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I recently returned to brewing after a three year layoff, and I feel like my process grasp is not as firm as I would like it to be. Please offer your thoughts on what I have right and what I might be about to do wrong. BACKGROUND I am making a "modern" West Coast IPA - a very pale malt bill...

Brew day is tomorrow. I am making a 7% WCIPA and using Imperial's version of the Chico strain. I have a couple of spunding and floating dip-tube options. I have a stone and an O2 cannister for oxygenating. I also have pretty decent temperature control in the chest freezer that I use as a...

I've just returned to brewing after a three year hiatus. I am pretty sure I made a number of mistakes, but want to ask about just one. I did not oxygenate following the boil. I recirculated the wort in my Anvil Foundry 10.5 through a cheap plate chiller for a very long time before...

Perhaps a slightly weird question. I am brewing a clone of Anderson Valley Summer Solstice - a/k/a Cerveza Crema. I have fermented with Imperial Yeast Cable Car (California Commons, I think) for eight days at about 61F and have just added half an ounce of vanilla extract to the fermenter (no...

I've been holed up in the wilderness for months unable to brew. I planned to revive some Hansens Ale Yeast on a stir-plate with a can of Omega Yeast's Propper Starter. As I poured the wort I noticed the freshness date on the bottom of the can was 09/19/2019. How much difference is this likely...

I just took delivery on my second CBDS and realized that my first system lost the little silicone end cap that the second one has. This probably does not matter a whole lot, but it does mean that the optional filter doesn't do its' job anymore thanks to the uncovered tube end. It looks like a...

My spunding valve worked just fine a month or two ago. Now, no matter how far I turn the adjustment knob in either direction, it will not release a single pound of pressure from a highly pressurized keg. What happened? My valve looks like the one on the "build your own" page at Homebrew Finds...

My first milkshake IPA has finished fermenting. I plan to add a vanilla bean tincture and rack onto three pounds of blood orange puree. After I do this, how long should I wait before kegging?

Is it OK to leave a starter on a stir plate for almost three days? I have to leave town for a while, and want to brew about a day after I get back. I've just made a 1L starter with Propper Starter and a fair amount of Hansens Ale Yeast that I took from a two step starter about six weeks ago...

Can I get the thoughts and suggestions of the assembled brain trust on this recipe? I plan to brew on Sunday. Mash at 155F 7 lbs Pilsner Malt (Avangard) (1.7 SRM)51.9% 2 lbs Oats, Malted (Thomas Fawcett) (2.0 SRM) 14.8% 1 lbs Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) 7.4% 1 lbs Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM) 7.4%...

Has anyone brewed a blood orange milkshake IPA?

I recently got an old mini fridge for free and kitted it out as a kegerator, but it is already dieing. I need a replacement. Which currently available new mini fridge is best? I'd like: 1 to be able to drill through the middle of the top; 2 not to need to remove or displace a freezer; and 3...

Goofy question time. I want to call my next brew Sippy Cup IPA. As the name suggests, it needs to be juicy. I have just received a bunch of Galaxy and Strata. Neither has to be part of the recipe, but it would help. If you were going to call your beer Sippy Cup IPA, what would you put in...

Does it matter if the CO2 tank is inside the kegerator or outside? I read somewhere that a cold tank won't last as long as one at room temp. Is this true?

I am considering replacement of my Catalyst conical fermenter. Things I'd like to have include the following: 1) Roughly six gallon capacity to allow krausen room in a five gallon batch; 2) About 27" high including S-shaped airlock so it will fit into my chest freezer fermentation chamber. The...

Just curious. I know you do not spund on the clock, but how long does it usually take before you remove the spunding valve and cold crash?

So, I decided to make a small change in my process, and I am at a complete loss to explain what happened. I do eBIAB with a continuously recirculating mash, a pourover sparge after pulling the bag and a recirculating boil in the original kettle. All hops are pitched commando both in the boil...

I've made three beers with WLP 075 and all attenuated in the 87 to 90+ range. The first was a Centennial Blonde with fresh yeast that came out of the kettle at 1.052 that I diluted to 1.047. It finished at 1.006, or 87%. I just made it again with a dubious slurry of the same yeast and did not...

I am about ready to make the move from picnic taps and kegs in a chest freezer to a two tap tower on an old mini-fridge. I've ordered an Intertap double flow-control tower. Does the presence of flow control alter the equation for serving line length? I have the impression that serving line...

My five pound CO2 tank is empty. When I disconnect everything but the gauges and then open everything up, nothing comes out. However, my high-pressure gauge reads 400 while the low-pressure gauge reads zero. Is something wrong with my high-pressure gauge?