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A few days ago I harvested some yeast of a Kolsch directly out of my conical. Usually I use overbuilt starters to keep my yeast going, but I thought I would try this out. The harvesting didn’t go that great, I think I wasted a lot of the good yeast when I was dumping the true portion. I...

The way I understood it, in order to completely remove the iron content from 2.1 ppm, I would need to have a two-stage filter (Iron Breaker + Softener). I had a company that specializes in well water install the iron filter. He said the iron breaker might be "good enough" for us, but there...

Thanks. Yeah the water is great in the house after adding the iron filter, but I think it is still pretty far off brewing quality. I reached out to Buckeye Hydro, I am hoping this lower level will be adequate to run through the filters.

I was hoping to get some insight with my new water report. I have not been able to brew for a little over a year due to a move. The new house is on a well which I have installed an iron filter to. The iron filter has brought my total iron from 2.08 ppm to .42. That is still a bit more iron...

I just downloaded the new version. Something seemed different on the drop down for grain inputs. It did not give me options for common inputs like roasted or base malts.

I compost them. I bought a 15 page paper shredder on Craigslist and I shred cardboard boxes that mix with the grains. It makes great compost and I dispose all of my grain and cardboard this way. If you mix daily it can be usable compost very quickly. It takes a lot of cardboard scrap to make...

Yeah, I did do that. Actually I had a very successful crash to 36F. I went to 40, switched the lines and then pushed it to 36 for 24 hours. I dumped yeast this morning. After the dump, I had a bright idea to see if I could get it lower, and set the TC to 34. This is where it stopped...

Howdy, This morning I tried to push my fermenter further down after a cold crash (TC @ 34 - Chiller - 28) there seems to be a halt in the chilling action. I would have to assume there is ice build up on the Spike Coils. My beers temp is reading 44f at this time (from 36 this morning) and...

I wish they'd make Barely Wine Clear Again...

Local Homebrew Comp. Bros Cascadia is doing a Homebrewers Comp with Bader Brewing Supply. Drop off date is Dec. 10 at either location Be there, or be square.... How many Vancouver folks do we have on here anyways?

I would say that is not mold. Most likely pellicle related... Your process sounds good, and there isnt any surface floaties (like fruit) that would get me more worried.

Stout has an 80 gallon, 2 BBL. Out of your specs, but looks pretty sweet

I reckon a cone / pellet combo would get ya some better results as far as flow and filtering. Pellets are much easier to deal with in the kettle, I can't imagine a device making it easier to separate then a standard whirlpool collection. Cones are a different ballgame, and a proven to be a...

I go 16% in my favorite Saison recipe. I like to use low amounts in my more Trappist style beers too.

These are 5 gallon batch recipes?

I've done donations with beer attached as a gift. I'm not sure if its 100% legal or not. It's for a good cause I am am not profiting on it, so it works for me. I have used online donation sites, and have a friend deal with all that. It's a good way to get people excited to donate to a good...

I would go with the Sauergut Starter. It should be pretty easy for you to whip up 2 liters of Sour Wort and use that for an acid addition. I would even suggest that this could be nicer then the other options you do not have available to you now anyways.

Crystal and Centennial has always been my go to for that. Crystal goes really good in IPAs for me.

I do, that was my original plan. I just really liked the idea of something smaller like the pump used on my HVAC. I'll do some research on different pumps. Really I just want to avoid adding a holding tank for the waste water to be pumped out of.

What's everyone doing with their waste water? I don't have a drain very close to my kettle, and I have just been using a 5 gallon bucket to catch wastewater and just swap out the buckets. As my brewery is getting more hands off, it's kind of irksome dealing with the buckets. I think it's...