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Hello to everyone who loves to brew. I just joined the many happy people who want to make brewing more consistent and easier to brew by participating in the open source development and by purchasing a control board kit that is part of the control system I am building. This board and available...

You guys looking for a good deal on a pot need to look at this.

I am looking for a suitable solenoid gas valve with gas or electric ignition so I can control a natural gas 32 jet burner for my keg HLT. I will be plugging some jets to reduce the BTU's. I will be using a Ranco temperature controller.

This is an excellent read for those of you who want to re-use liquid yeast over and over. I recently bought a microscope and really like the way it teaches me what I can and can not do when pitching yeast and maintaining a good supply of my favorite strains. Over all you may save money over...

I just had to mention this to everyone. Recently I checked my brewing supplies and found that ants had found their way to my corn sugar. This was suprising to me because it was double bagged and heat sealed. I think they found a small hole in the seal but did not get into the inner bags...

I tried to grow hops this year but I think the climate here in southern California is just to intense hot. I planted and as soon as the first leaf came out we had a hot spell and it just withered. I watered but no joy. :( All the work of getting the soil ready did not help. Does anyone...

I recently purchased a 1000 X microscope and hemacytometer as I want to be able to count yeast. My problem is that I need to dilute my sample so that there is not so much to count in each square when I have a concentrated sample. I am looking for a measuring pipete to measure out 10 to 1 = 9...

I can not figure any way to import BeerSmith recipes with the current BTP vessels. Yes I can import the recipes from BS as XML files ok, but do I have to set up vessels and heat sources, etc. in each recipe imported? I am using the following software: Beer Tools Pro 1.5 trial Beersmith 1.4

Tonight I am drinking a 7.5 month Schwarzbier and it has become very dry (WLP830 yeast). It is so smooth. It has become a very drinkable beer and does not give any hint of alcohol yet intoxicates quite well. This is a tribute to aging beer. It had way more flavor at 4 months but was less...

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I just had to write about my experience with teaching the importance of fermenting at the right temperature. A friend of mine has been berwing for about a year and we share beer and ideas all the time. He has had problems with off flavors many times and does not have enough room for...

I have brewed a long time and have always wished I could halt the aging at a point in time because every beer has it's best taste at a given point in time. You have many options and they all have their good and bad points. What I would like to do on this thread is to discuss the ways to make a...

I have been using origional Sanke keg spear o-rings but need new ones. Does anyone have the correct O-ring specifications or the part number? I have searched all over the place to find this but no success.

This hot weather is killing my hops. I tried to shade them a bit but 103 to 105F is a bit much. I think the only one that came up in 4 is about to die.

About 6 weeks ago I planted 4 hop plants 3 Cascades and 1 stirling and only the 1 Sterling came up. I think that maybe the Cascades were too old? I kept watering and have them in hills to promote draining. Anyone have any tips on the Cascades, I think they are DOA? Is miricle grow good...

Recently I waited for my water to heat and got to thinking I could create a better HLT. I would like my water to be at temperature just before brew time. I get up early to make beer to avoid the heat of the day. I was thinking of a natural gas water heater (HLT) that would maintain 175F to...

I just have to say that normally dark beers are not my favorite but in this case I made a dark beer that is really great. It's a Scwarzbier and in Germany they like it very much. I used Jamil Z's recipe and did not change it. When I brewed it the smell was out of this world and I could not...

I don't know how many of you have left over hops you have opened or have hops stored in regular plastic bags but they are slowly becoming useless over time. Hops will lose alpha acids (bittering quality) as they are exposed to heat and oxygen. Keeping the hops cold and away from oxygen will...

Does anyone seal their hops in barrier bags (mylar)? I am looking for a good source for bags and a vacuum sealer that works with these bags.

SNPA clone -1- 12 Brew Type: All Grain Date: 4/22/2008 Style: American Pale Ale Brewer: BillC Batch Size: 12.00 gal Assistant Brewer: Boil Volume: 14.00 gal Boil Time: 60 min Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 % Equipment: Bill's Brew System Actual Efficiency: 80.09 % Taste Rating (50...