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Hello everyone!! I have been brewing for several years and have used first glass and now PET type carboys. I absolutely HATE cleaning them. I purchased Marks Carboy Cleaner and it does an ok job. I typically just end up soaking them with PBW. Anyway, a buddy purchased a SS BrewTech Brew...

Hi everyone! I've done a lot of searching and tried a lot of the things folks have recommended but I still can't get control. Here's the issue: I keg my beer. I carbonate over 2-3 days. I connect the gas to the beverage side of the keg and set to about 10psi. The first quarter of the keg pours...

Hey everybody. I'm brewing a Porter tomorrow. In the essence of being a brewer (a cheap mofo) I'm gonna just use my expired S-04 yeast. It has an expiration of 12/2011. I found many posts about using expired yeast but I have a specific question. Should I pitch more than just one packet? I have 3...

Hey everyone. So I <heart> this CFC https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_make_a_Counter_Flow_Chiller. The problem that I am running into is that I have an immersion chiller made with 50' of 5/8"OD Copper. I was going to uncoil this copper and shove it in a rubber hose and be...

Hey everyone! So I just kegged a Cherry Wheat that we made. I have a very good Wheat recipe and I did 10 gallons - 5 gallons regular and 5 gallons cherry. I added the Cherry puree (http://www.midwestsupplies.com/cherry-oregon-fruit-puree.html) to the secondary. The flavor came through a little...

Hey everyone! I just got my Blichmann Top Tier stand and assembled and brewed on it and I love it. I am just curious as to what kind of mods owners of this system have done so please post here. I know there are a lot of folks out there that would prefer to build their system and thats...

Tonight I was transferring a batch from my primary fermenter to my secondary. I got all done and realized that I had not sanitized anything! Everything was clean...thats because instead of sanitizer, I accidently mixed up a batch of PBW. The carboy was completely dry by the time I transferred. I...