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Better bottles for aging sours beers in, have you guys done it? I have several B.B. but don't use them much. I left an apple cider in one for almost 3 years and it was fine to my tastes anyways. So I am considering it for a Flanders and was wondering if any of you have done so. I guess what I...

I got me a new PH meter with ATC and I have a question for people who have them. Is it best to pull a sample after mashing in or wait to you vorlauf? I seem to have a few points difference. I know if I was going to make a correction I would do it after 5-10 mins of mashing in.

I just ordered this and was wondering if anyone has used this in a Bitter? I would like to hear your thoughts on this yeast if you liked it or disliked it.

Not sure how it happened but my chest freezer froze my kegs. This has has been working very well for 3 years never a problem. Now I have very strong ice beer and I am not digging the flavor. I am letting it thaw out now but do you think the beers can be saved? I was going to enter these into...

Build a fermentation chamber, Not for me. I am using my sons old toy box to hold two carboys in there. I have a fermwrap taped to the inside wall and like Ron Popeil says, Set it and forget about it.... [/IMG]

I will up upgrading my system soon an my go the EH-RIMS way but I have a question on PID's. I would like to use the programmable system for the mash tun and recirculate but also have a digital readout for monitoring the strike temp displaying on 1 readout. The strike water will not be...

I am thinking of building a 2 tier brew stand with an aluminum stock pot as my mash tun. Right now I use a blue square igloo cooler that works fine. My concern is having the cooler next to the HLT and possibly melting. Yes I know I could pull the cooler down when I heat the strike/sprage water...

Hey guys I been battling this battle for along time now. I get to much break material and trub into my fermenters. I have an angle pipe on my kettle which helps but I still get alot of junk. I use the Jamil's chiller with a pump which I love. The kettle is set to leave one gallon of wort behind...

My 17 year old made this label for my Belgian bottled Christmas ale I will be giving away to co-workers this week. I think he did a fine job for his first try. What do you guys think?

This morning it is 26F in my garage and I have a back to back brew day. Going to do my Bitter and a American Brown ale. So tell me why I want to get up in the freezing cold and brew again???? :drunk::drunk::drunk:

I was wondering if anyone has tried this yet? I just picked up a vial and plan on doing a Biere de Garde soon.

I love WLP002 more than anything it is fun to watch. http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa265/pmdbrew/?action=view&current=DSCN0817.flv

I was bored today so I made this tell me what you guys think. A 1 gallon batch 2.25lb Wildflower honey 96oz of 100% Pineapple Juice Yeast Energizer Yeast Nutrient Pectic enzyme Muntons ale yeast A blast of O2 I chose the ale yeast so it would not be bone dry I like a medium to...

Yesterday I made a 2 gallon batch of mead with 6 lbs of wildflower honey and I used some yeast I had washed from my Belgian Dark strong,WLP530 abbey ale. I added some coriander and bitter orange peel along with a cup of chamomile tea. I thought this would be a fun experiment to see if some of...

I just racked my peach mead from primary to secondary. I used 6 lbs of honey with 7lbs for fresh peaches for a 2.5 gallon batch. Even though I did use Pectic Enzyme this is very cloudy mead. Can anything be used to clear it?

What is everyone using to clean there chiller? I have tried hot soaking it in PBW other times I have tried Vinegar solution but it still seems to be grubby.

I came across this the other day and thought I would share. It is a handy one page resource for many conversions. Brew Calcs - Brewing Calculations Reference

I made a Belgian Dark Strong 3 weeks ago and it came out fine at 1.103. I pitched 2 vials of WLP530 into a 2000ml starter and grew it on the stir plate. This thing was fermenting like crazy and very hard. Pitched at 68 and kept it there until fermentation started to slow down then raised the...

Well today I brewed a Belgian Dark Strong and my OG was 1.101 for a 7 gallon post boil. I was shooting for 6.5 but I am still messing with boil off rate. Anyone else +100 with any brews lately? [/IMG]

When I harvest my yeast I always seem to have about 1.5 quarts of beer left in the carboy. Do you think it would be better to have the harvested yeast left on beer in a mason jar or water? I do not see the harm in the beer seeing that what it just fermented.