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I recently upgraded to an electric brewing system and was brewing my second batch last weekend. I wasn't paying attention close enough since I had helpers over, and just after doughing in, the I let the mash shoot up way to high at the very start of the mash. It got to about 185 and took me...

I have a 4-tap keezer built out of a chest freezer and I'm thinking about upgrading to flare fittings. I have four taps with beer shanks each with a hose barb. I have a four-way CO2 distributor and each valve has hose barbs on the ends, and of course the ball lock fittings have hose barbs...

If I understand correctly, many people push their beers from carboys or conical into a co2 purged keg. If the process to purge the keg is fill it with star san and the push all the star san with co2 so you have five gallons of CO2, you end up with a pressurized keg. Ready to receive beer...

San Jose CA I'm selling my 10-gallon batch size home brew setup. You can easily brew 5 and 10 gallon batches. It includes two 15 gallon converted keg for a Hot Liquor Tank and Boil Kettle, 10 Gallon Igloo cooler mash tun, a March 809 pump, propane burner, one propane tank, four hoses with...

I'm looking to scale down a 10 gallon recipe to a 5 gallon recipe. The 10 gallon recipe calls for 4 oz hopback addition. Do I drop the hops to 2 oz, keep them at 4, or something in between. I'm new to using my hopback and was thinking that the oil extraction is less constant in a hopback...

I've been brewing all grain now for over a year, mostly pale ales (da yooper house recipe thank you very much), and have finally taken a crack at my all time favorite style, a Saison. I used the BCS Saison recipe and for a 5 gallon batch. I had my process off and unfortunately ended up with...

Last week I prepped a 2L starter of white labs cal ale yeast planning to brew an IPA. Stuff came up and I had to postpone my brew day a week. I let the starter run 48 hours and stuck it in the fridge. Night before my brew day I poured off most of the spent wort and added another 1.5L to a 2L...

First time poster, long time reader. Can’t thank all of you enough for the amazing information that has helped my brewing in just one year. I’ve taken the logical steps from extract to now about 10 all grain batches completed. I’m using a converted keg for the HLT and BK, one pump, and a 10...