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This past fall, I got a free chest freezer. I have seen photos of people with multiple carboys in one chamber, but more commonly, they are just controlling the temp of the chamber or just one of the two fermentors. I am curious if anyone has tried the following with success. Say I have beer 1...

I just posted about whether or not I should do a starter here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=596363 If I have to do a starter, I have Extra Light DME available. Would a 1 liter starter impart any extra flavor on a Witbier? Should I use some sugar or reduce the starter size? It...

I have just received ingredients to brew a Witbier. The yeast came in and is just shy of 6 months old. My estimated OG is 1.051. Should I do a starter?

As the title says, I am looking for details on what others are using for hooks on their pegboards to get organized. My brew room was a shop for the previous owner of my house so there are already 3 pegboards up but I have no hooks. What do people like to use? What do you like for hanging various...

So I just had my wife pick up my grain for a recipe I put together. I have not decided on my hops yet as I need to review what I have in the freezer. I decided not to use any crystal but use oat for that nice mouth feel and get some of the dark goodness from roasted barley. I am also trying...

I planted field grade hops this spring, that I got from Great Lakes Hops. My bines are starting to get long enough to start training. However, yesterday, I had a mowing incident. I had a piece of twine hanging out and I caught it with the mower and pulled my twine off of my stake. The result was...

So I have recently starting drinking a few different gose beers. I can say I am definitely a fan of the style. It also seems like a nice style transition since I have gotten pretty damn good at brewing witbier. So the question is where should I get my lactic acid content from? Do I add more...

I just moved into a new house. I am ready to get into water chemistry and want to send a sample out to somewhere like WardLabs. Seems straight forward enough. However, here is the concern. The house water system has an inline carbon filter right after the pressure tank, before feeding everything...

So I am purchasing my first house, with my wife. We are closing in April. After moving in, I definitely want to get at least a few hops started this year. I figure I can add more next year. At least this way, I will have something yielding well by next year. Because of closing costs and down...

I just survived a horror and wish to share this experience with all of you. Learn from it, if you can. A couple days after brewing, I noticed a small crack at the bottom of one of my carboys. I was concerned but not alarmed. I came home, today, and looked at it for the first time in a few...

So I am building a very very simple HERMS system with a 10 gallon cooler with a 1500W electric element as my HLT and a 5 gallon cooler as my MLT. I potted my element to help seal it all up and it should be cured this evening. I should have the rest of assembly complete this evening as well...

Hi All, New to the forum. My name is CJ and I am located in Shelburne Vermont, right near Burlington Vermont. I am a fairly new brewer. I had wanted to home brew since before I was of legal drinking age. I am now 30. This late winter, I decided it was time to take the plunge. After about 40...