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I live in Florida, and since my chest freezer died, I only brew saisons and styles that work with a kviek. Frankly, not a biggie for me since even with the freezer, my lagers and kolsches were never as good as even inexpensive commercial versions. Only thing I enjoy drinking that I can't brew...

I recently finished brewing a low gravity Wit with the Javaro Lithuanian farmhouse yeast. It reached terminal gravity after 6 days at 80 degrees.I am now keg conditioning that beer. Since most recipes call for 2 weeks of fermentation with two weeks of conditioning, do you think I could start...

There's an old joke where someone is on an unfamiliar bus and asks a fellow passenger if he knows where he needs to get off. The other passenger says, "Easy. Just watch where I get off. Your stop is two stops before that." Whether it be dry hopping, adjunct additions, or whatever, we are...

I'm brewing only my second lager in a couple of days, and my first was a disaster. (I boiled with the lid on and had so much DMS, it tasted like a bowl of corn flakes.) So, since I ruined it even before it went into the fermenter, I have no idea if I fermented appropriately. I have a...

Obviously, the reason gravity drops after fermentation is that ETOH has a lower gravity than sugars. So, all other things being equal, an 8% beer at 1.016 should have less sugar than a 4% beer at the same FG. Has anyone ever seen a calculator that will let me determine residual sugar based on...

Sometimes the best lessons can come from messing up a batch. I did a brown ale that's just not that tasty. Can't, however, put my finger on exactly what the off flavor is. However, I vaguely remember reading about a chemical that is produced when the wort reaches a certain temperature and...

We're from Naples, FL. We're in Grand Rapids today, 3-2-2017 and tomorrow. We brought a bomber of Cigar City Hunahpu 2014, one of Funky Buddha Last Buffalo in the Park, and one of Funky Buddha I'm So Excited I'm So Scared. We're entertaining trade offers for these. We get distribution in...

Just paid my $14. And, I haven't even brewed the beer I'll enter. Just wanted to be part of the thing. My question, for those who've been involved with the process before is, do you get much useful feedback when you don't win? If so, the $14 is a bargain. If not, I guess I'll just have to...

How many of you wish this was the list your wife sent you to the store with? Blame her phone for the misspellings. But, see why I love her?

I just got my keezer on line, and it's pretty easy to accidentally open the faucets. I've seen these, but I'm not worried about teenagers or thieves. Just clumsiness. Does anybody know of something I can get (cheaply) to hold the faucet closed when not in use. I could almost empty out a...

Heading to Asheville from SWFL in 2 weeks. Green Man, Wicked Weed and the Big 3 (SN, OB, and NB) are definites. Since we're driving up, we are planning on bringing back a pretty huge supply of hard to find stuff. While I'm sure a lot of it will be local NC brews, I was hoping that the...

I have a 10 cf freezer I want to make a into a collar style keezer. I have been looking at some of the designs, but have found that a lof of them are kind of "Groundhogs Day" designs. And, others are designs with towers. To make matters worse, many threads say keezer in the title, but...

Still staring at a 10cf chest freezer while trying to decide on a keezer design. I feel much more comfortable doing a collar since it is so much less invasive to the freezer, buy I would prefer serving from a tower. How awful would it be to build a collar and feed lines through the rear to...

Just got this little beauty to replace my 8 gallon aluminum pot: So, now I can do a 10 gallon batch. I've ordered a 60l Speidel so I can ferment something that large, but I was wondering if anyone has ever tried turning one wort into two different beers by using different yeasts or dry...

We recently replaced our kitchen appliances from Best Buy. With reward points and a gift card they gave me because of screwed up delivery, I have a 10.2 cf chest freezer on the way that cost me $22, delivered. So, it's keezer here I come. Most of it seems self explanatory, except when it...

One thing that my minor OCD finds annoying is the temperature drop that occurs when inserting the wort chiller near the end of the boil. Even though I know it isn't a big deal, it just bothers me when the wort stops boiling for awhile, especially when there are hop additions around the same...

Getting ready to brew this White IPA tomorrow. I boil in a 30 qt turkey fryer, and like to use the basket to hold and support the bag for BIAB. Since this limits my space, I wanted to try limiting the amount of grain to 9 lbs., and add a couple pounds of DME to bring the gravity up. The few...

My stepson works for a highly regarded cigar manufacturer and has connections in liquor stores across the country. It is only because of him that I have ever tried Heady Topper, Pliny the Elder, or Parabola. Now, while I doubt I was the first person to ever think of this, I made him a beer...

I live in SW Florida, and one of my favorite IPA's (if not favorite beers in general) is Cigar City Jai Alai. It's one of only 13 IPA's rated 100 by the "Bros" on BA. Their distribution footprint is pretty small, so in most of the country it's difficult or impossible to find, and pretty...

Imperial Stouts, Barleywines, etc. are usually poured in 8oz servings in most bars. But, they're still in 12oz bottles for home consumption,(if they're not a bomber) That usually means, either I have to be choosy about when I crack one open, or share. Pony bottles are out, since they...