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"Meld" Knob This should come in handy for those of us that are steeping grains with extract or using BIAB approaches. Might even be useful for some all-grain setups (I am but a grasshopper and have yet to make this leap).

Long story short, I made a batch of smooth ale and ended up with about 5.75 gallons of higher grav wort (1.080) in a 6.5 gallon fermenter. I knew I'd probably have some blowoff pitching Wyeast 1084 at 70° so I installed a 1 1/4" blowoff tube right out of the gate which dumped into a 1 gallon jug...

So... I recently discovered that a friend's father used to make his own wine back in his youth and is selling all his old carboys. These were only ever used for wine. Figuring that I could always use extra fermenters, I snatched up all 5 of his 5-gallons for $100 flat, OXYed them, scoured off...

Good day everyone, Having a few batches of beer under my belt, I started my first batch of cider about a month ago. I made about 6 gallons using Whole Foods cider. I used an English ale yeast, White Labs 005 (OG 1.066). I got vigorous fermentation at 24 hours that lasted 4 days and then...

Good evening all! I'm kind of in a bad spot. I brewed a 5.5 gallon batch of partial grain blonde ale last night (my second, with only 3 previous batches under my belt) and put it into a 6 gallon fermenter. The only thing I did differently was aerate the hell out of the wort and used a Wyeast...

Hello everyone... Looking for some advice. I recently brewed up an English Porter using the following ingredients: 3.5 lbs of Liquid Malt Extract 2 lbs of Pale Ale Malt 3/4 lb of Crystal Malt 1/2 lb of Chocolate Malt 1/4 lb of Black Patent Malt 1 oz. Of Target UK Hops (a:9.5%) 1 oz. Of...

Hello everyone, I have 3 batches of extract brew under my belt and the fermentation cycle has always been pretty-much the same. Using dried yeast, I'll get activity after about 8-10 hours after the pitch, which gets pretty vigorous for about 3 days. After about 7-8 days, it starts to taper...