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A lady at work was throwing away a fairly new water chiller(that you put the big 5 gal bottles on), so I took out the refrigerating components to use for a fermentation chiller. I plan to make a box out of plywood and 1" foam board and mount the chiller coil to the top back of the box. Then...

So I bought some cider from Champlain Orchards in VT to make a Christmas cider. On the bottles it said pasteurized, but it also said to keep them cool. So I got them home, and didn't have enough fridge space, but I figured if they were pasteurized, there would be no chance for wild yeast...

Here's a recipe I came up with for a wheat beer. Please let me know what you think. (my reasoning behind the Williamette is it tastes like a Weissbier I had in Germany) Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU 6.00 lb Wheat Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 75.00 % 1.00 lb...

So I made a hard cider using 5 gallons of apple juice and 2 pounds of dextrose. I used Hefeweizen IV Ale Yeast WLP380 yeast. It's been over 2 months (started on 6/8/08) with one stuck fermentation at 1.030 that was restarted just by swirling the carboy. It's now at 1.005 and has been for a...

Well I was at my second homebrew club meeting last night, and one of the guys there gave me a 25' Immersion Chiller. Now normally I would use it as it was intended to be used, but I already have a counterflow chiller. Should I use it as a prechiller for the counterflow chiller...

So I was over at my beer store picking up some flip top bottles, and apparently they're closing in a few months (which sucks) but the guy there said "hey I have some Cornelius kegs too if you want them". I was expecting the average price, but he gave me 3 of them for $5 a PIECE!!!! I wasn't...

So I made a batch today and used my new counterflow wort chiller. The only problem was that I used this tubing, which as I know now is rated at 140 F. The end that was in the wort was very soft and almost a little sticky on the outside, but it held together ok. Any thoughts? Also...

6.00 lb Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 85.71 % 1.00 oz Mt. Hood [6.00 %] (60 min) Hops 21.0 IBU 1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (30 min) Hops 14.8 IBU 1.00 lb Alcohol Boost (0.0 SRM) Sugar 14.29 % 5.00...

This is an apfelwein made with White labs Hefe Weizen yeast. Just starting to ferment. I put the pot there to catch any excess krausen. Switched to a 3 piece airlock, fermentation is getting pretty vigorous. (note the splatter on the underside of the table) Switched to a...

I have an amber ale thats been in the primary for 1 week. OG was 1.068. Here's the recipe: 4.00 lb Amber Dry Extract (12.5 SRM) Dry Extract 48.51 % 3.25 lb Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 39.42 % 1.00 lb Rice Extract Syrup (7.0 SRM) Extract 12.07 % 1.00 oz Mt. Hood [6.00 %]...

So I racked to the secondary today, and noticed that my beer is VERY orange... It tastes great, but I've never seen a beer that orange before. Any thoughts? I know it looks like I'm drinking it, but I'm not, I swear. This was also my first batch, and I'm pretty happy about how...

I have a grill that has a 12,000 btu side burner. I know thats not that much, but considering my stove inside has 9,000 btu burners, its a step up. My question is: is it ok to brew outside, or do you run the risk of contamination from pollutants in the air. Thanks in advance, Ben

Anyone here ever been to Defiant Brewing Company in Pearl River NY? A bunch of people recommended it to me, so I decided to stop by there today. They are a small brewery in a warehouse with a bar right in front of the tanks. Today they had Muddy Creek Lager, Kolsch and Porter, all of which...