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I'm curious to know when you guys dump your trub. Do you wait for fermentation to stop? Or, do you do it when fermentation slows down?

I brewed my first Belgian Quad yesterday (11/07). Brew day went great! I followed Beersmith and pitched yeast at 67 degrees F (seems like an oddly specific temp 🙄). Today, my fermenter is bubbling like a race horse on crack!! My concern is that the temp rose to 82 degrees overnight in my...

I'm sure this has been covered at nauseum, but when one autotunes their electric brewery brew panel Love Controls Series 16C mash PID, everyone says it should be done on brew day.... 1) Does this mean that it should this be done while the mash is recirculating before my mash time starts? 2)...

I sincerely do not know that the F is wrong with me. Really could use advise of trub dump. I ferment, stuff settles.... sight glass is full of trub. I dumb the trub, but the sight glass never goes clear unless i dump more beer than i'm willing to part with. Am I alone here.... or am i doing...

Up for sale is my original all-grain setup. System includes two custom 15 gallon stainless steel Bayou Classic kettles and much more! See below for pictures and details.... - Brew Kettle- with whirlpool port, thermometer, pickup tube port, and 2 stainless steel ball valves, lid included. -...

Hi all! I just brewed 10 gallons of my CaptainJoeJackUnballs III IPA. I hit all of my temps and expected gravities. However, BeerSmith is suggesting that I add Amylase Enzyme to my fermenter after 3 days. THIS has me confused because I've never heard of adding it to the fermenter, unless its...

Up for sale is a well maintained, like-new all-grain beer brewing sculpture. Kit includes: - Custom Bayou Classic 15 gallon stainless steel brew kettle - Custom Bayou Classic 15 gallon stainless steel recirculating mash tun - Double burner King Kooker - Free brand new march pump for mash...

So I've been kegging in my keezer for about 1.5 years now, and I want to address the last real mystery of the brewing process. I still don't know how to carbonate to maintain carbonation volumes to fall within stylistic parameters. I understand that there are brew calculators out there that...

Hi all, I barrel aged a Belgian strong ale in a 25 gallon rum barrel. Now I'm trying to figure out how to clean and store the barrel. Any advice on how best to proceed would be greatly appreciated. :mug:

Hello all. I'm barrel aging for the first time, and I'm super psyched! My question is this: Should I "shake" my barrel every once in awhile once the beer is in it?

Hi, wondering if someone out there can help me. I need to make a yeast starter for a 10 gallon batch. I have all of the equipment, but I'm not sure of exactly how to make a yeast starter. I hear that it's easy, but I've never made one. I understand that it's like making a "mini-beer." My...

Hello all, I couldn't find a thread about this.... so I apologize in advance if I missed it..... How long can I expect a .5 Micron oxygen aeration stone to last for?

Does anyone have any experience with this? I can't find a whole lot of information about it's practicality, or any pictures or videos of it being used. Also, I measured the ports on my 1/2 bbl BME Chronical... they measure at 2", and it appears that the inline kit is 1.5". Will this fit? Am...

I brewed my first Witbier back in July with coriander. This was my first time using coriander, but I understand that it can be potent if exposed to the boil for too long. I kegged 5 gallons of beer after fermenting and it was good. I let the other 5 gallons sit in a corny keg for 6 months...

I just made a Witbier, and my OG was about 10 points low. So I did the only thing I could think of; pitch the yeast and hope for the best! The beer came out tasting fantastic! But my ABV came out to 3.2%, which is low for the style. I recently read this article entitled "How to Correct Low...

How the hell do I get the plastic taste/smell out of beverage line so my beer doesn't taste like plastic????

I had a problem last week that I've never encountered before. I ran my wort through my counter flow wort chiller, and into my SS conical only to find that I was still at 90 degrees :no:. As a result, I transferred back into my brew kettle, and "re-chilled" my wort, which yielded positive...

This may be a dumb question...and I've searched the forums....and cannot find any insight. I have a 20 gallon 3 vessel EHERMS. It seems that most systems are set up (from left to right) BK, MLT, HLT. Is there any reason why I can't have my order be: HLT, BK, MLT? Thanks in advance!

So in a couple of weeks I plan on making a citrus imperial ipa based on a clone of Cigar City’s Jai Alai. I wanted to add .5 oz orange zest to a 5 gallon batch during the last 10 minutes of my boil. But I’ve been researching on the interwebs, and noticed that some people steep their zest...

This will be a basement build, So I have the vortex fan.. I have a plan to build the hood. But, do I HAVE to have an intake other than the space under my ventilation hood?? I’ve seen others build intakes from outside, and the out-flow also obviously outside. I have a large basement, and I...