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I am on my way to Colombia this weekend and will be there for a couple of weeks. I get around ok, but I don't know if there is a way increase my chances of finding any good beer that might be around. Here in the U.S. I ask around for "breweries", "good beer", "craft beer", or "micro brew"...

35 degrees or 60 degrees? Which is a better place to keep it if I am going to let it sit for a couple months?

I knocked the fermentation chamber temp down to 31 this morning and headed to the office... and then once at work I remembered that I have a jar of (mixed) Star San in there as a bubbler. You think it is going to blow by the time I get home?

I would like to have a solution for fighting gravity for sparge water and also moving some wort through a whirlpool/immersion chiller but I don't think I am ready for investing in a March pump. I normally have drunk friends come over when brewing, I don't mind using their drunk muscles.

I have been doing BIAB and making some pretty good 5 gallon batches, but I am considering a 3 vessel system to double the output. I have found lots of good info on the mash tun, but I am wondering if I can re-task an old 32 quart pot for a lauter tun. So, does that do it? My scratch math says...

I am not worried about it...just think it looks creepy when I shake it up. Now...What is for lunch?:mug:

Hey I am going to kick off my starter tonight for an American Barleywine brew on Sunday night. I have some California Ale (001) yeast on hand and a London Ale (013) on hand. I prefer the flocculation of the London, but I feel funny picking London over Cal for an American brew. What do...

I am a very relaxed guy so I am not overly concerned...but I have a question. I leave in the fermenter for a couple of weeks, then rack to a keg, purge with CO2, age a week or 2 untill there is space in the Keezer, carbonate over the course of a week, then go to 'work' :mug: . The first...

:ban: My first was about 60%, but number 2 was much better and will have better ferment-ability. Round one I had about 4 pounds of grain more but I ended up with the same OG. Read a little bit, learned a bit, and got a bit better. Sorry for the random brag, but I am stoked.

I totally forgot to grab and pitch one of my canned starters last night and am planning on brewing tonight. Planning on Kolsch ale yeast. Brew - if I can get any sort of efficiency will be around 1.060 (but I am new at this and that might be overly optimistic). What do you think, pitch...

I have one 4 way distributor/manifold like this: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/4-way-co2-distributor-5-16.html (only the input is on the other end) I would like to add another one right in the same line but I don't know if I am asking for troubles if I replace the plug that is in the end...

Background (and all of my experience) I got 4 old hand me down Coke kegs that had no valves in the lids. Replaced a couple of o-rings on posts and one lid o-ring and everything was good. I had to ramp up pressure on one of them for the lid to seat, but really everything was pretty easy. I...

Should a 120 mm computer fan have fried a 500mA dc power converter? OK, I admit it, I am an electrical hack. I can make a good splice and connect red to red, but the numbers escape me and I need a bit of guidance. My application is for a keezer, but I think it could be applicable for the...

I am expecting the FedEx guy to show up any minute with a new Co2 distributor and gas line so I can go from my current 1 keg to 4. :) I am sure I will have more questions later, but right now I am wondering if I can just start cutting the tubes and hooking them up or do you need to clean or...

I not a 'flower guy', so I see plants in my yard as potential food before I see decorations :) . They do smell good, and from what I find online it looks like the peony is edible. I have a blond that I am going to hit with chilis tomorrow in secondary and I am wondering if the floral nose can...

Hey all, I am just starting out in the world of kegging. I got a CO2 tank, regulator, and 4 pin lock corny kegs from a pal that is 'retiring' for a bit. But no manifold or distributor, so I can only power 1 keg at a time. I have built a collar onto an older chest freezer, have a Johnson...

With the pressure cooker hissing and my nerves frazzeled ... my glass of beer keeps emptying itself rather quickly. :cross:

Hey all, I have have not used the Wyeast smack packs before, so I just need a little guidance. I had a kit and some other ingredients, including a White Labs vile delivered via FedEx on Friday. I got the yeast vile to the fridge right away, but waited until Sunday to open the kit, and...

Hey all I was making a starter in a 22oz bottle tonight and I looked in the recycle bin and there was a 1.75 jug that used to have a little Captain in it :) . ... the brain started working, but I don't have a stopper that will fit. Anyone have an idea which number to grab on my next order? It...