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I have been winning quite a few medals in competition the last year and a half and have been getting many questions about my methods/recipes from my local homebrew club members. In an effort to help better explain my methods and success I though I would take some readings of the various...

I grabbed a few new specialty grains I have not previously used the other day at the LHBS. Mainly the De Bittered Black Malt from Dingemans and Coffee Malt from Franco-Belges. I am thinking about using some of them for something like a Breakfast Stout or slightly amped up oatmeal stout with...

I took part in a multi brewer barrel project and today was barrel filling day. The barrel was originally a Jack Daniels charred oak whiskey barrel before it went to a near by vineyard. The vineyard strips/steam cleans the barrels and preps them before filling them with a two year old rich...

If I have a quality juicer that extracts a high percentage of juice, i.e. light dry pulp, is there any reason to not extract juice from fruit rather than use whole fruit? I plan on making a variety of berry, berry blend, or other fruit mead this month and I have a fair bit of fresh picked...

My google-fu is weak. Looking for a 90º reducing elbow. One end 3/4" FPT and the other at 1/2" FPT. Does such a beast exist? If not how about a 3/4" FPT 90º to 1/2 MPT street elbow?

Working out a recipe for a collaboration brew with another local brewer. He has a killer Red Rye IPA that I love. I have a killer India Black Ale that he loves. We both want to incorporate Brett in an IPA. Naturally we want to do a Rye India Black Ale with Brett. I have come up with the...

How many of you turn cranks other than the ones on your malt mill? I raced mountain bikes a couple decades ago when I was in college. I really wish I had some pictures of the old days but I can find no digital ones. There are probably a few floating around in a photo album but I will be...

There are a bunch of mechanically inclined, technical, engineer type folks on this board. I know some of you must have an appreciation for fine, functional, or otherwise interesting time pieces. I absolutely love automatic watches but I can't really afford or justify some of the finer offerings...

Another Forum I frequent has some interesting threads on off topic things that members are passionate about or other thing they collect. One such thread is Knives. From the sturdy everyday carry pocket knives to the fine hand crafted collection pieces. So do you have an appreciation for...

In my build (eHERMS, 3 converted kegs, two 5500 ULWD elements, BrewTroller, single tier, multi pump) I have contemplated a couple different element mounting options. Has anyone considered mounting the element, utilizing a tri-clover adapter, to the main sanke fitting on a keg? Keg flipped...

I am putting together some vertical tasting collections of Barleywines. I have some 2007 and some 2008 SN Bigfoot stored boxed, out of the light, cool, and dry since purchased. I will trade 1 for 1 for any 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, or 2011 SN Bigfoot offerings. I am also interested...

Ok so I am sorting out the supply side of my new system up to the Control enclosure. I put together the diagram below. Since the links are not clickable in the jpg here they are again. These are examples. Some of the items are already sourced, some I will pick up from Lowe's/Home...

Does anyone else have issues with their propane tank freezing up on them with the Blichmann Burner? My two most recent brew sessions were a pain due to this. Ambient temps were in the low to mid 50's. I had a heck of a time keeping 5 gallons of wort boiling in my keggle and I tried two...

I am going to do a berliner weisse shortly with: 50% Pilsner malt 40% Malted wheat 10% acidulated malt. I will be doing a sour mash of 24 to 48 hours. I want a fairly tart/sour beer when finished. My question is what percentage of the grist should I sour mash? I have read...

% Amount Name ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 89.3% 12.50 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) 5.4% 0.75 lbs. Carafa III (de-husked) 3.6% 0.50 lbs. Crystal 80L 1.8% 0.25 lbs. Chocolate Malt Hops...

Last year in competition I had a mead that placed second. I was bested by a mead that was in part comprised of some form of Agave and very much tasted like Tequila. I am not a sore looser and got the opportunity at the competition after party to taste most of the meads in competition, it was...

So like a fair number of people I am going full electric in the brewery. I have accumulated 1/3 of the bits I might need so far and have begun fabrication of my 3 vessel, 3 pump, single tier, multi element system. My question to the group is which did you choose and why did you choose eHERMS...