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I've been taking advantage of MoreBeer's 12 Kits of Christmas, and ended up with a kit that includes whole hops, which I don't expect to brew right away. I normally store pellet hops in the freezer, but this is the first time I've dealt with whole. Should I do the same thing with them, or...

I've brewed about a dozen beers on this system from brewhardware.com: https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/biabpackagepremium.htm No real problems until the last batch, brewed last week, which was to be a Belgian Quad following this recipe...

Earlier this year, I bought a BrewBuilt IceMaster Max 4 glycol chiller. I've really appreciated the ability to set a temperature on it and have it maintain it, pretty much regardless of ambient. But now I'm looking at brewing a Belgian Quad, and its fermentation schedule calls for increasing...

I'm planning to brew a Belgian Quad following The Electric Brewery's recipe, though scaled to a 5-gal batch and to match my efficiency. That recipe is supposed to result in an OG of 1.096, and it calls for WLP530 yeast. Brewfather's yeast calculator in turn calls for a 4.2L starter using 14.5...

I don't see another subforum where this would fit better, but please move if appropriate. I'm wondering if there are any good deals on ball-lock 5-gallon kegs for the weekend. I'd probably favor good-condition used over new, really, but I don't want complete beaters. Anyone know of any?

Just brewed my first lager over the weekend, which will hopefully come out as a good clone of Korbinian. It yields an OG of 1.078, calls for two packages of 34/70, and fermenting at 65°F under 15 psi for 14 days. I goofed setting my spunding valve, and by Monday morning the pressure was off...

I was watching a review of the Brewbuilt X2 jacketed conical on YouTube the other day when I had a thought: Sure, a jacketed conical is the bee's knees, but they're pricey, and it isn't something you can incrementally upgrade to (i.e., it isn't a feature you can add on to a fermenter you already...

I feel like this is kind of a dumb question, but... I just got a grain mill, so I'm planning to mill my own grains going forward (that is, after all, the reason I bought it). But what about flaked wheat/oats/barley? It seems it's already been processed in such a way as to make it "available,"...

I'd bought a pH meter before my hiatus in 2013, but somehow I can't find it now--I think it was some model of Milwaukee though. Assuming a budget of about $100 (though I'd naturally be happy to pay less if extra cost wouldn't buy me anything useful), what would be a good choice in this field...

I once built a kegerator out of a Sanyo 4912. Then, foolishly, I sold it, during a long hiatus from brewing. I'd now like to replace it, but of course that model's discontinued--and while I've found a few threads asking about a replacement, I don't see a replacement model, and searching around...

Just bought a SS head Chugger pump to recirculate my BIAB. What's the best way to clean/sanitize it? Should I just recirculate some PBW solution, or do I need to tear down the pump head every time to clean it? Or something in between?

Short version: I brewed a batch of BierMuncher's Blue Moon clone (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f71/blue-balls-belgian-wit-blue-moon-clone-24978/) three weeks ago, using US-05 yeast as recommended elsewhere in the thread. Starting gravity was 1.038. The gravity has been stable at 1.020 for at...

Finished up with an eKeggle build this past weekend. Loosely based on an Instructable (http://www.instructables.com/id/Electric-brewing-system/), but modified in a number of ways. Additional pictures are at https://picasaweb.google.com/107792868001472962528/Brewery The keg isn't as shiny as...

I have a Sanyo 4912 fridge that I've converted to a kegerator, and for the sake of flexibility with the gas tanks I'd like to be able to have them outside the fridge. With where it's placed right now, it'd be best if I could have the line come through the left side wall (left side as I'm facing...

Monday night, I brewed my first batch of beer, morebeer.com's Dunkelweizen extract kit with Wyeast 3068 (Weihenstephan Weizen). Tuesday, there was a 1-2" layer of krausen in the carboy and no bubbles in the airlock. Same thing Wednesday and Thursday. What I've read about that yeast indicates...

My first batch of homebrew (morebeer.com Dunkelweizen extract kit/Wyeast 3068) is fermenting merrily away in its carboy, and I'm planning on kegging it. I'm wondering, though, about some of the specifics: 1. I've heard suggestions of cutting the dip tube a little shorter to avoid picking up...

I've made some other fermented drinks in the past (mead, wine, cider), but just brewed my first batch of beer last night, using morebeer.com's Dunkelweizen kit and Wyeast 3068. Things seemed to go pretty smoothly, with one exception: I never obtained a full, rolling boil of the wort. I had 3...