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So I was looking at some pumps on a budget and came across the following options: https://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-12V-130PSI-6L-Min-Water-High-Pressure-Diaphragm-Self-Priming-Pump-70W-HOT-NEW/233155667833?epid=5012209964&hash=item3649292779:g:CvsAAOSwDXFcfelC...

How would one go about purging a kettle of oxygen without any kind of ports on the kettle? I've read about using bottled carbonated water. Could I also just connect some tubing to the end of the CO2 tank regulator and set it to as low a psi as it can go and stick the tubing into the kettle/wort...

What in the world kind of infection is this? Kettle sour. Goodbelly. Religiously sanitized and pre-soured to 4.4 so guessing the goodbelly had some kind of wild strain that made it’s way. I’ve never seen this. It’s like a floating fuzz ball. Looks like one large as hell mold spore possibly...

So about 6 months ago I gave kettle souring my 1st go. Ended up definitely getting a wild yeast takeover as my gravity after pitching goodbelly dropped in 72hrs from 1.046 to 1.022. Not normal for just lacto. Ended up being decent and just rode with it for a somewhat mediocre sour. I settled on...

So ordered grains from a shop that were based on a clone recipe. Grian bill Should be: 11# Pilsner Malt 2# Vienna Malt 1# Chocolate Malt 1/2# Roasted Barley 4oz Black Patent Malt 4oz Caramel 60 But, since I know mashing a high percent of roasted malts can drop the mash pH far too low, I...

So, plan do do a stout and the recipe calls for 2oz Willamette @60 and 1oz @5. I have tons of hops and don’t really want to make a trip to the LHBS 45 mins away just to get more hops then I’m already trying to use up. I’ve read Pilgrim is a hop that works for stouts/porters. Could I sub this and...

Is it necessary, or better yet, recommended to have a heat source as well inside a chest freezer used to ferment? My house is kept around 74F. I ferment around 64F most times in the freezer and for the most part (only been using it for about 3 batches) just set the inkbird to 64F, tape probe to...

So, I have a crap ton of hops coming in soon-ish. They are the following: 1.5lb Azaaca 1/2lb Hull Melon 1/2lb El Dorado 1/2lb Mandarina Bavaria 1lb Simcoe 1/2lb Enigma 1/2lb Target 1/2lb Pilgrim 6oz Hallertau Mittelfruh Have 21lbs of 2-row malt 10lbs Red Wheat malt 5lbs Flaked Oats Can pick up...

So, pretty sure my kettle sour got contaminated with a wild yeast strain. Pre-Boil before pitching lacto was 1.055 (4.5 gals wort for 3.5 total batch expected around 1.065) post boil gravity was 1.021. It all taste pretty good so I'm just gonna roll with it, my issue is when it comes to...

So, I know it's pretty commom statement to not make starters with dry yeast, but I've read that when doing sours to make sure you have good strong yeast due to the fact they will struggle in such an acidic environment with a pH likely in the 3.4 area. So, would making a starter for dry yeast in...

So I know a true Gose/Berliner is heavily wheat so I guess this would be more just a Sour Ale that's mostly a SMaSH with just some slight adjucts: By Gum, It's Gum Blueberry Sour Ale Batch Size: 4 Gallons Efficiency: 65% Estimated OG: 1.053 Estimated FG: 1.011 ABV: 5.7% 7.5# Pilsner Malt 1.5#...

Got a 1/2 pound of Bramling Cross in need of being used here. Was thinking of a simple grain bill APA/IPA style beer. Something like: 10# 2-row 2# Flaked Oats 0.5# Carapils 0.75oz Columbus @ 60 2oz Bramling X @ 10 2oz Bramling X @ 5 2oz Bramling X @ Flameout 2oz Bramling X Dry Hopped S-04 Yeast...

So, picked up this bazooka screen off amazon that stated it was 12" long with a 1/2" male adapter at the end. It arrives today and they lied, the adapter is a 3/4" adapter. The hole in my cooler is: exactly 3/4" if I leave in the little rubber-like liner in for seal or 15/16" (0.9375 inches) if...

Anyone here ever use it? Results? Got it pretty damn cheap (the "Chico" West Coast) and think I'll obviously use it in a small test batch first, but curious what to expect from it/anyone knows anything about it.

So, got a bunch of somewhat random hops lying around begging to be used and no clue what would go best together or even best as a single hop IPA. They are the following: 1oz Millenium, 1oz Columbus, 8oz Bramling Cross, 4oz Cascade, 4oz Centennial, 4oz Zythos, 2oz Citra, and 4 oz Falconers...

Any ideas/tweaks on this hop? I want it almost be a single hop (only other hop featured is for bittering only). I have a lb of 2016 crop sitting around I need to really start using and I also have 2.5oz of Polaris. I've read it's actually better as bittering only since a lot of people claim it...

6.25lb 2-row 3.75lb Maris Otter 2lb Flaked Oats 0.4lb Carapils 0.5lb Lactose 0.5 Polaris @ 60 min 1 oz Citra & Centennial @ 10 1.5 oz Citra & Centennial @ 0 (15 min steep) 1 oz Citra & Centennial Dry-hopped after 3 days 1.5 oz Citra & Centennial Dry Hop end of fermentation. Question becomes...

So got tired of 1 gal batches and bought the NB brew enjoy 5 gallon kit that came with a Chinook IPA extract recipe kit as well. I tweaked it to add a bit of leftover Citra I had. It's now 13 days into fermenting and held a FG of 1.012 for a solid 3 days (meaning pretty much steady gravity)...

So I have a couple ingredient kits still lying around from the holidays I was gifted. They're IPA kits and was thinking about using what comes with them as well as couple I have leftover from previous batches to brew a NE IPA. The total ingredients are as follows: Grains: 6lb Pilsen LME 1lb...

So, just recently moved up from the Mr. Beer 2 gallon batches and got the Northern Brewer 5 gallon equipment kit that has the 2 buckets, 5 gal kettle, and Chinook IPA ingredient kit. I have 2oz of Citra left over that I want to use and combine with this Chinook kit. It's an extract kit. The...