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A friend of mine is looking to buy her signifcant other a commercial kegerator for his birthday and asked me for advice. My experience in this area is restricted to homebrew rigs, and therefore I have little to offer. She wants to spend under 1k$, including a full keg of good beer. Any...

I am working on putting together a basic home yeast lab. Does anyone know how to set up a fuel supply for a bunsen burner at home?

I recently moved and the city I moved to uses MIOX (mixed oxidant) secondary disinfection. From what I gather from sundry online sources, this is a reaction that uses NaCl and electricity to create various oxidative species. The chlorine smell is very noticeable. Will a charcoal filter remove...

I just moved from northern Michigan to South Carolina and brewed my first SC beer on Sunday. Trying to chill wort with water the temperature of microwaved urine is not something I am used to. Just looking for suggestions from any southern brewers on how to deal with this. I tried running the...

Entered my first competition (ABC brews Crews; http://www.uidzero.net/aron/abc/) held last Saturday. I mailed in two beers (snow cow wee heavy & What are you talking a stout) and I am getting jittery waiting to hear the results. Just curious if any other HBT'ers are competing. And, if you...

I love Jolly Pumpkin's beers. So I thought 'hey, why not grow up some of Ron's critters and pitch em' into my beer?'. I took the dregs from a bottle of Bam bier and step cultured it to a 1 L starter. Aside from sour mashes, this was my first experience with the wild things and didn't really know...

I'm hooked on Bam Bier. So much so that I just recently cultured up a starter from the dregs and pitched in my last Belgian PA. Four days in and my brew closet smells like Cpt. Spooky. Unfortunately we only see limited supply around here, and Bams the only one thats regularly available. Any...

Ahhh! Its bittersweet. :drunk:

I work for a small university's biology department. Yesterday I got the green light from one of the micro geek profs to use her lab at my leisure over the summer. This lab contains two type 2 flow hoods, an autoclave and all the other toys necessary for sterile culture. I think thats worth...

The long winters up here do strange things people. A month ago I was sitting on the porcelain throne and paging through my well worn copy of Chuck Paps Joy. I rediscovered that peculiar little appendix on sour mashes and decided to dabble on a whim. Heres the run down: 3 gallons OG: 1.054...

I've recently taken a great interest in Maillard chemistry and its applications in brewing. I decided this weekend to get my feet wet and try some home baked maillard reactions. My intention was to create a medium crystal malt (~60-80 L) from some briess pale malt. I started by soaking 3.5...

Little late, but... yesterday marked the birth of two great men, both born 2-12-1809 one freed slaves, the other freed minds. Any takers?

I've decided to experiment with toasting my own malt. I have toasted small portions (1-2 lbs) of the grain bill previously with decent results. This time I am considering toasting a large portion (perhaps all) of the base malt in order to achieve something that better approximates traditional...

Just curious if anyone else shares my pain. When I drink any beer with any amount of wheat (even small, like 5%) I get terrible abdominal pain and sulfurous gas:confused: . However, eating wheat (ie bread) doesn't have this effect. I have verified this observation over and over and can even...

I know Guinness clones have been discussed to the point of cliche, but... I came across a recipe that suggests pouring ~24 oz of Guinness into a bowl and allowing it to "sour for a week or so. This is then frozen and added to the wort at end of boil. I know many people use acid malt or other...

Amount Item Type % or IBU 11.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 88.00 % 0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.00 % 0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 4.00 % 0.50 lb Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 4.00 % 0.66 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -...

Not sure if I should post this here; so apologies to the mods if I'm being remiss. But as stated above I am in search of a 3/4" SS washer. I only need one for the inside of my MLT. I've checked all the local stores and can't justify buying a case of them + 10$ shipping online. Any help would be...

I am new to the corny world, but absolutely in love with it. However, I am concerned about the small amount of beer that creeps into the gas line when I shake the keg during force carbonating. I have a ball/check valve b/w regulator and keg. However a small amount of beer still makes its way...

I have heard/read about sulfur stink during fermentation, yet had never encountered it; until now. I've read that this may be indicative of under-nourished or stressed yeast. However, I am not convinced that this is the case currently. On Saturday (yesterday) I brewed an english pale sort of...

Anyone care to share a good AG braggot recipe they've enjoyed. I've never had the chance to drink one but have been curious for a while and I think its time to just brew it.