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So I pitched some slightly old reharvested T-58 in to a Belgian Dubbel two days ago. The T-58 had been primarily harvested from an 8.0% tripel that had a slow finish to its fermentation, harvested in early December. I also had another small amount of yeast from the same Dubbel two and a half...

So I have two stuck fermentations right now - the power to my yeast freezer failed while I was out of town, and my stored slurry went through some pretty rough temperature fluctuations that obviously lowered their vitality more than I anticipated. I have a 1.075 dubbel that's conked out around...

Just wanted to share a method I've been working on over the past few weeks to quickly (30 minutes) and accurately (to w/in 0.5psi) burst carbonate a keg. I'm sure some folks have figured this out technique out or think that it's a little too much work if they're having success w/ the "set to...

So I recently attempted to cultivate the dregs from two bottles of Chimay (I know, I know, some sources say the bottle conditioning yeast strain is not the same as the primary strain - wanted to try it anyway). I started with a few mL from the bottom of two bottles (one dubbel, one tripel) that...

Just put some brand new shiny perlick flow control taps on my keezer - hooked up a few kegs today to carbonate, and (I know I know) put them at burst carb pressure (~27psi in a 39F keezer). I accidentally knocked one of the handles on one of the taps while its coupler was hooked up to a keg...

I just brewed a relatively highly hopped (4 lbs/bbl, with 2 lbs coming as late and whirlpool additions and 1.5 lbs as dry hop additions) pale ale (1.055 OG). Mainly Galaxy (14.2% AA) all around, but rounded out with a some Cascade and Centennial (7.0% and 9.4% AA, respectively) during the boil...

So I'll be brewing a 1.069 Belgian Dubbel soon with the new Safbrew Abbaye yeast this week. This thread has a nice collection of peoples' results and opinions, but a few things seem to be common to all (or at least, most): a) it's a sulfur bomb but that it cleans itself up in time; b) it...

So I'm brewing in an area with frustratingly warm groundwater (~80F) that comes out at only around 4psi. That's a flowrate of about 2.4 gpm (0.15 kg/s). I have one 50-plate heat exchanger (total area of about 0.75m^2) through which I need to put ~50 gallons of post-whirlpool, 180F beer...

Hoping the electricians/DIYers here on homebrewtalk can help me out, 'cause I'm having a tough time wrapping my brain around this one! Background: I have two 3 barrel fermenters with glycol jackets. The glycol jackets have solenoid valves on them. My glycol reservoir (which is a cooler with...

So I got my water report back the other day, and my magnesium in particular is wayyyy higher than I'd like for it to be. To wit: Calcium: 61.4 Magnesium: 54.4 Sodium: Not reported Chloride: 27.5 Sulfate: 21.1 Alkalinity (as CaCO3): 286 So does my relatively high alkalinity and...

Planning on installing my 4500W/240V elements in my BK/HLT soon. It's a 50A/1.5bbl system, and both vessels are about 36" in diameter. Both vessels will have two elements (wired to fire simultaneously; that is, both BK elements or both HLT elements at the same time, never more than that)...