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Here's my stab at converting the honey ale to AG...sounds like it's gonna come out too sweet. I'm torn as to what to do about the hops...add more bittering hops to up the IBUs and balance it better, or just brew it as close to the official recipe as possible for authenticity...

On May 20, I brewed a batch of IPA. I set up my GoPro camera to take a photo every 5 seconds. This is the result, 3.5 hours of all-grain brewing, condensed into under 2 minutes, and set to the "Cash 4 Gold" music from a recent episode of South Park. Enjoy.

Thanks for the responses, everybody. I tested it out and I was able to get it to work properly first try by holding the hoses such that the pump is not at a high point in the circuit. I will probably install a bleeder valve as well, as it seems like the more I search around, the more I find that...

I'm trying to get my new brewstand running and have run into an issue with my march pump. I got the pump from a coworker who bought a bunch of homebrew gear but never got into the hobby, and it seems to work fine. I have mounted it with the motor axis horizontal and the inlet/outlet horizontal...

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I'm gonna take the dial thermometer back to the LHBS and try to get a refund of store credit, which I'm pretty sure they'll be willing to do.

I have two thermometers and a digital temperature controller. I have been using an ordinary lab thermometer the entire time I've been brewing, but recently bought a dial thermometer with the intent of installing it into my MLT, so I decided to check the two against each other (and the...

Your profile says you live in Minnesota. Isn't your ground water pretty damn cold year-round there? Here in Seattle, even in the middle of the summer, I can chill 10 gallons of wort to under 70 F in about 20 minutes using my 25 foot CFC and cold tap water. I would imagine that a properly sized...

The biggest issue with your proposed setup is that a chest freezer can only chill the air inside, and air is VERY bad at conducting heat. Take an oven for example: you can stick your hand inside an oven at 400+ F for several seconds before you get burned. 400 F steam, on the other hand, will...

What's left of my batch has been bottle conditioning for almost a year now, only a couple bottles are left. On Halloween, we opened the first bottle of it in about six months and about eight of us got to give it a taste. Overwhelmingly positive reviews. The spiciness has mellowed out...

Awesome pics, Chipster. Great paint job, and I love the silicone tubing and sanitary stainless fittings all over the place. Looks very professional, good work.

What was your fermentation temperature? Ale yeasts like Windsor will produce undesirable flavors if the temperature is too high during fermentation.

Well, one thing to look at is the graphical scale on the right, which ranges from "malty sweet" to "hoppy bitter". If you've moved that arrow a lot, you've altered the balance and the flavor will be distinctly different. They also list a number labeled BU:GU which is a measure of bitterness...

While you are taking pictures, take some measurements of the structural components of the rack. How thick is the steel? Also, what kind of weight does this thing normally support? How many servers, and how heavy are the servers?

Good find! What's the height and diameter? One thing to watch out for: if you're going to have any welding done on it, make sure the welder is acquainted with proper stainless welding techniques. I've seen some photos of kettles with welded-in bulkheads where the welder didn't back-gas during...

I recommend signing up for an account (free) on hopville. They provide a really easy tool to help create and modify recipes. You can take your pale ale recipe and put it on there, and then play with the grain bill and hops to see how it will change the final product - it lists predicted starting...

I checked on both of the kegs tonight. They'd been in the fridge undisturbed for a few days. We've mostly been sampling the Safale keg, which has about 3 gallons left, and the Nottingham keg is still almost full. I pulled and dumped about half a pint from each keg before tasting. I also pulled...

Well, the half that I fermented with Safale US-05 is equally bad. So it can't be that. My hydrometer is broken; I suppose this gives me a reason to finally replace it. I used this calculator to convert the brix readings to OG/FG: http://www.onebeer.net/refractometer.shtml Could high...

I brewed this recipe on 8/29: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/fat-tire-clone-6048/#post56233 I ended up with about 9 gallons which was split roughly 50/50 between two carboys. One carboy received Nottingham dry yeast, one received Safale US-05. After about two weeks in the primary, I...

If I see mold, I'll definitely start adding a bit of bleach to the water. In all likelihood, I'll only have to run this apparatus for another week and a half before I cold-crash and keg this beer. I figure I've got a good shot at dodging mold before then.