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I currently have a three vessel, low tech (gravity fed, coolers for mash and sparge) propane system. Couple years ago upgraded to 15 gallon Spike kettle, which works great and gives flexibility. Have been brewing on this system for 5.5 years, nothing wrong with it, but would like more precision...

I do a fairly thorough clean of my steel fermenter after fermentation. Scrub it out, soak in hot PBW, rinse in hot water, sanitize with StarSan. Looks good and smells good. Then I put it away (in a clean, dry pantry closet). After x weeks, I will take it out for brew day. When I pop the...

I've seen some older discussions on this topic but wanted to bring up my specific idea. I'm brewing a Helles Bock (Maibock) with expected OG of 1.067 Will be using WLP 833 (German Bock Lager Yeast) and make a BIG starter I then plan to brew a Doppelbock with expected OG of 1.095 - 1.1 The idea...

Hello I am trying to calculate ABV on a BIG Barleywine. I have the OG and original volume. There were multiple additions including concentrated wort, honey, sugar, syrup as well as a second pitch of yeast. Is there a calculator or formula that I could use to somehow determine what the ABV of...

I want to upgrade from a Basic 10 gallon brew kettle to a new 15 gallon (so I can brew 5 and 10 gallon recipes). With some additional features/accessories I've been looking at several: - Spike - SS Brewtech - Northern Brewer Megapot - Blichmann - Edelmetall Bru Wanted to get feedback /...

I brewed a big Belgian Dark Strong ale in late November. WLP530 Abbey Ale yeast used. Racked to secondary and then cold crashed the secondary to 50F December 12th. I want to keep it in the secondary until around Feb 12th. Question is if I raise the temp to ~ 65F for a 2-3 weeks, will the F...