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If you habe a chugger pump, like me, eventually the forward and rear thrust washers will need to be replaced. After scouring (somewhat) the interwebs, I found this company. Military owned and less expensive than others for the same product. Hopgoblin.com. Check them out if you need supplies...

I have a cereal killer mill and would like to hook up a motor to it, not that my drill isn't working good , I just want to get the rpms consistent. What have you used? What type of motor? Coupler? I have determined that an 18" pulley with a 2" drive pulley would get the the 9:1 ratio for a...

Hey everyone, new to the RIMMs system, but s long time brewer. If you use RIMMs or HERMs, do you stir the mash at all or just let it sit?

Three weeks ago or so I made a starter with the intentions of brewing that weekend but life happened. I put it in the fridge. Should I use it or dump it? It's Scottish 1728. It's been in the erlynmeyer flask with the foam stopper since I put it in the fridge.

Ok, year three on my hops. I'd post a picture but it's a bit dark. My question, do you weight the hops before or after drying? I assume after but just wanted to be sure for proper utilization. Bigger, stronger, darker!

Ok, I have been brewing for years and have never done a lager. I finally did one and have a few questions. What does it mean to give it a diacetyl rest? What does it mean to lager the beer? I was going to keg it but read some threads about "lagering" and the diacetyl rest. I just checked...

Ok, it's been a while since I have bottled. What do you use? Priming sugar or DME? How much do you use for a five gallon batch? I used to use priming sugar, 2/3 cup boiled in 1qt ow water for five minutes to sanitize. What say you? Bigger, stronger, darker!

Ok, I was going to brew a lager on Saturday night so I smacked the wyeast pack and life happened. Now it's Tuesday night and still haven't brewed. Should I toss the yeast and buy another? The most I've ever gone is two days after activating. How long have you gone? Am I good? The yeast is...

Made a batch of beer tonight and forgot that my water hose outside would be frozen due to the weather; normally this is not an issue here in Seattle. That being said, how cool do I need to get the wort before transferring into the carbon. I can let it cool overnight before pitching but I can't...

I have been kegging for several years now and I get mixed results. Sometimes I over shoot it sometimes under. Now that I'm using beersmith, it says to keg at a certain psi, say 11psi. How long do they mean? Usually I hit it at 20psi for 24 hours and then reduce to 10 for one day then follow...

Has anyone not used all of their stater and then poured more sanitized wort into the starter to get another one going? My last batch of beer was larger than expected and I didn't want to blow the airlock off so I saved a bit of the starter and put it into the fridge. I use a foam stopper and...

Anyone have a good plan for building a rims system? I have the temp controller but need to get the electrical components and need a little advice. I'm going to buy the rims tube and connections from brewer hardware. Any help would be appreciated.

I bought the mobile version for my iPad because my wife took my laptop...that story for another day. The thing I found is that you cannot put in your water info and have the software tell you how to adjust the mash for all grain. Am I missing something or do I have to buy the PC version?