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Dumb question, but i couldn't find an answer. Can you rotate the pump head on a march pump to change the inlet/outlet to a different orientation? I just got my second pump and want to attach to the right side of my single tier setup but if I mirrored the way the first pump is on the left side of...

So I am putting together my weldless brewstand this weekend and am thinking about next steps equipment wise. http://www.strutchannelfittings.com/THK-12001-KIT-BEER-BREWING-STAND-KIT--3-KEG-316L-STAINLESS-STEEL-TOP-SURFACE-WITH-BALANCE-OF-STRUT-AND-FITTINGS-BLACK-POWDER-COATED_p_1187.html...

SO a friend is coming over today to brew a maple porter with English yeast (whitelabs English ale WLP002). We forgot to double up yeast vials since we don't have time for a starter so we are low on cell count with just one vial. I have a packet of s-05 in the fridge. Can i thrown that in there...

So I am making my first keezer collar using 2x8's. The problem I am running into is now that I've put the collar together with wood screws (and before affixing to the Keezer itself) i am noticing a few problem areas. First, there are small gaps between the wood pieces (I didn't do a miter...

SO i had a disastrous brewday. Forgot to put the collar on my hop blocker while brewing ten gallons of IPA. needless to say I ran my pumps and nothing was coming out. I didn't have my old immersion chiller handy so I had to improvise by just dumping the hot wort into my fermenter and dumping...

So I am doing Jamil's chocolate hazelnut porter recipe. It calls for a half a pound of unsweetened cocoa powder in the last ten minutes of the boil. In his description it says it will look like "chocolate sludge in the fermentor". This worries me as I use a plate chiller (with a blichmann...

I am doing Jamils chocolate hazelnut porter recipe. I dialed in the exact recipe from his book into Beersmith 2 with my equipment profile, and set to all grain 5 gallon, and its telling me the estimated SG is going to be 1.082. That makes no sense. The book tells me it should be a SG of 1.066...

I recently got my first infection. A big old pellicle on my holiday ale that I dumped. My question is,. Can I reuse that plastic fermentor that the beer was in, or should I throw it out? I only ask as I honestly don’t even remember which one it was. I do a long soak in both oxyclean and PBW and...

I did a search and couldn't find anyone with exactly my problem so I thought id ask here. First time kegging and I'm on my second kegged batch. I set it to about 9 PSI as it's an English bitter , and I use a standard picnic tap, with 5 feet hose that came with the Midwest brewers kit. My problem...

So I've been talking with Matt from Oakshire brewery in Oregon. They make a fantastic IPA called Watershed IPA but its not available in DC where I live so I'm trying to clone it. He sent me his recipe and I am trying to reduce it to a 5 gallon homebrew batch size. Below is what he told me, and...

So I brewed my first pliny this weekend and had a question. I was using my blichmann pot with my new Hopblocker, and when it came time to do the flameout additions (3 ounces of Columbus) I realized that I couldn’t do a whirpool with a bag with 3 ounces of hops in there (plus the hopblocker makes...

So I ordered the Austin Homebrew IPA hop kit. Anyone know some good recipes using these hops? I'm trying to move beyond the "throw whatever you got in there" method as it resulted in some harsher IPA's in the past. I'm looking for a more balanced blend. • 4 oz of Columbus Pellet Hops -...

just got a new keg kit and i cant seem to get the beer out disconnect to lock into place. It seems like its locked in but there's no pressure and it wont dispense beer. If I push down insanely hard it will start to make a noise and then spurt out beer at the right pressure, so clearly its...

So i just kegged my first beer, an IPA. it tastes fantastic but i have a few questions. MY tank is showing in the red zone of ordering a new tank, its at about 400 PSI. The problem is I just got it two days ago. Granted this was my first keg so it was a lot of trial and error with adding up...

I apologize if this has been asked before, and I promise I have read the faqs, I just need some quick clarification on force carbing as this is my first time kegging. I have 5 gallons of IPA I want to serve this Sunday for a St. Paddies day party. I am going to add a few ounces of pellet hops...

One of my problems has always been awful efficiency. Until I can work to fix it I was thinking of adjusting my mash by adding DME to compensate at the beginning of the boil to bring it up to the gravity it should be. Anyone know the math I should use to compensate based on a gallon per hour...

So I'm right in the middle of a brew day and realized I can't find my hop bags. And I'm making an imperial IPA. I'm using my new blichmann pot with a ss sponge on the dip tube as a filter and since I'm also using my plate chiller for the first time I was going to whirlpool at flameout. Would...

I seem to suffer from a constant case of the gushers. Bacteria infected bottles with the telltale ring around the liquid top indicating a secondary fermentation by wild yeast resulting in a thinner, and slightly acidic taste. I have been doing the same sanitation process for a while now but I...

Has anyone done this? Does it help filter our out possible trub into the plate chiller?

So I just did my first test brew after a big upgrade in my equipment. Went from the old bayou pot, banjo burner dump method to a Blichmann pot, march pump and silicon hosing with camlock disconnects. Here are my results, and the issues I ran into. I would appreciate any advice. Missed my...