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I'm thinking of switching to biab method to save time and space. I have a 15 gallon pot and want to do 10 gallon batches. No more than a 20lb grain weight. What problems will i have doing this. I do it all the time with a 10 gallon cooler-sparge method. thanks

Example: After you have brewed and fermented and let it sit in carboy for 2 to 3 weeks and say the bitterness is not as high as you want it to be. Can you boil some hops(i.e. 1/2 oz in 1 gallon of water for and hour), let cool and add small amounts to carboy until desired taste is accomplished...

I set 2 kegs at 10 psi with one pale ale and one wheat beer for 3 weeks. They tasted delicious and were carbed nicely. Did not touch, change or drink them for 7 days. Poured many of beer and they are now foamy as hell and have a stronger alcohol taste. Any ideas of what went wrong, Thanks.

Forgot to order rice hulls for a ten gallon batch of Head Scratcher IPA Weizen (12lb white wheat, 7lb rahr pils, 1.5lb carmel 40.) Should I get some, try it without or uses something else. Thanks

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I've been brewing 10 gallon batches but always lower gravity beers. Usually 14 to 18 pounds of grain per batch with 1.25 quarts of water per lb. Has anyone maxed out the limit of a 10 gallon mash tun useing 1.25 gallons per pound of grain? Just wondering how big of a beer you can make with out...

SWMBO loves the stuff and I can quite make it. Any ideas for an allgrain clone batch. Thanks!!

I was planning on brewing a beer tonight but I forgot to make my starter yesterday. I'm making NB extra pale ale (0.045). I have washed us-05 yeast, about 1/2 inch in an a pint jar that is 3 weeks old. I made a starter a couple weeks back for a Irish red ale and it was fine. Should I delay my...

The original gravity was 1.040, Final gravity was 1.005 after 14 days. I used washed Safle-05 and made a starter for it. Fermented @ 68 degrees. It tasted good when I kegged it, little malty but I think that is the style of the beer( my first ever red ale). I kegged it yesterday w/ 30 lbs psi...

I ordered the three keg set up from Keg Connection and there are no hose/tubing clamps where the picknick tap connects, just shoved in. Is this a problem or should I go buy some. It would suck to have those things blow off in the middle of the night. Why would they not put those on?

When i carb my beer (12 to 14 psi for at least one week at 42 degrees) should I not connect the party tap during this time to lessen the chance of leaks? After a week can I just connect the ball lock party tap or do i need to release the pressure, connect and the repressurize?

I brewed a ten gallon batch of nb american wheat a week ago. split the batch into two different carboys. after a week of fermenting, they are different colors. What causes this and can I or should I some how blend the two to make a consistent flavor/visual profile? I'm just trying to avoid the...

I brewed a american wheat, amber ale and a cream ale about four months ago. I bottled carb and conditioned the beer for 2 weeks. all was good, then had to work out of town for three months. I left a six pack of eack beer in closet at a temp of approx 70 to 75 degrees. I primed the bottles with 1...

Has anyone tried it? I have some extra coopers dry ale yeast and would like to save a little money. The discription says "woody, fruity esters at higher temps" I normaly use saf-05. fruity is fine but the woody kind of scares me. Any thoughts? what temp should I ferment?

Noobie Screw up! I had a quart of star san mixture back flow into a carboy that had been fermenting for three weeks. I know, I can't believe I did it either. What should I do. wait and see if the yeasties will eat it? I was planning on bottling it tomorrow. Please Advise! Thanks!

I like to dry hop in my primary fermentor. Trying not to get a lot of hops and other stuff into my bottling bucket, I put a couple of pieces of cheese cloth at the base of the siphon as a filter. For some reason, even though the bottom of the siphon and filter is completely submerged, LOTS of...

Here is my fermentation chamber build to give ideas to anyone that needs them.

Every year I get a group of guys together to compete in 5 games-darts, horseshoes, ring game, washers and target shooting. We call it Mantatholon! Basicly, we all get drunk with no SWMBO for the weekend and compete. Winners gets a trophy and two big ingraved beer mugs. Everyone gets a T-shirt...

I just built a 48" X 30" X 26" ferm chamber w/ a 6000 BTU window unit. I just ordered a digital Johnson temp control for it. I rewired the ac unit so that the temp sensor is on the out side of the chamber. I still have a little insulating to do around the unit it self but over all it's extremely...