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My local club is having an Iron Brewer competition (like Iron Chef). The main ingredient is sweet potatoes. The anciliary ingredients, of which you have to use at least 2/3, are ginger, lime, and dried ancho chiles. The beers are to be submitted at our post-holiday party on 1/23, and are judged...

I've got a baby coming in about six weeks, so I'm trying to get my supply line full for the winter to account for no brewing time in the coming months. I've got a dunkelweizen that is about to go into keg, and I'm looking for another good winter beer that I can have ready to drink within a...

I made a dunkel last week, which started at 1.050, and now after seven days is down to 1.010. Everything I've read about the style suggests it's best drunk fresh, so I'm considering kegging it today and trying it after a week of keg conditioning. Should I cold crash before transferring...

I brewed a Duvel clone extract kit from my LHBS a couple of weeks ago. I was aiming for something easy and fast, so I used dry yeast instead of a starter. Decided to use two packets of T58, sprinkled dry on top of the cooled wort. It was going nuts within a few hours in the upper sixties...

I have about $500 to request in gift items for my brew setup. I do 5-6g BIAB in a concord 40qt with a ball valve, and a Bayou Classic SP10 burner. I have a Cool Brewing bag for temp control, and I bottle my brew. Use plastic buckets for fermenters, although I've used my kettle on occasion as...

I've been playing around with an ESB recipe that I'll be brewing again this weekend. Here's the recipe: 5.5gal batch 10lb MO 1lb C80 0.75 oz Target @ 60 1oz EKG @15 OG 1.056 IBU 40 BIAB, single infusion mash @ 152F Ferment w/ S-04 @64-66F Any thoughts? Suggestions? Ideas? Thanks

I know I've seen WilserBrewer refer to this a few times, but is anybody else using this technique? I'm going for super minimalist brewing setup. I currently do BIAB and no chill. But instead of transferring to a no chill cube and then to a FV, how about just no chilling in the kettle? I...

I want to report to the board on a great means of insulating for mash that I tried out today for the first time. I created an insulating jacket for my kettle out of a 1.5" thick closed cell foam camp mat, mated to the ever popular Reflectix. I cut the camp mat to the size of my kettle, with...

Brew day was 1/1/14. First ever batch (except for a couple of Mr Beers several years ago), and first ever BIAB. Had a friend over who helped me through the BIAB process. Overshot mash temp - got up to 160 - which I think affected attenuation and mouthfeel in the end. Eventually got the...

I had been planning on a 120v, 2-element eBIAB, but then discovered a 240V 50A circuit in the garage behind my workbench! So now I'm looking to step up to 240v. I'd like to do a simple control panel like the one below. The things I'm not sure of are what, if any, variations need to be made...

For those of you who like to have a smartphone-based app for keeping recipe notes, brew calculators, etc, I've found a great new one. It's called Wort and is available on the Google Play Store. Some of the features include easy-to-edit recipe addition, with cloud storage and the ability to...

Hey, everyone. I got started on a Mr. Beer my wife bought me a few years ago, and loved brewing. Then we moved to New York and space sacrifices meant the homebrew hobby to a back seat. But now we're moving to Charlottesville, VA (hence the handle) and I'm really excited to get back into it...