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I am currently in the designing stage of my homebrewing basement brewery area. Currently, nothing is there, except crappy old MDF shelves. Those are being torn down, walls put up with sanitary tile or wall covering, power, plumbing, vent etc. The question I have now that I just thought of is...

Hello all, Brewed a Saison almost 4 weeks ago now. This yeast did the natural stall at 1.030 ish in about 3 days. Now from that time to now, its slowed WAY down. Its been 3.5 weeks and now sitting at 1.014. I've been rousing the yeast every few days, and the temp has been 89 to 90 F the entire...

Question for everyone: What do you do when serving pressure is higher than carb pressure? I have 10' line with a 18 inch rise from my keezer to my taps, so by my math it needs 15 PSI to serve. My beer needs 11 psi to carb. 3/16 vinyl tubing. Would I have to go to a bigger hose to keep the...

Hey all, I had an idea for a temperature controlled ferm chamber. Heating is easy, but cooling seems to be a little more difficult without using a fridge/freezer. Ideally, I'd like to avoid this as I already have a keezer running. My thought was this: on 1 wall of the chamber have coils of...

Hello everyone! I've been brewing belgians my entire time brewing (going on 3 years now). I can't ever seem to get that Belgian character that I'm looking for. Ive done about 30 batches and It seems I can get all the spicy clove out of every yeast strain out there, but I want those fruity...

Hey everyone, A few months ago I picked up a Grainfather and a Refractometer. Both have been great once I worked out the Grainfather quirks and calibrated the refractometer. Now I have to be doing something terribly wrong in some part of brewing or measuring. I brewed a Belgian Tripel...

So a friend demanded I make a stout. He goes crazy over my brews so I thought why not. Only issue is I'm not a big stout fan, so I'm not very good on the styles of them. Especially Belgian stout. Here is what I came up with Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name...

I want to start dabbling into water chemistry. I got all the salts and minerals I've seen listed. I am starting fresh with distilled water for my first go. Shouldn't be hard I thought. I downloaded Bru'n Water spread sheet, entered my target profile, which was Chimay's just for fooling around...

So how is everyone that doesn't have a dedicated brewing space storing equipment? Like the primary tools: Thermometers, PH Meters, Brewing salts, Hydrometers, refractometers and the like? I've just acquired a ton of stuff and its making it difficult to keep track of. I've been looking...

So I found a nice tap tower with 2 perlick faucets on it. Looks in terrific condition. Stainless still has plastic protection on it, and the faucets look brand new. Picked it up for 25 bucks. Even if its no good, it was worth a risk. Anything I should look for to make sure its OK to use...

Hi everyone, I've been brewing for about 18 months and feel its time to upgrade some equipment. I've been doing All-grain batches with a cooler and home made manifold for a while now and want to get better. I have been sitting about 62% brewhouse efficiency and it sucks. I've been wanting to...

Hi guys, Just new to kegging. I got a few Sanke kegs last week, got them cleaned good. (used. still stuff inside. gross) and now I got the couplers, CO2 bottle, regulator and lines. I am looking to carb a few kegs that I will be using for my cousins wedding the third week of August. I'd...

Hello everyone, I am finishing up my basement remodel and adding a few taps to my wetbar. I know I am going to use whatever kegs I can find. Ball lock seem the easiest. My cousin asked me to brew a few kegs for they're wedding in August. No problems there, except the taps at the venue are...

So I entered one of my first brews in a local home brew comp. I won third place in my style (out of 11. 165 over all)! Not bad for brewing less than a year I guess. I really entered to get some feedback on my beer that has been my biggest success so far. I knew there was a flaw in the finish...

A little background first: I thought about growing hops before but decided I don't have the space to put up a tall-ass pole for growing. Fast forward to this weekend, and my fiance had her bridal shower. One of the gifts to her (for me :D ) was a Cascade hops plant. I got pretty excited...

I've made at least 10 batches of beer so far since I started brewing earlier in the year ( 4 extract a bunch of all grain). I've bottled every single one. Its about time I solve this issue. None of my beers have any head when I pour them into a glass! Except maybe the random 1 or 2 per batch...

I picked up a freezer and a temp controller for pretty cheap, so I decided to try my hand at a lager. I like dopplebocks a ton, so I am going to make one for my wedding rehearsal dinner. And because I am a sucker for new things, I am going to try decocting a small part of the mash as an...

So I am getting married in October this year and our reception venue (Irish pub) has let us serve home brew at the bar. I figure I should get brewing to have a good batch done by then. Now the hard part is what I should brew! I have 3 half kegs already ordered for the standard plebians and...

I am a week into my first all grain brew. Belgian Dark Strong Ale using the Wyeast 1214 strain smack pack. My OG was 1.089 so I used 2 packs without a starter. Everything looked well and as I was inspecting it on day 3, it slowed down immensely. By day 4 all of the krausen died down and...

On Friday I am making the jump! First all grain, and first home made recipe. I was always partial to Belgian styles so i thought this will be a good one to start on. The plan in to take this recipe and experiment and refine until its just the way I like. Recipe: 13lbs Pale 2 Row Belgian Pils...