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I have some crushed grain that is 6 months old. Each type(2 row, white wheat and munich) is in a plastic bag and all of them are stored together in a Vittles Vault (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002DJOOI/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 ) I haven't done a taste test yet to see if I can tell its...

My kegerator has a little less than 5 feet per keg(two taps) of beer line. I get a lot of foam. I was looking at replacing them with longer lines. Is the "Ultra Barrier Silver Beer Hose" worth it? I was looking at this(and the price isn't much different than morebeer.com)...

Using this recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=238906 White Labs #WLP838 5 gallon batch Fermented at 52 for a week. It was at just under 1.020 then. I slowly raised it over the last week to 64. Its still around 1.020. Should I leave it at 64 for a while? Was going to...

I had Wyeast 1056 American Ale, date was Sept 28th, 2015 on package. I had it a while, and it was already 'swollen' when I got it home. The nutrient pack(smack pack) had never burst(I verified this when I opened). I wasn't sure how viable it was, but the yeast calculator said less then 40%...

I was getting my brew ready to go. Sanitizing my silicone lines to my pump, water was in the kettle, had the probe hooked up, PID was reading 55 degrees or so, so it was reading ambient temp in my garage as I didn't have any liquid flowing across the probe yet. I had 8 gallons of water in the...

I had a stuck mash problem with my last brew. I am using a Chugger Pump, usually have it full blast(wide open). I have one of the northern brewer bags(https://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/...er-bag-214-214). Its a 14 gallon pot(Bayou Kettle from Amazon). It was recirculating fine for about 45...

I just bought a 7.0 Cu Ft GE Freezer for a Keezer. I only need two kegs at a time, so I was considering building a box out of rigid foam insulation for a ferm chamber for my 6.5 gallon glass carboy and putting that INSIDE the keezer. I would be using homemade brewpi to control all my temps...

I have a pulley to pull my basket out for BIAB, and that works fine. The issue is I can't swing/slide it over so I can set it down. I'd like to find a track I can install a pulley into. That way I can pull the basket out full of grain, let it drain a bit, then slide it over 16 inches so I can...

So I finished by eBIAB panel. Brewed my first beer today. The SSR was late(don't order one from Amazon), so I turned the heating element on and off manually and watched the temperature. My recipe: IPA 12.5 lbs 2 Row Pale Malt 3/4 lb Cara-Pils 1/2 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L 1/2 lb White...

First off, I want to thank Kal at Electric Brewing(I bought his book..its the best) and Voltin for his thread ( https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=282235 ). I based almost everything I have done on the work those two did. I wanted to 'give back' and show my build. Hope it helps...

I have most of the parts I need for my eBIAB control panel. I have three holes to drill for the outlets(240V power, pump, element) at 2 3/8", 1 1/2" and 1 3/8". I also have several 22mm holes for my switches and the square hole for the PID. I bought a ABS case ( http://amzn.com/B005T990I0 ) ...

Newbie question: For a 240V 30A (max) receptacle, if I want to install a switch for simple on/off, does it have to handle 30A? I am going to be running a 5500 W Heating element. So my max is going to be 22A, right? When I look at theelectricbrewery.com, Kal uses 10A switches. It seems like...

It finally got warm in San Francisco today. I think my garage probably got to 77 or 78. The yeast I am using for my fermenting IPA, Safale US-05 Ale Dry Yeast, shows its max temp to be 75 degrees. The temp is dropping, down to 74 now. It has been fermenting for 8 days already. I was going...

Long story short I had the wrong stopper for my glass carboy, so when I did my first BIAB all grain batch yesterday, I had to use my plastic bucket fermentor. Is it ok to open it up in 10 days, and and put hops in(in a bag, with soap stones to weigh it down) and close it back up? Will that let...

I started with a Brooklyn Brew Shop Everyday IPA. It went to bottles after 3 weeks of fermentation. Will be two weeks in the bottle this coming week. Haven't even tried it yet, but I already bought a BIAB kettle: a Bayou Classic 44 qt. Added a 3 piece ball valve from bargainfittings.com...

Hoping someone can help me out here. I am new to brewing, and today is 14 days since I put my first all grain 1 gallon batch in the glass carboy to ferment. Its an IPA from brooklyn brew shop. Instructions just say to bottle after 14 days. I still see a few tiny bubbles rising to the top. I...

I am new to home brewing, getting ready to bottle my first. I did an all grain kit, just a gallon. I started looking at different options for all-grain equipment, and will probably start with a kettle HLT, cooler Mashtun, and Brew Kettle. That leaves fermenting and bottling or kegging. I...