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I’ve been aging a lager for a few months in a temp controlled fridge with a brewers heating pad and ink bird temp controller. They have also been inside 2 5 gallon big mouth bubblers. Well last weekend I brewed an ale and needed the fermentation fridge so I moved the lagers into another fridge...

4 plain faucets. No handles or shanks. I’ll sell all 4 for $40 including shipping to continental US.

Going to attempt to make my fist sour this weekend and keep going back and forth how to do it. Was originally going to do a more tradition sour and let it age but have decided to do a kettle sour instead. But now how to exactly do that. My understanding is that I need to keep the wort around...

Made my first lager starter from liquid yeast. Have made several for ales but first for Lager and never had an issue. Made it last night as i always have and today nothing. 24 hours later. Do I just need to wait? I am using a stir plate and I the past after 24 hours I get a nice list yeast...

How long before brew day can I safely attach all my fittings to my stainless conical and sanitize before I brew? I am legging tonight or tomorrow and wanted to clean, sanitize and reattach everything for new brew on Saturday. I have a pressure gauge I can attach instead of blow off to keep...

Will these work for brewing? I have the compression probes that you inside your thermometer into and tighten down, not thermowells. On the instructions it mentions not using in water. Is there a reason for this? If not I considered buying thermowells. Should this then work? Hope I’m making...

Going to lager for the 1st time. I have a fridge I will be using along with a inkbird temp controller and a pad to heat with. My question is my fermentor doesn’t have a thermowell for the temp probe. I would assume the air temp is different than the temp of wort. Any ideas how to handle this?

I have a spike stainless steel conical. Trying to figure out when is the best time to sanitize it. Currently after I am done fermenting I take it all apart cleaned it put it back together and then stick it in the corner until I’m ready to use it again. Then I take it all apart sanitize it and...

I have a spike 10 gallon conical that I’m going to purchase a carb stone for. Question is if I put 5g in a keg and bottle 5g will beer stay carbonated in bottles? My other option is to carbonate the keg without the stone and use sugar (or carb drops) in bottle.

I have my Spike Brewing Conical set up with a butterfly valve attached to a 90deg elbow and then a sight glass that is capped off. I have only used for one brew and dump out the sight glass each time and did not save any yeast. Basically I added sort, pinched yeast and after a few days opened...

A local brewery sold me a couple bags of grains and I didn’t realize they were crushed. Looking to sell one of the bags for $40. Local pickup only in Butler Pa.

I’ve been looking at building a Glycol chilller. I’ve seen some videos but haven’t found any real good tutorials. Does anyone have any suggestions/links they could share? Also does AC unit size matter? I found a 6500 BTU one for $20. I’m sure part of the issue is how big the unit is...

What size fridge/freezer would you think (minimum) you’d need for a 10 gallon spike fermentor? I just ordered and at some point either want their temp control package (heat and cooling is $375) or want a small fridge with temp control. I figure the fridge is probably cheaper but takes up more...

Used for 6 months but want to get a pretty stainless one. Includes 2 sample ports, leg extensions and thermometer (all extra). All retailed for $260. Asking $175 local pickup only in Butler PA. I don’t know how I’d ship it’s pretty big. FYI, I do have beer fermenting but I can transfer out...

Used but nothing wrong with it. Includes 4 filters (I forget how many microns but I believe they are 1 or 2) and attachment to back flush. Asking $50 plus local pickup or you pay shipping. Willing to talk price. These are generally over $50 just for the unit and you are getting the...

There’s nothing wrong with this I just moved up to a plate chiller. I don’t have the original box so I think shipping might be difficult but if you’re interested and are going to pay the shipping I can look into it. I am about and hour north of Pittsburgh Pa if interested. $30 OBO

My next batch is a 9+ ABVIPA which calls for a yeast starter with 2 Vials. I recently bought a stir plate with a 2 L flask. Dear Smith tells me to make a 4 L starter for the two vials. Obviously I can’t fit that much liquid into one 2 L flask. My thoughts are I have two options. First is to do...

This picture is result of watching YouTube videos to wash my yeast. Hoping someone can help. I’d rather keep one jar if possible instead of 3. I believe the white stuff on the bottom is true but in everything above is what I want so I don’t see how I can get to one jar of the three I have if...

Recently made a Chocolate Cherry Stout. Started at 1052 and added White Labs WLP004 that I created a 2l starter 3 days before hand in a growler with foil. I had a nice yeast cake at the bottom. I cold crashed while brewing and decanted before pitching. Gravity got to 1030 and stopped (recipe...

The inside lense fogged up and will not clear. I brewed in my garage and it was very cold yesterday but the garage was comfortable Anyone had this happen and will it eventually clear up?