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    Old(used) beer line for CO2?

    I recently purchased some 1/4" barb gas QDs, along with 5/16" gas line which is too large. My temporary plan is to use old beer line that will fit the barbs. I had retired the line because it had sat for a long time before cleaning, appeared to have some white spots after cleaning, and didn't...
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    Refilling Lambic Solera - add yeast?

    I have a ~10 gallon lambic solera (Wyeast 3278) that is 1 year old. I am about to remove half to age on fruit, and brew another 5 gallons to top off. Should I pitch a packet of US-05 to help primary fermentation, or let whatever is alive in solera eat all the new sugars? My longterm plan...
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    First Sour and Starting a Pipeline

    My goal is to brew 1-2 sour batches a year to get a good pipeline going. I'm a big fan of New Glarus Belgian red, serendipity, and raspberry tart, so I plan on using many different fruits. I have tons of wild black raspberries and blackberries now, and eventually hope to get cherries, apples...
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    Fermentation issues and fruit flies

    I'm looking for some opinions regarding my latest batch of beer. About a month back, I brewed a porter. OG 1.060, SG 1.020 when I racked to secondary. I used one of those 8 gallon fermenters from BMW that don't have the tight o-ring sealed lid. When I opened it last Sunday, there were tons...
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    Temp control with Dayton controller

    So I bought a 7cu. ft chest freezer this summer so I can control my fermentation temp. My dad had an old analog Dayton controller lying around for me to use. I placed one of those portable weather stations to see what the temperature differential was, and setting it at 58F seems to give me...
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    Candi syrup into primary

    Made a belgian dubbel today, and made 1lb of amber candi syrup from the guide on these forums. I just dumped it straight into the fermenter at 240F, and when I stirred it to aerate, I noticed most of it had settled to the bottom. The O.G. was also off by exactly what the candi syrup should...
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    Visiting Wisconsin - What beers to try?

    I'm here in southwestern WI(Dodgeville) for a bit over a week and looking for ideas on what beers to try while here. Coming from PA, the selection and make your own 6pack deals are $&#@* incredible! Things I've purchased so far: Grumpy Troll Brewery - tried the sampler tray New Glarus -...
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    Harvest IIPA and Amber Lager Critique

    I'm about to place an order for my next 5 brews and I'm trying to decide what to brew that also incorporates my homegrown hops. I've already settled on making a nugget SMASH, barley wine, and vanilla porter. The hops I'd like to keep these limited to are nugget, centennial, cascade, chinook...
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    So hops bags are important...

    Today I brewed and decided to use some of my home grown leaf hops instead of my usual pellets. Well I got a bit careless with one addition and about half of it ended up in the kettle and not the bag. I didn't think anything of it until later as I tried to transfer the wort to fermenting...
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    Putting Together 3 SMASH Brews

    I want to put together a series of 3 SMASH brews to try and get a better feel for differences between hops. I'm thinking all 3 will be 10lb MO(mashed at 154), 1 packet US-05, and 5 gallon batches. The question is how I handle the hops. I plan on using 2 or 3 ounces per brew of: Chinook...
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    What Melomel Should I Make?

    I want to make my first mead, and have some ingredient questions. What I have on hand is: 2lb sams club honey (actually more but planning on using some in a barleywine) 7.75lb frozen blackberries I picked last summer 8lb frozen black raspberries I picked last summer 1 pack D-47 yeast LD...
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    Will my 6" thermometer interfere with BIAB?

    I am planning to do my first all grain BIAB using a converted 15.5g keg with a 6" probe thermometer about 3" from the bottom. Does anyone else here BIAB with this kind of setup, and does the thermometer get in the way during the mash? Could a full bag sitting on probe damage it? Right now...
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    Water analysis results questions

    I had my well water tested recently due to gas well drilling. The results are: ph 6.77 conductivity 612 umhos/cm alkalinity 322.16 mg/L acidity -261.5 mg/L total iron <0.04 mg/L total manganese <0.02 mg/L sulphate 12.4 mg/L SO4-2 suspended solids 5 mg/L chloride 3.79 mg/L calcium...
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    Snow Drift Chiller?

    I'm about to brew my first batch tomorrow, a B3 American Red Ale extract, and I'm thinking about how I'm going to cool it down. Does anyone make use of all the snow and cold in the NE especially to quickly cool their wort? I'm wondering if it'd cool quicker outside in the ~30 degree garage...
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