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Hi. I'm currently brewing 5 gallon BIAB batches in an 11 gallon kettle. This has worked well, but it limits how much grain I can use. I'm about to move into a house next month, and I want to take the opportunity to upgrade my system. My thoughts for now are to go with a 5 gallon two vessel HERMS...

I want to brew a series of light, tart, fruited kettle sours for summer. I'm basically aiming for a similar acid/salinity profile to Seaquench, but change up the recipe for a few different fruit versions (Raspberry, Blueberry, Cherry, maybe even a dryhopped version, etc.). I'm aiming for ~4.5%...

Hi, so I'm currently brewing my first purposeful sour, and while brewing, I kicked my lek of saison. I went to kee up my pale ale I brewed a few weeks ago, and noticed a pellicle on top. I pulled the lid off and smelled it, and it smells like a super happy, slightly tart, but pretty good...

Hi, I'm going to be taking my first shot at a sour soon, and I wanted to clear this up before I brew it. So I plan on pitching White Labs 655 in the primary, and from what I've read, I should let it go for a month before racking it to my "Barrel" (Glass carboy or better bottle with wood chips)...

Hi, So I've been brewing for a bit and meaning to get into sours for a while. I've decided to make the leap and go for it. I was wondering if there are any suggestions for where to start. I've been looking a lot of recipes and reading about the styles in general, but I'm looking for some...

I brewed a saison a while ago, and one of the most common responses I got about it was that it wasn't tart enough. I'm looking to brew a batch of it for a friends birthday next month, and I was hoping to brew it again, but this time make it a tart version. Since her birthday is in a month, I...

Hi, I brewed a Chocolate milk stout on May 28th. I racked it to secondary about 2.5 weeks ago. At that point, it was a bit sweeter than I wanted, but tasted pretty good. The primary fermentation seemed to be done, but I had just broken my hydrometer, so I wasn't able to get a reading. I moved...

Hi, so I've been brewing in my electric kettle for a while now, and I've decided it's time to upgrade the box to be a little more user friendly. As part of this, I wanted to add outlets so I could keep relatively short power cables attached to my kettle and have outlets on the box that are...

I live in New England, and I'm wondering if it's too late to plant hops to get some roots down for next year.. How much time is required to get hops stable enough to last through the New England winter?

Hi all, I'm looking to build a fermentation chamber for 1 or 2 carboys, and my main concern is space, since my apartment doesn't have a lot of room, but with summer coming up, I know it's going to be hot enough to negatively impact the quality of my beer. I was looking into a few different...

Hi all, I know you were all thinking that the forum was running short on threads about NEIPA's, so here we go... I recently got a water report, and my sulfate concentration came out to 21 ppm (7 reported as SO4-S). I've been reading that for NEIPA's, sulfate levels should be close to 300...

Hi, I'm looking for a ph meter. I tried strips, and they seem to be junk, but I am interested in getting my water chemistry down. I don't brew super often, so I don't want anything too expensive. Does anyone have a suggestion for a decent meter? I see a lot of ph pens and the like on Amazon...

Hi all, I have an electric kettle with 2 2kw elements that both run off of 120v. I've been trying to make my set up on brew day a bit faster, and as part of that, I want to install an outlet on my control box that I can plug my elements into directly. My problem is that most of the dual...

Hi, I just brewed an IPA with 10 pounds of 2 row and 1 pound of crystal 20L. My measured OG was 1.040, which calculates to a brewhouse efficiency of 49%.. I've been brewing on this system for a little while, and always noticed that the gravity was a bit lower than expected, but I didn't...

I just brewed my first Lager yesterday: an IPL using Citra, Amarillo, and Cascade hops. At first I was going to just let the beer ferment and drink it, but when I was looking at how long it takes (2-4 weeks fermenting + 4-6 of lagering) to produce a lager, It seemed like most of my hop character...

So I have a single vessel eBIAB system That I would like to make a simple brewstand So I can just leave the set up put together and don't need to continually move my kettle back and forth. The system is electric, so I don't need to worry about incorporating a burner or anything else. The Kettle...

Hi, So I've been working on developing my own Raspberry Pi temperature controller. I'm currently using a Off the shelf PID controller with a PT100 probe. I looked into using the probe with a Raspberry Pi, but the more I look into it, the more annoying it seems. I was hoping for an off the shelf...

Hi, So I'm hoping to brew a pretty simple recipe this weekend with the hopes of being able to add to it over a few iterations to create a more complicated brew without it getting too muddled. Right now, here's what I'm thinking about for the recipe at this point. Does anyone have suggestions for...

Hi, So I'm drilling my kettle today and I want to make sure I don't screw it up. I have 2 of the 2 kW elements from Brew Hardware and I'm trying to mount them in a Bayou Classic 44 quart with the strainer basket. I was originally planning on bending the elements, but I'm kind of worried about...

Semi-continuation of this thread. At the suggestion of a psoter over there, I figured out parts for both a 120v build and a 240v build. I already have my kettle and am eager to start building. If anyone here has any suggestions for things I may be missing (other than tools) or ways I could...