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I do 5 gallon batches. Ive been debating if upgrading from my 62,000 btu burner to a bayou 220,000btu would be of much help. It would get me to boil faster i guess. But would that save me gas? Im filling my tank every 3-4 brews with my 62,000.

As I progress in my brewing endeavors ive contemplated buying a dedicated HLT cooler. Currently im using a wheeled cooler that i use for other stuff but was looking at the 5 gallon coolers at home depot this weekend. Currently im mashing in a 10 gallon igloo cooler with false bottom and boiling...

Any brewers in hespeler? Would be cool to find a couple brew buddys close to home to share notes and brews with. In the Fisher Mills area if that helps.

On my first Biab i used a default beersmith equipment profile and screwed up figuring it would be close enough. Today i figured i was all set but again had issues. Heres how it went. I set up a profile for my equipment as close as i can figure. I inputted the recipe into beersmith and it seemed...

Had a fun day and made beer. Didnt exactly go to plan but that part of learning i guess. Things i learned 1. Setup your actual equipment in beersmith dont take something that looks close. 2. Have fermentables on hand incase. 3. water is heavy! I plugged a recipe for a kit i got into...

Ok so i had a brewers best belgian tripel that was stuck at 1.030 and at the advice of the lhbs i raised temp to high 70s to try to get it to come down. Its been in secondary 2 weeks now and is nice and clear but the bananas are strong. i know this is from raising the temp. Will this mellow if i...

I have a brewers best red ale thats 2 weeks in primary today. It had reached FG and is begining to clear up. I tried the hydrometer sample and its boring, not much going on... I have oak chips on hand i could soak in whiskey and add. I'm trying to find a reason to not do this. Theres nothing...

I did a brewers best tripel started a week and a half ago. It has since stalled at 1.030 has been there for 3 days. Its been 8 days since the kit was started. I checked it at 5 days and then again today as i plan to secondary this kit with oak. I was hoping it would be at FG today, well i guess...

Im doing a brewers best belgian tripel kit. Checked the temp this morning and its sitting at 67 deg. On the box it had a sticker recomending a belt. Im within the range stated by both the kit and the yeast. Do i have anything to gain by getting it to the upper end of the range?

I brewed a red ale Brewers best kit last night and it had me add all the lme at the same time. Tonight I'm doing a American pale ale and I saw add lme and pored it all in. I realize now I was supposed to wait 40 mins to add the second can. What will this change about the beer.

I'm making a Cooper English bitter kit and added a bag of spray malt the store sold me with it. I was in there today because it seems my beer is gonna be low in alcohol. She told me my initial gravity should have been 1.045 or so. Mine was 1.032 its now at 1.012 is it too late to add sugar? I'm...

Look out. New guy without a clue here. Been on the fence about making beer and decided to get going recently. First batch is in the seconday now cant wait to try it. Roger