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I am starting a new homebrew club in Amesbury, MA and I'm looking for brewers in the area interested in joining. I have the venue picked out already, and potential monthly meeting dates worked out. All I need are some brewers looking to have some fun and share some brews together. Let me know if...

I am just starting to dabble in water chemistry. I think John Palmer says it best. Think of your beer as tomato sauce. You can get plain, off the shelf tomato sauce from the store and it will be just fine. On the opposite end, you could go to a fancy restaurant and get an incredibly acidic...

Yeah it sure is! 48 hours later and it's still bubbling away like crazy. Thanks for the response.

I brewed a Witbier yesterday and used Wyeast 3944 for the first time. This morning (about 18 hours later) I checked on it and saw my airlock filled with foam, and foam covered the top of my carboy. I cleaned it out and tried it again, and almost immediately it started backing up with foam again...

Those are all great suggestions, thank you guys!

A close friend of mine and his wife have had a bunny for 11 years, and after a long bunny life he just recently passed. We have a brew coming up but we don't know what to brew yet. A thought I had was to make a memorial recipe to remember his bunny friend. I want to make an all grain recipe that...

Get the book "Designing Great Beers" by Ray Daniels and give it a read. It's a great book and a good starting point for recipe creation.

I've got the Brewers Edge Mash & Boil and I love it. It comes in at a very affordable $300, and it's 110v, and rips through a 5 gallon boil just fine. There's also a handy feature where I can set a timer, so it starts heating my strike water. Then when I'm ready to brew I just mash in right...

Where are all my North Shore Massachusetts homebrewers at? I have noticed that there are not a lot of options for homebrew clubs in the area, so my thought was to gather some brewers and create our own club in the Amesbury/Newburyport area. Let me know if you're interested and we can set this up!

I am a licensed electrician, and I specialize in industrial controls. I have to agree with the last two responses. You never design and e-stop NO to trip the circuit. It should be NC and should be wired first in the circuit, in series with everything else. And any time I'm troubleshooting in the...

Your black or red is NOT your return path to the panel. That is only a neutral (white). If it's seeing one wire, it's getting constant 120v. Then when it sees the other one it's getting 240v. I'm a licensed electrician. Please don't play around with this stuff unless you're sure. Sent from my...

Worst thing that's happened to me on brew day was moving my electric kettle from the table that also had my Erlenmeyer flask of yeast on it. The cord hit the yeast and knocked it off the table. Luckily those things are very sturdy, and I had foil on the top, so I didn't lose much yeast. Just...

So today was my first brew on the M&B system. I got the system as an easier alternative to traditional BIAB for winter brews. Overall I have been impressed by the unit. I did tests before today, and it brought my water up to temp in a very reasonable amount of time. However, while I have many...

Thanks for the response. I don't own a grain mill, but I do have a great homebrew supply shop. He tells me to let him know exactly how I want the grains crushed and he will do just that. I've been very happy with him so far. I was thinking a sparge would definitely raise my efficiency. My tried...

I just purchased the M&B, and I'm so excited for my first brew on it a week from Saturday! I only have a few questions before I do my first batch. Do people have more success with a bag or without? Have people found any grain husks or cloudy mash without the bag? I have a bag and I'm not afraid...

I just purchased the M&B, and I won't lie, I'm extremely jealous of your set-up. Any chance I can get a list of materials as well?

You are a GENIUS!! I just had this same thing happen to me, so I looked on this thread for answers. I tried this and it worked like a charm! Thanks!

I read this post a while ago and finally got around to making it. The instructions were crystal clear and gathering the material/assembling it was starting to seem like it was going to be a breeze. Where I ran into problems was screwing in the ball valve. Like many others I found it was...

That's very helpful, thanks! Since my OP I have learned that batch sparging would be my best option, so I'd have to say I agree with you. I've always been curious why I would need to double batch sparge so thanks for clearing that up as well! I'll be sure to update how it goes once I do my first...

Hey everyone, I am still gathering some last minute items before I take on my first ever AG batch. I have certainly done my homework but I still have some unanswered questions. So after chatting with some brewers in a similar situation as me (limited space and stove top brewing) someone had...