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Started getting the urge to start brewing again. Amazing how little time you have after kids are born. Anyways, keezer that I use also for temp control has since been moved to the basement for more garage space. I brew in the attached garage on a gas fired herms. I'm thinking I'd like to run to...

Of all the homebrew equipment I've purchased. The Barley Crusher is the only one I regret. Time is limited and having it intermittently crushing with endless manipulation..... hobbies should be fun.... Poorly manufactered JUNK. Any recommendations on a quality grain crusher?

Lately I have been thinking about a brewery up grade and making a stand probably with some automation. I have access to welders however I think my brew stand may have some trial and error. I feel more comfortable screwing materials together instead of welding, in case modification may be needed...

I have a pear tree in my backyard and the girlfriend thought it would be cool to make wine with the pears. I have only made beer, so I get confused. I guess a boil isn't used, so how is fruit kept from infecting the batch of wine? Am I missing something? Or is wine yeast able to takeover before...

Today I loaded up my kegerator and brought it to my cousin's garlic party. No garlic beer of course... However, I had my hefeweizen and barleywine on tap. As I kicked back and enjoyed the food with a cold brew. I watched as people returned to the taps for refills. Soon compliments followed. I...

I currently have a sq14 and thinking a second burner might save time on brew day. It is a toss up between another sq14 or a kab4. There are times I wish the sq14 was hotter but I've read the kab4 burns a lot more gas and ices tanks. Curious what others have experienced. Is the heat worth the gas...

Last 2 batches of barley wine never carbed. I've been reading that it is a good idea to add yeast at bottling when it is a high gravity beer. However people always seem to use dry yeast for this. I only use liquid yeast, not for any reason, it's just what I use. I have multiple jars of...

I picked up a oversized tea infuser and attempted to use it to dry hop a keg while carbonating at room temp. Chilled and Tasted it after a week. Found it very hoppy and not as bitter as it has been before. Would it be worth racking to another keg or retrieving the infuser?

It's sunday and I was planning to fill 2 kegs to force carbonate for a trip next week. I have 2 bottles, a 5# and 15#. The 15# is about to be empty, the 5# has only been used to dispense 2 kegs. I was planning on bringing the 5# on the trip to dispense the beer and don't want to use it to...

Replaced all my O-rings and used keg lube. Now it seems I keep finding poppet valves leaking. I have 4 used kegs and figure I should just change all of them. My LHBS wants 6 dollars a piece for poppets. I wouldn't mind buying a dozen just to keep some in stock. Anybody know of a place online...

Summer is coming and I decided to compliment the smoker and grill with beer on tap. After seeing Beirmunchiers converted garbage can I thought something similar would be the ticket. I was not interested in modifying the chest freezer (I bought it to ferment in). Purchased a stainless 2 tap...

I have seen a few posts about methods to measure the amount of wort in the brew Pot and thought I would post my method. Home Depot sells 3 foot strips of aluminum. I filled my 25 gal megapot with 5 gallons. I then made a mark at the level using cutting pliers. Added 2 more gallons, made...

No brewing today, just bottling. I've been using a combination of secondaries and extended primaries to bottle all at once. Here is todays hard work.

Initially getting into all grain I converted a 5 gal. rubbermaid using the stainless steel braid method found here. This cooler has worked great, making many batches of beer, giving good efficiency. Anyways, christmas rolls around and I recieve a larger brew pot capable of brewing 10+ gallon...

After making a jump to 10-16 gallon batch sizes, my method for cleaning bottles is getting time consuming. My method consists of putting 30 bottles at a time into a container of oxyclean mix over night. Mix is about 2 scoops per 10 gallons water (approx). Is their a method you guys use that...

Long story short my cousin has 2 horses that enjoy eating grain that has been mashed. However due to conflicting schedules I can't always get the grain to her right after I'm done with it. Does anyone else get rid of their spent grain this way? How long after mash is the grain still good for the...