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Howdy! Been a bit inactive as a homebrewer. Availability of great commercial beer is the primary reason plus none of my friends ever help me drink and its too much for one person. Also, I am beginning to suspect I may be developing a gluten allergy... That could eventually bring me around to...

So what if any are the real benefits of brewing with Beersmith 3 instead of Beersmith 2? I've paid for Beersmith 2 and BS3 is a subscription based product. I use BS2 plus Bru N Water premium spreadsheet for brewing and pH and strike temps are usually spot on. I don't use the cloud, I don't use...

Brewing a Pale ale with Falconer's Flight Blend and want to do a hop stand/whirlpool. What's a good temp & time to hold the whirlpool at for these hops to get maximum impact? Thinking somewhere between 185-160, but not sure. TD

Sick of buying yeast online and getting dry packs that are 20 months old. Best by 10/2020 on two packs of lallemand ESB from More Beer. Delivered May 10th. Granted I had some unexpected repairs on my brew rig but still. Read somewhere they print best by date two years from packaging date, if...

Using BeerSmith 2 ( I just grabbed trial of 3.1) not sure version matters at all. Have a previous pale ale recipe I made and I wanted to convert it to a NO SPARGE to save time and do back to back brews tomorrow. I can't seem to figure out how to do it. The mash profile part of Beer Smith I've...

Howdy I bought one several years ago and have been on a brewing haitus since 2014 really. Got to batches under my belt this year and wanted to ask about cleaning this sucker. Who else has one and can give me some tips? Especially for the three side ports and the upper shoulder area. TD

Only ever did it once and it was a PITA, but the beer came out awesome I now have a new system 3 vessel eHerms 2 elements What are my options for decoction? I wouldn’t think you’d want to direct heat mash in boil kettle with the electric element ??? While stirring, you kill the element, not to...

Help! I have been on a bit of a homebrewing hiatus, and starting to get back into the swing. I wanted to look up a website that is maintained by one of the members. Its full of great information about decoction and german brewing techniques. Lot of detail too and chemistry stuff. Perhaps the...

Howdy! Been on about 5 year hiatus from homebrewing. Hop plants died out. Had 4 cheap half-barrel planters that broke apart, and now have actual half wine barrels I want to use to plant in. They are water tight, so I'll probably need to drill drainage holes? Not sure what to do. In Florida...

Howdy! Been on a bit of a 5 year hiatus in homebrewing. Life has been busy! My first two brews this year had some wild issues because its been so long since I brewed! Still pretty good thankfully, that I can enjoy them though. Getting back into the swing of things, I had some question about...

So... switched to electric from propane back in 2014/15 and then brewed maybe 4 batches and haven't brewed since for various reasons. Brewed again yesterday and had some issues. My system is a eHerms setup, 3 vessels, 2 with heating elements: HLT and Boil Kettle. The Herms Coil is...

Howdy. Been on a brewing hiatus for several years, and getting ready to brew again. Have a question for folks about getting the water treatment additions to dissolve into the water. I typically will use my RO water supply to collect water for the HLT/Sparge tank and Mash tun, then use Bru'N...

For sale are two gently used (maybe 5 brew sessions total) Chugger Pumps. Stainless Pump heads. 1.5 TC welded fittings done by Colorado Brewing systems. Cord ends cut for custom plugs into eBrew Panel. Will include stubs if you want to wire those yourself or can get some aftermarket modular...

I'm sitting in Mid-Central Florida, and the latest projected path is having the EYE go right across my home. At least I'm not on the coast. Wish me luck. TD

Anyones see the 50 clones recipes? Looks like the "Melvin" recipe has typos? What say the rest of you? https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/melvin-brewing-homebrewers-hop-bomb/ TD

So I finally decided to get back into things and planned to brew a scottish ale today. So the first omen of things to come was when I goofed up making my coffee and didn't have the pot installed right and coffee went all of the counter. I cleaned up and carried on. Got my electric brew system...

Hi, So been on a bit of a brewing hiatus lately. I have the 14 gallon Blichmann Fermenator. Its OK but a bit of a pain to clean out every time. I recently bought a CIP ball from SS Brewtech that is supposed to be able to fit through a 1.5" TC port. I thought I could use it with the...

Heading over to Reno and Tahoe area soon. Wanted to ask about any recommendations on must try local beers, restaurants, pubs, coffee shops, etc. have never been there before. TD.

Howdy I planted a Fig tree (Black Mission) in my yard. Tonight I ate the first figs from it since planting. It is still very small. I searched the recipe section (not too deeply) and was wondering if there are any folks who've brewed a beer with figs! Any style. I kind of think that...

Hello, Curious what strategies others are using to prevent the problem I describe. Wort is chilled as cold as your water can get it and it is transferred to fermentor. Ferm temps will be lower after further cooling of vessel (could be in a fridge, jacket, etc). If you seal it airtight...