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Hello, I went to Belgium last month and had some great beer at the Trappis St Sixtus Abbey at Westvleteren as you can see from the picture below. They had some unbelievable aged cheese there. Does anyone know what type of cheese it is so I can try to make it. It was very stinky. So bad I...

Hello, I made a farmhouse cheddar yesterday and it all turned out great. One slight problem, it has been air drying in my kitchen today and it seems to be starting to crack very slightly on one edge. Is is drying too quickly. I have a extra aging room with 90% humidity, but it said to air...

So, I can buy raw milk in San Diego from Jimbos for making cheese. I am wondering if I still need to pasteurize it or can I just us it as is. I am sure it is very sanitary if it is being sold in the Jimbo's store. I am only making aged cheeses. Thanks, Tom

I have read a few books on cheese making now and they are not very specific about how you add water to the sink to increase the temperature. For instance. My recipe says to increase temperature 1 degree every 2 minutes over 30 minutes. So, what temp water do you need to add to the sink. Do...

Hello All, On Saturday I attended the AHA Big brew and brewed with another 5 guys all at the same time. I was making a simple pale ale and was adding my water adjustments when this debate came up. I was making a 7.5 gallon pale ale that used 12 gallons of water total. I started with...

I finally found a video that resembles the process I use to make beer. You really need to see this video. It is great!! Three Stooges Beer Barrel Polecats - Truveo Video Search Tom

Hello, I am trying to make a good Czechvar clone. Please give me some feedback on this recipe for 7.5 gallon AG Recipe. Water is number one. I am going to use Distilled water and add 2.6 g gypsum, 3 g calcium chloride, 1 g Epsom salt, and .3 g baking soda. According to Palmers...

Hello All, I have brewed a couple pilsners with infusion mashes, but I was hoping for something a little better. Recipe for 7.5 Gallons: 16 pounds Weyerman Pilsner 1 pound of Carapils Saaz Hops 4 additions. So, I have a morebeer 1550 that allows me to do step mashes. Is there any...

OK, I have one other question. When calcualting the Water Needed I seem to loose a lot of beer to Hot break in my Kettle, so i was running some calcualtions. Here is my question. When you increase the amount lost to trub, the calculator just keeps increasing the preboil amount. So, lets...

I have a question regarding boil off. Does anyone know if the size your are boiling affects the amount per hour than boils off? In Beersmith you put in a percentage like 15% for the boiloff. But then if you change the batch size from 5 gallons to 10 the boiloff goes up also. This doesn't...

I just brewed a Pilsner and I have a question. I was planning to ferment it at 50 degrees for about 10 days. Then I was going to bring it to 55 for 2 days for a diacytal rest. Here is the question. At this point can I put it in a corney, still in on co2 in my keezer and let it lager for 14...

OK, I have one more simple question. I have been going back and forth between batch and Fly sparging. There is one thing I don't understand with fly sparging. Please tell me if this is the correct way to Fly sparge. Currently, I have my HLT full to the top 14 gallons, I start my sparge with...

All, Does anyone know what the difference is between RO water and distilled. I don't mean the process either, but the finished product. The bottom line to my question is I have a place to get RO water cheap and I wanted to know if you can brew with 100% RO water as an AG brewer. or is it...

Today I decided to take a few pictures of my brew day. I was making an All Grain Czech Pilsner and was very happy to get going. After taking these pictures and working hard for 6 hours I finally had 7 golden gallons of Pilsner cooling with my whirpool chiller in the kettle. No mistakes, no...

To anyone interested. I just figured out a cool way to account for your foundation water (water under screen in the Mash Tun) for a B3 1550. When you set up your equipment in Beersmith, just put a negative 1.2 gallons (-1.2) in the Lauter Tun Deadspace. From what I can tell, this subtracts...

Hello, Does anyone have a scale for weighing grain that they really like. I just bought my own Barley Crusher and I will need to weigh out grain. I was hoping to find a reliable scale that you can put a bucket on and still read the weight. Thanks, Tom:cross:

Hey all, I just ordered a new Barley Crusher with the 15 Pound hopper. I am having second thoughts about the 15# hopper. It looks large and difficult to store. The 7# hopper may be plenty. Anyone have any feedback on the two hoppers? Is one better than the other? I probably have a few...

Hello all, I purchased the 5 gallon carboy hood above to put on my Better Bottle to attach a blow off hose. This does not seem to fit. Can anyone tell me if they have found a good way to close up their better bottle during fermentation. Stopper with airlock? Hood? How do you accomplish blow...

Ok, so about 2 weeks ago I filled a Corney with Star San that was left over from sanitizing a clean fermenter. For the past two weeks I have been using C02 to push a little Star San out when needed. This weekend I plan on using the Corny for my Belgian Triple. Here is the question. Can Star...

Hello, I just picked up a pound of Mt Hood Hops for $11.00. Now I need to figure out what to do with them. I was hoping to brew a Bohemian Pilsner next. Are these hops appropriate for the style. If not, what would you reccomend for a lager with these? What else can I do, I have a...