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  1. inhousebrew

    Learn the hard way: Shut the valve on the plastic big mouth bubbler....

    Why does it always seem you need to learn the hard way? I remember one time, years ago, learning to make sure that the valve on the bottling bucket was in the closed position after losing one or two gallons onto the floor while siphoning my beer in. Now I've purchased a new plastic Big...
  2. inhousebrew

    Converting a coffin keezer to a collard wooden top

    So after moving out of my buddy's house almost two years ago I lost access to his keezer which left me (gasp) bottling beers again. At first it was fun and the wife thought it was something cool to do together. That sentiment died quickly after bottling three batches in one day when she...
  3. inhousebrew

    Wedding beer?!?!

    Howdy guys, I'm getting married this summer at a campsite on a river! It's going to be awesome. One of the kickers for this site is that they allow us to serve beer without a license so long as we're not selling it or asking for "donations". That said I'm looking for ideas. The wedding...
  4. inhousebrew

    I'm back in the kegging game and it's AWESOME

    So I used to brew for a while with some buddies I lived with and we each owned different things. Unfortunately when I moved out the kegging gear which wasn't mine stayed there (unused now for six months by the way :mad:). I've been bottling since then dreaming of the day when I can keg beer...
  5. inhousebrew

    Have you ever frozen three carboys of beer... because I have

    So I walked down the basement, grabbed the racking cane and a sanitized keg, headed over to the chest freezer and when I opened the lid I wondered why the sanitizer for the blowoff tube looked so strange. Then I wondered why it smelled so strongly of apples. Then I wondered... OH MY GOD... why...
  6. inhousebrew

    New counter flow chiller questions.

    So I used to use a friends plate chiller but don't have easy access to it anymore and thought it could clog a bit to easily so I went out and got a counterflow chiller. It's a bit wider and I'm going to be running it with a small pump so I don't think clogging will be an issue. But it's copper...
  7. inhousebrew

    any problems with sour mash in a cooler?

    Just posting this after thinking about it in another thread. I have been interested in a sour mash but have not done much research on it. So you're just mashing, letting the temp drop and then waiting an extended time to sour the mash? Is this introducing bacteria or other bugs into the...
  8. inhousebrew

    Game of Thrones Season Three

    Hey folks, I seem to remember a GoT thread floating around last year but haven't seen it pop up. Or maybe I'm just missing it (which if is the case kindly point me in the right direction). Just thought I'd post this to get some thoughts, comments and concerns from the shows viewers and book...
  9. inhousebrew

    Super low gravity white IPA critique

    So I've been doing a couple batches of scaled down IPAs that clock in around 4% ABV and haven't found what I'm looking for yet. Looking for something dry with little to no caramel sweetness and a good hop flavor without overpowering bitterness. As far as parameters go I've been using an...
  10. inhousebrew

    Favorite stupid youtube videos???

    Just for fun and because I always like killing time by watching stupid things on youtube. But first a few rules: 1) No cute animal videos. I don't want to see a baby monkey messing with a dog, no matter how cute and funny it is. 2) Nothing so offensive it might get this thread in trouble...
  11. inhousebrew

    Go to IPA grainbill

    Pretty simple topic, if you needed to make your favorite IPA right now what is your go to, house IPA grainbill. Just curious as to what everyone likes to do.
  12. inhousebrew

    hard to not go overboard when bulk ordering hops

    Well, I can't believe I have never done this before but I just order a couple pounds of hops online and man is it difficult to not get carried away. One place had five dollars flat rate shipping so I at one point had like six pounds in my cart thinking "Wow this is a great deal when thinking by...
  13. inhousebrew

    Your favorite top five beers?

    So we were having this conversation about our favorite beers last night and I realized it is more difficult to come up with a list of my favorite top five beers than I thought so just as an excuse to exercise your opinion I was wondering what your top five favorite beers are. Rules: Pick...
  14. inhousebrew

    Nugget Hop IPA

    Someone posted something about a Grateful Dead collaboration beer between the Dead and Dog Fish Head that was asking for input from fans on what the special ingredient should be and it got me thinking the obvious answer is weed. It should be weed. But, I know that is not feasible so in it's...
  15. inhousebrew

    Game of Thrones Beer: Has to be something better than a blonde ale?

    So I'm looking back at this Ommegang release again http://beerpulse.com/2012/12/ommegang-unveils-iron-throne-bottle-formally-announces-game-of-thrones-deal/ and thinking to myself that this is pretty awesome but there has to be a better way to honor such an awesomely violent show with...
  16. inhousebrew

    yeast slanting question: really high FG

    So I fermented my first batch from slanted yeast and racked it from primary yesterday after two weeks for some oak aging. It was a stout using British Ale II that I had slanted two or three months ago via the method posted here...
  17. inhousebrew

    Ol' Stouty

    Just curious for input. Another brew I already made but just wondering what people think. Ol' Stouty Foreign Extra Stout Batch Size (fermenter): 2.50 gal Est Original Gravity: 1.064 SG Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU 4 lbs Malting Company of Ireland Stout Malt (1.8 SRM)...
  18. inhousebrew

    Drunken Cookie Oatmeal Stout

    This is already brewed but I always like to see what people think. Mashed at 156* Drunken Cookie Oatmeal Stout Batch Size (fermenter): 2.50 gal Est Original Gravity: 1.058 SG Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU 4 lbs 4.0 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 68.1 % 8.0 oz...
  19. inhousebrew

    locknut for element installation

    Where can I find a cheap SS Locknut for installing my heating element? I'm struggling. I know I need to punch a 1 1/4" hole to install it. Does that mean I need a 1 1/4" locknut too, or just an 1"? I've seen some builds on here that list an 1". Confused, and a little out of my element...
  20. inhousebrew

    My eBIAB Build: Am I in over my head? We'll see.

    Alright so it's finally that time. After reading multiple threads on here I think I'm ready to go. I'm setting up an eBIAB system very much like jbr03's 2.5 gallon 110volt system. While it is pretty similar I am not following everything to the tee. Here's a sneak peak at my awesome Microsoft...
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