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I planned on brewing a 6.5 gallon batch of lager (OG 1.048) tomorrow. I made a 2 L starter in a stir plate with Imperial Harvest and then stepped up to a 3.5 L starter. However, after the first 10 hours of the 3.5 L starter being on the stir plate, I noticed significant overflow due to foaming...

Thank you Martin very much for the response. This beer actually was headed to a competition. I’ll probably still enter it so I suppose time will tell. Thank you again.

Thanks rburrelli. I was hoping it was just my neurosis.

I feel like I’m being overly paranoid, but while chilling my wort today (6 Gallons), I noticed a small leak where the hose meets the chiller and some tap water full of chloramines got into my wort. My estimate is probably only a tablespoon or so as it was a very slow leak and I caught it pretty...

That’s what I was hoping. Thank you.

I’ve been brewing for around 12 years and have always been on a well. Recently I moved into a house that has municipal water that is treated (I believe it’s chlorinated). My plan is to use R/O water for the Star San mix but would like to use the tap water for the actual cleaning of the kettles...

Update: just went inside to check on him and he had it up to a rolling boil. Excuse me while I bang my head off the cement here.

I am attempting my 2nd turbid mash today. I did one last year and it was successful. This year I had my Dad helping me. When I pulled the portions of turbid wort I told him to heat them to 180. However, I just found out that he only heat it to 80 degrees. The turbid wort was 80 degrees for about...

I just tapped this today. Brewed on 1/13 as stated above. Its a wonderful beer! I'm actually going to brew it again mid May. Nice malt aroma with rich flavor. I used all Durst malt in this. The bitterness also seems very much in balance. Excellent.

I brewed this on 1/13/2019 and mashed at 156. The OG was 1.066 and I pitched a huge starter of wlp 833 at 45 degrees and oxygenated well. Fermentation kicked off in about 20 hours. Its sitting at 48 degrees F now. I will try to remember to report back in late April/early May when I tap it. The...

Absolutely. I ran the numbers and it's going to be enormous. Thank you again.

Thanks guys. That's what I will do then. The OG will be about 1.093 or so (I don't have my notes in front of me). I'll just adjust my IBUs accordingly.

I'm brewing a Dopplebock next weekend. I am used to ordering malt by the pound but found a website where you can enter your actual recipe in and they combine the grain for you. I was in a rush, didn't realize this and ordered too much malt. My basic original recipe for 6.75 gallons was: 14.75...

jmcquesten that is brilliant and I wish I came up with it. Dumb question- where do you get a syringe like that? Also, what is the name of the piece it is connected to, is that just a male QD? Thank you.

I live in NY and do not have a problem here. I do an exchange at a welding supply store.

I also use TOSNA 2.0 and am very pleased.

That sounds like a wise course of action. If you pull the trigger please post results. I may do the same later this winter.

I chickened out and Brewed the original but am adding cocoa nibs and 3 vanilla beans for 6 days and dark roast whole bean coffee beans for 2 days. I am putting this batch on nitro. Will be ready 1/7. I decided not to scale it up because I read conflicting info about scaling up stouts. Unless I...

I am brewing this tomorrow but scaled the OG up to 1.075 and the IBUs up to about 50. Planning to put it on Nitro in a few months. Before I brew it I wanted to check with the community and make sure this isn't a bad idea. It's not too late for me to call an audible and brew the original again...

Thank you! Your recipe has become a staple food n my house.