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Since I usually have multiple batches going wine and beer I decided to pull a cable and install a small heater. Nice and toasty in there now.

Im having the same issues here in PNW. Rain all day and cold at night is wreaking havoc on my fermentation. I use a small closet space under the stairs so one option is physically install a baseboard heater and thermostat control in the space or go with something like a fermwrap and controller...

Ok that's a good bit more to consider. I do have a few kegs set a side that will be cut open and used for a future all grain set up but that's a summer project. I'll probably give that a try sometime this week and follow up with the post. Cheers

So do I manage it the same way. Steep about 1lb for x time at 170ish then boil for twenty and add it to the extract? Its for my own use so I don't really watch for clarity but like you said, it's a stout. If I were to add coffee beans or nibs or a vanilla bean would I do that right in the...

Hey all, Ive been playing with kits for a while now and modified pretty much all of Brewhouses and most of Coopers kits into something better. I picked up a Brewhouse Stout kit last week (didnt know they made one!) and was told to steep about a 1lb of rolled oats and was recommended to use S04...

Cheers, that's kind of what I was thinking. Never dry hopped before. Pretty much sealed my day when I moved the carboy to the counter where I rack from. Got it stirred up a little so it has to sit until tomorrow. I really need to build a tiered system to stream line everything.

So I started a brewhouse IPA on June 16th that I played with a little bit. First I uses re hydrated US-05 instead of the packaged yeast. Only added about 5 liters of water instead of topping up to 23L which gave me on OG of 1.065 @ 18C. Since it took a little longer for the yeast to kick off I...

so it'll be a week tomorrow this batch is in the bucket, temperature is hovering around the 18C(dark ale) the gravity is at about 1.018 and it still foaming away and is really carbonated. I figured I leave it another few days since Im bottling to glass grolsh style bottles and dont want any...

I know I add just enough water. I have markings on my bucket to bring the entire amount to 23L. The concentrate was mixed with 2L of hot water with the sugar all at the same time then dumped to the bucket. The liquid level was then brought up to 23L slowly to compensate temperature. Long short...

would to much sugar cause my OG to be so low, it was at 1.028. All other kits i did in the past were above 1.046 at least?

So I decided to get back into brewing after selling all my kit 5 years ago. I picked up Cooper dark Ale and got started with my bucket. Between the dogs and the 4 year old and any other excuse I can think of for basically messing up, I accidentally measured out 1 lb of dextrose instead of the...