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Anyone ever find seeds in hops? Just brewed a batch and had a bunch of seeds floating at the end. Never experienced this before....

In putting together my RIMS system I have acquired a level sensor: http://ecatalog.gemssensors.com/ecatalog/warrick-controls/en/16HMJ1A0 I'd like to use it to shut off power to the heating element if it doesn't see continuity between two points in the RIMS tube. I've got it figured out from...

I brewed a batch and due to an equipment issue, I was forced to put the batch into an empty cornnelius keg with a airlock. Would there be problems if I racked it into a carboy 16 hours after the beer has started fermenting in the primary. I know you want to limit the introduction of oxygen...

I am thinking that force carbing at a higher temperature with pressure adjusted upwards to match the final Volumes of CO2 desired should be much quicker according to some law of chemistry I have long since forgotten. Are there any disadvantages to this?

I recently acquired an old Perlick draft tower with faucet. Upon disassembly of the faucet I am finding it to be excessively dirty. What are my chances of successfully adequately cleaning this, and how should I go about this. Right now the stainless components are in an ammonia bath. I...

I had a 1554 clone from Austin Brew Supply that had sat around a little too long and the yeast had completely died off. I brewed the recipe using a Nottingham starter to get it going, an ale yeast instead of lager as the recipe recommends. It went fine (even though my apartment is a little...

This is just, well.............either very disgusting or somewhat kinky if you are into that. http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=23562

Had a bunch of Fat Tires whenever I would travel west, and on the occasion somebody had some locally and always enjoyed them/was slightly dissapointed I couldnt it locally. Then last week I noticed some in a Milwaukee bar which i had assumed were "smuggled". Then this weekend I found out...

Has anybody here had any experience with oven sanitation of beer bottles. I have read about it in Palmer's book and think I might give it a try fo my next batch. The thing that concerns me is that I have read mention somewhere on the internet that this might weaken the glass. Is this in...

If my hop schedule is listed like this in the recipe: .75 oz. Hallertau Tradition (50 min) .5 oz. Fuggles (15 min) .75 oz Fuggles (0 min) This means that I add the Hallertau Traditional after boiling for 50 minutes, or do I boil for 50 minutes with the HT hops and add the .75oz Fruggles...