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Good morning all and may I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving today. I work construction and last summer i had the good fortune of one of my work tasks was to remove from the Toyota engine plant , a "group house", which is a meeting or break room wall panel system consisting of 2 sheets of...

i've been wanting to brew for a few months, just didnt have time. Over coffee I read up on "brewing the perfect ESB" and set out to do just that. so , with the wife off to work ,and a beautiful morning waiting on parts for my OTHER project, i set out to brew up "the perfect ESB" . i had 10 lbs...

I live in north east/north central Alabama at 1300 ft ASL. I should have had the best year for hops , the 3rd year for half my bines . 2nd for others and planted a couple new ones. we had plenty of rain ( but it was non-stop rain sometimes for days) we had sunshine( but it got HOT way early) At...

so when i found out early in March i was going to be a first time grandparent , i brewed up a Maerzen/Oktoberfest so it would be ready to drink upon her birth, btw,it happened sept 15th, her name is Evelyn and shes just beautiful.. and for the first time doing so , once it was bottled and aged a...

Been into "monk" beer lately so i went out of my usual 5 and 6% beers and brewed up a 1.070 OG on Thursday. Lallemande Abbey yeast . grains were pilsner, 2 row, white wheat, touch of gambrinus honey malt for sweetness. a pinch of 2 row chocolate for color and a touch of roastiness, a little...

anyone else purchase this book ? whats your best trappist / abbey style beer youve made . i found a whole new facet of beer with these types. and then hearing since less and less people go into the "order" these styles are sure to become extinct if we the heathens dont keep it up.

with the news of our first grandchild on the way , and just in time for oktoberfest celebration. i brewed on the last weekend of March so we could have a beer in celebration of the birth ,expected late sept 2021. i save yeast , i had a jar of k97 saved from my last oktoberfest brew , so when it...

hey guys , ive had a little hiatus from the forums but still brewing. between work , my truck project and other stuff just got off here for a bit of a break. I've got on a job that isnt so packed full of overtime so i can actually enjoy a weekend again. so my brewing time has come back some...

hey guys. i havent been on here in almost a year to post. i normally do all grain but after almost a year since last brew ,just made a red ale mostly extract kit from NB , there was a small portion of grain to steep . Nottingham high performance yeast. EVERY time i do extract , i get that...

been a brewer for a few years and just a couple months ago my wife and I started talking about hard cider. so , she picked up 3 - 1 gallon jugs of Greenwise apple juice, organic, pasteurized. i bought some cider yeast and its been going 2 weeks and i think im ready to get it bottled up. Should...

2 weeks ago I brewed,by style and its numerical characteristics its an American premium lager if it makes any difference . my norm for all of my brews up til now is 10-14 days in the fermenter and its done ,like swiss clockwork right? basement has been perfect upper 50's -mid 60's and optimal...

I've been brewing a few years, this last batch however was my first use of lactose (UNfermentable milk sugar) . As in ,it was an Oatmeal Choc Milk Stout I dubbed "Dark Side of the Moon" since I brewed it Dec 12th ,the day of the final full moon of the year. It was a 6 gallon batch with 1 full...

To celebrate the last full moon of the year this is probably my last brew of the year. Right after new years im told i may be working tons of overtime for the next straight couple years or more. Its an oatmeal chocolate milk stout that i kinda boosted the gravity a bit . According to my...

Digital refractometer and a ph meter. Both old models but the refractometer seems to work fine. The ph meter is reading distilled water at 9, over range right now. If the manufacturer still makes replacement anodes i may have to get one.

I need some peer advice ,which I'll get to in a bit ...I dont know what everyone does for their other hobbies while theyre not brewing . I dont really know how to title this properly at all. I need to set the stage for the advice I need. Heres my situation. Years ago when I was 36 I bought...

Crystal Brew Persuasion by Soulshine on 8/21/2019 Fermentables % lb fermentable ppg L usage 10% 1 Acidulated Malt - DE 27 3° Mash 9% 0.9 6-Row - US 35 2° Mash 5% 0.5 2-Row - US 37 1° Mash 26% 2.5 White Wheat - US 40 2° Mash 28% 2.75 Wheat Malt - DE 37 2° Mash 21% 2 Pilsner - BE 36...

Northern brewers is now marketing this thing that oxygen is good for beer. I just got this email from them . Kinda blows the whole LODO thing and Im all confused about it once again...

Those of you who save a slurry - Have you ever done this? Just about a half hour ago as I was finishing up bottling my Kolsch I had a thought . I had a little spiess leftover from it and rather than trash it or save what little I had ,I looked into my previously saved yeast batches in their...

Noticed teeny tiny ones the other day, hand picked and destroyed .today i go out to inspect and fill the water barrel and I see a few (3) cones on only the hallertauer hops are brown and dry. Noticed a black thing sticking out and its more of those caterpillars, but a little bit bigger. Again...