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Recently brewed my first 5G lager using a very simple recipe of 2-row (w/ 3% acid malt) and S23. Brew went well and I have hit my numbers through the process. Just finished a D-rest and now have begun lagering at ~35deg. I am lagering in my plastic fermenting pail in a temperature controlled...

Hello all - finally picked up Palmer's "Water" and am fully embracing the rabbit hole from a very non-scientific background. Have used RO for my last couple homebrews and everything turned out great. I believe my local area water would be considered "softer" as a baseline (Alk 85, Cal 35, Chl...

Hi all, looking for anyone who’s had success with one of these biab. Hoping to brew something up this week and let it sit until Christmas (or bottle ferment). Open to all ideas, just looking for some advice!

Hi all, this might be a bit of a longer post but I am having serious issues with brewing efficiency and as a result, really missing my OG for many recent BIAB brews. The resultant beers have been "ok" or "drinkable" but definitely nothing I would write home about (sadly!). My system is a very...

I'm the guy who forgot to shake up his keg after turning psi up to 30 for 48 hours. Anyhow, just went outside to reduce psi to 10. Noticed the adjustment knob wasn't responding super well so I simply closed the co2 main line, in anticipation of releasing line pressure and then manually...

Hi all, I have my CO2 hooked up to corny keg set to 30 psi. Was planning to leave this for about 2 days, then reduce to 10-12 for serving level. Realized I did not shake or rock the keg upon hitting it with CO2 - major error, or might just take a little longer to carb up?

Hi all, recently brewed a Belgian wit off of beer smith on an all grain BIAB system Recipe: Wit Had fermented at 68deg for 7 days and then gradually ramped up to 73 over the following 7 days. OG checked in at 1.042. After primary fermentation, I moved the bucket to my basement which is around...