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Hi folks, I recently picked up a barely used minibrew 6.5 gallon conical on ebay. However, the seller isn't including the fittings. I've gone ahead and ordered the ez seal bulkhead fittings from minibrew. I'm wondering if I ought to use a 3/4" pipe nipple to connect a valve to the dump...

Hi Folks, I am planning a sour saison brew day this weekend and would love some feedback on my process. This is my second time using a mixed culture, Gigayeast 121 - Farmhouse Sour. The yeast is a mix of Belgian ale yeast. brett and lacto bugs. Now I am trying to decide on how to mash. I'd...

It's been years since I've kegged any homebrew, but my wife just got me a kegerator and I dusted off my old corny kegs and immediately made a knucklehead mistake. I dropped 1.5oz of pellet hops in the keg and racked. I am concerned about hop particles and know that I need to transfer to a new...

Hi Folks, I am planning on trying my first sour in the next few weeks and am attempting to pin down my process. My plan right now is to do a small mash in a 1 gallon wide mouth jar with about 20% of my grain bill, cooling to around 115º, tossing in 1 cup of uncrushed grain and holding the...

I have a cask event coming up in two weeks and the beer I was going to serve didn't come out quite how I wanted. Can anybody suggest a good style that I can get ready and carbed in two weeks? Something light and not very hoppy I'd guess. Thanks, Chris

This weekend I set out to try my new pump for the first time. I have it mounted in a toolbox in the configuration below. For the moment I am trying to use it on my stovetop to push water from my HLT to MLT to fly sparge (with a silicon hose) and then from the bottom on my boil kettle to a...

So I brewed up a 5 gallon batch of a rye IPA that I'm working on and I got pretty awful efficiency. I did many things differently this time and I'm trying to track down the issue. The two biggest changes in my process were the use of a Boilermaker kettle for my mash and messing around with the...

I'm getting ready to brew a batch on Saturday and this is what I'm thinking. . . Any thoughts? Suggestions? Praise? Scorn?

Hey Folks, I just picked up a 10 gallon Boilermaker the other day and was curious as to why Blichmann says not to use the false bottom for boils. I'm pretty curious. . . It's not that different from the false bottom (perforated SS) that I use in my keggle. . . Can anyone weigh in on this...

Hey folks, So it looks like most brew shops are out of the O2 aeration kits, except for Williams and theirs is $60 with the wand vs. $35 everywhere else without. . . Would it work to just buy one of these and cut the gas outlet and then fit it with tubing, sanitary filter, SS stone...

Hey folks, I am pretty much starting over a five gallon, all-grain stovetop system and I'm looking for some feedback. . . Right now I am thinking about 2 32 quart kettles (one brew kettle and one HLT) and a 10 gallon beverage cooler as my MLT. SS weldless ball valves on each. . . Sound...

Hey folks, Does anyone know if McMaster-Carr carries these? I can't find them on the web site. Thanks, Chris

So, I was thinking for a minute about making my own brew belts. At the end of the day, I'll likely just end up buying them. But, I'm curious as to how you would go about it. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to make such a low watt heating element on a 120v power source. I'm an...

Hi, I'm getting started on my fermentation cabinet and could use some help with the A/C wiring. I have an old window unit that I was hoping had the screw type temp control that Jamil mentioned on one of the Brew Strong podcasts. Sadly, that's not the case. I pulled it apart and found a...

Hi Folks, I'm gearing up to build a fermentation cabinet and thought I'd pass my rough design by you guys for some feedback. Specifically, I'm not very confident with my design for the doors and how to ensure that they're closed tightly. Any ideas? Thanks, Chris

Hi folks, I'm just beginning to take a crack modifying my brewing water. I used the EZ spreadsheet to build a profile for an APA recipe that I've been working on. I basically just tweaked the numbers until I got to where I think is a good place. No real method to it. . . If anyone wants...

Any thoughts on this filter and pore size? http://www.kleenwater.com/10-inch-commercial-beer-and-wine-prefilters-p-164.html?zenid=315q8tlmgdedqjbh5jbh6cdv23

Hey folks, I've been trying to pin down a good pale ale recipe. I've had some success and some failures. . . Here's my next shot. . . Any thought? Atticus Pale II Best, Chris

I'd been under the impression that brewers are not allowed to run their own distribution since the repeal of prohibition. . . If that's the case, then how can these guys be distributors? http://www.abwholesaler.com/aabinboston/AboutUs/AboutUs -Chris

Inspired by Tim Weber's build I've started to plan out my own similar project. Here is a rough mock up: I'm not going to bother with framing it, I'm pretty much just planning a box consisting foam insulation sandwiched between layers of plywood or OSB. . . Which leads me the reason for...