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Did you do this brew? I've got a loquat tree and was thinking of something similar.

Resurrecting the 2 times dead thread here. I wanted to buy this, but don't want to pay $80. So I started looking here and found a ton of different screen sizes. I figured I could just fold and crimp the ends to make a tight seal and then somehow get it over the dip tube in my blichmann pot. The...

Adding more SSRs will work for safety, but adds more complexity and stuff in your brew box. I just finished my RIMS build and have a 5500W 240V element running at 120V (quarter power) on a 25A SSR. I just drilled a hole for my heating element power cord through a 1" plastic cap from home depot...

Have not done my Duvel clone yet, but it will be my next brew... and there is a lot of great information in this thread. One thing I noticed is that nobody mentioned harvesting yeast from a bottle of Duvel. In an experiment with my Tripel, I harvested Orval yeast by basically dumping a little...

I have also had this issue on previous batches of beer that sat in secondary for a few months. The beers initially had an oxidized flavor which cleared up after a few months of bottle conditioning. But now, I have a related problem perhaps. I put some bourbon soaked oak cubes in my secondary...

Can anybody explain what the different layers are in the yeast starter after putting it in the fridge? From what I can tell, there are 4: 1) Dark bottom layer = dead yeast? 2) White layer = pure yeast 3) Milky brown liquid = wort with some yeast in suspension? 4) Top spent wort brown layer I...

Did u aerate? And how long beforehand did you make the starter? I built mine up twice and decanted. It was less than 12 hrs from the time I started building my starter up with fresh wort until pitching time. So the yeast were active and ready to go!

I'm brewing a BIG holiday beer with 1214. I used a 2.4L starter and it was bubbling within 3 hours, temp at 67F. Seems like making a proper starter and aerating will get this strain going pretty quickly. Last time I used 1214 in a Dubbel it also started this quick and finished around 1.010...

I just bought a Frigidaire 12.9 cu ft chest freezer. I have a Johnson temp probe keeping it at 55F with 1F differential. It doesn't blow any air, the walls just chill inside so it only turns on for about 5 minutes every 2.5 hours when the freezer is full... probably closer to 2 hrs when empty.