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    Will bench capper cap screw top bottles ?

    I have a hand bottle capper http://www.morebeer.com/products/emily-bottle-capper-magnet.html For oxygen caps like these, there are no issues in capping non screw top bottles http://www.morebeer.com/products/oxygen-absorbing-bottle-caps-100.html However for screw top bottles, the cap sticks to...
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    Questions on how to reuse yeast

    I have a 16 oz mason jar with about 8oz of yeast and 8 oz of water which I collected from a hefeweizen batch I made 3 months ago. It's been left in the fridge all this time. I want to reuse that when I make a hefeweizen again next week, but it'll be my first time doing this. 1) Do I just...
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    Question about wiring an STC 1000

    On some diagrams I see that three rather than one wire connector is used when wiring up an STC 1000 i.e http://canadrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/tempctrl_wiremap.png So 1) the ground on the plug end doesn't go directly to the ground connector on the outlet. An extra wire is used...
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    STC 1000 fermentation cooler questions

    I recently built a temperature controller based off an STC 1000 and radio shack box. I have a Sanyo 4.4 cubic foot fridge and I'll be using a 6 gallon plastic carboy to ferment in future. I have a few basic questions 1) If I attach the probe to the carboy and I'm looking to ferment ales at...
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    Swamp cooler temperature questions

    I have an American pale ale which has been fermenting in a 6 gallon bucket inside a Homz tub acting as a swamp cooler. It's the first time I've done this. In the past I would just leave the bucket alone in a closet but the temperature fluctuated wildly and sometimes reached 80-84, which is...
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    BIAB temperature control

    I've done 3 BIAB 5 gallon batches now indoors on the stove I can get to 164 and mash in for 60 min at 154 quite easily But my problem is with the mash out at 170 I normally use my thermapen (5 inch probe) But since my pot is tall and thin-nish I wonder if I need to get a longer probe to...
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    Double crushing grains

    Bought a cereal killer grain mill some time ago but will use it later this week Read that it's worth changing the setting to around 0.036 I've done that Is it still worth double crushing the grains for BIAB ?
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    First BIAB wit is a little sour

    Did my first BIAB for a Belgian Wit a few weeks ago Everything sanitized Recipe followed Fermented for 2 weeks at 65 degrees, bottled for 2 weeks and a small subset i.e 12 bottles have been in the fridge now for a week Kicking myself since I made the newbie mistake of not paying close...
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    Search for recipe based on ingredient

    Is there any software or website which has indexed recipes, whereby you can enter an ingredient such as the type of grain or hop and it throws out recipe suggestions ? I downloaded a bunch of recipes from a number of places and put together a spreadsheet that I can filter on, but it's...
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    Freezing hops in quart sized Kerr mason jars

    I picked up a box of Kerr quart wide mouth mason jars at Walmart today These were the only ones available in that size I was going to use these to freeze a pound of hops at a time However I read that these wide mouth jars were not suitable for freezing at the Kerr website, here...
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    Storing grain in plastic buckets

    I was looking to buy a few 5 or 6 gallon buckets to store some grains in bulk. I'll buy some lids to go with the buckets. I guess I can clean everything with PBW before dropping in the grains. Do the buckets need to be lined at all i.e with a wastepaper liner or just drop the grains in ?
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    How long after no chill does it take for pitching yeast temp

    I'm trying my first BIAB this morning Used 7 gallons of water and it yielded 6 gallons of wort pre-boil I'll be transferring to my plastic bucket after the boil is done and will put on a lid (which has a grometted hole for an airlock) I want to try no chill for the first time also My room...
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    Amount of mash water for BIAB

    I'm going to brew a 5 gallon Belgian wit as my first BIAB Ingredients as follows 4.75 lb Belgian Pilsner (2 Row) 3.00 lb White Wheat Malt 2.5 lb Flaked Wheat 0.50 oz Cascade (7.5%) (30min) 0.50 oz Cascade (7.5%) (5 min) 0.50 oz Orange Peel, Bitter (Boil 15.0 min) 0.50 oz Coriander...
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    Leaky wort chiller for sale advice

    I need some equipment advice I was looking for a wort chiller online and I saw a counterflow wort chiller advertised locally for $10. Supposedly it has a small leak. I don't know where. I haven't contacted the seller, but will ask Is this something that can be easily fixed ? Any concerns ...
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    Undecided about a Bayou KAB6 for $50

    I'm currently doing partial boils inside and eventually would like to do build a Rubbermaid mashtun lauter and do full 5 gallon boils outside and go all grain I saw a Bayou KAB6 advertised for $50 locally I'm assuming this is a good price Bearing in mind that I doubt that I want to do more...
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    Cheap means of cooling wort

    I had a lot of problems cooling my wort with ice and didn't have a wort chiller for my 5 gallon partial boil. I had to actively monitor and cool it down over several hours. In the end, I had to come back to it the following morning I've read some inventive means to cool down a 5 gallon boil i.e...
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    Does all grain brewing lead to fresher beer

    On my first extract but with a view to going all grain down the road I quite enjoy this hobby. Not too expensive, it's my own effort and a nice end result I see a lot of people eventually migrate to all grain and the flexibility it provides I'm not too interested in doing more than 5 gallon...
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    Starsan usage

    I want to keep a spray bottle full of starsan and water I also want to sanitize with a 1oz to 5 gallon ratio to my plastic bucket Can I sanitize multiple buckets using the same water ? Will the solution in the spray bottle keep indefinitely i.e over several months ? Is it really harmful to...
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    Airlock is bulging and overflowing

    Doing my first extract brew in a 6.5 gallon plastic bucket Making a hefeweizen with WLP300 Hefeweizen liquid yeast There is 6 inches 'free' from the level of the wort to the top of the lid I was expecting active fermentation from reading up In reality 0-24 hours - Not much activity...
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    Buying a wort chiller

    Did my first 5 gallon extract at the weekend Previously was doing Mr Beer extracts for months It was routine up until I came to cool the wort to 70 for pitching I don't have a wort chiller and had ice and it still took 3-4 hours Even left it outside in the bitter cold and stirred...
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