferred temp to ferment at. I place my car boys in a small "pool" of water to allow the wort to stay cool. Will I have a...

So this is a new one for me. When I go to pour my pale ale from my kegerator, I open the tap and nothing comes out. No co2 and no beer. I then have to crank up the co2 pressure enough so it starts coming out which wastes the first beer. I'm thinking its the taps because they aren't perlick...

I feel like this topic never gets enough attention on this site. Seeing how this is a serious reason beer is so popular, I want to see what everyone's opinion is on ABV afecting qualities of the finished product as well as quality of alcohol of homebrewed beer vs commercial beer. Is there a...

Anyone know how to get sanke kegs 5 gal? I'm thinking I could get some from bars that don't need them but not sure. Looking to save cash. I enjoy using the sanke kegs way more then corny for serving. Thanks bros:mug:

Hello all, So I am brewing a pale ale this weekend, id like to brew about 8 gallons of finished wort as my boil pot is at 10 gallons. Would it be bad to top off the remaining volume with water that is extra from pre treatment? Will this affect anything? I need help so I can get plastered off...

What main things should I be looking for in my water report? I am brewing a pale ale this weekend and from what I have read brewing with hard water is going to be a good thing. I do carbon filter and adjust ph of mash to 5.2 when I brew. I wouldn't want to really mess around with water too...