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Just wanted to share. I have been brewing for 26 years. I thought I had seen it all, and you know how it is you really do not believe much after so long, but I never had incredible results cold crashing. 2 batches ago I had 3 cornies, two in my kegerator and one in my fermentation chamber...

I have been brewing for nearly 25 years and all of my time I have been brewing German Wheats, German Lagers and Czech Lagers. I decided to expand my brewing and would like to start brewing some English Ales. My gg-grandfather studied brewing in Somerset England back in the mid 1800s and I...

Just wanted to share this if anyone is looking. Calcium(Ca): 4-6 ppm Magnesium(Mg): 2-3 ppm Sodium(Na): 13.2 ppm Sulfate(SO4): .879 ppm Chloride(Cl): 7.8 ppm biCarbonate(HCO3): <10.0 ppm Looks like a great water for brewing Kölsch and Pilsner styles.

I am looking to buy a kegerator and was wondering which ones will hold 2 cornies. There is a used Danby that I was looking at but it looks like it might not hold 2. Any suggestions? m.

I am moving in October and am planning on a larger brewery set up. I would like to be able to brew 10 gallons at a time. My initial thoughts were to get the following equipment: 1 Boilermaker 10 gallon for HLT 1 Boilermaker 15 gallon for a Brew Kettle 1 Top Tier for support. I...

Just wanted to share this article with you all. I know we have some Brazilians on here and some Gringoes in Brazil. This is in today's paper. One of the most read in São Paulo (my home away from home). I have been to the Cervejaria Nacional mentioned in this article and the Braumeister...

I was wondering if anyone could point me to some reading regarding the pH of certain worts and certain beers. I have searched but found very little out there. Perhaps I am searching wrong. m.

I wanted to report on an experiment that I just completed and see if anyone else has done this. Several months ago I adjusted my grain bill to compensate for low efficiency, and inadvertently I corrected the low efficiency with a technique adjustment. The result was 2 batches of higher than...

I am getting some new line today and wanted to know if its OK to use the line they sell at Lowes for tap line? I use it for everything else, but nothing under pressure. m.

Ok so I am not sure what I got going on here. Symptoms: Foam all the time. Conditions PSI 13 48F Tap line 3 feet 1/4" ID insert in dip tube. The beer just comes out too fast and foams up. If I dump the pressure down to 2 psi it comes out slow and is carbed at about 2.2 volumes. No Foam...

I rarely drink Miller Lite, but had one yesterday. I cannot figure out what ingredients the put in it to make it taste like that? Is it a massive amount of corn? It almost does not taste like beer. m.

I found a formula that allow you to plug in your lbs of grain, volume of water and it would tell you the final gravity. Here is my dilemma. I have an 8 gallon kettle and would like to do 10 gallon batches. Here is my idea. I will pre-boil some water 48 hours in advance and chill this...

I am installing a tap tower this weekend and it has a hose that terminates with a threaded wing style nut. What is this for? I want to make sure before I cut it off and put the hose on a barb connector. m.

I have a Bohemian Lager that I am going to tap tonight. Here is the run down: 4 weeks fermenting 2 weeks lagering and carbing (I just can't wait any longer). I added 1 quart of spiese (1.068) to the 5 gallons 2 weeks ago. I left it out for a few days and then put it in the freezer at...

I am trying to find out how high of a temperature I can server my kegged beer. I am thinking of ways to ferment and serve in the same freezer. Is 48F too warm? m.

I only have one freezer, that I have on a Johnson control to keep it at fermentation temps. I was trying to figure out a way of being able to use this fridge for fermenting and keg serving. I looked into the fermwrap, but I don't want to heat the inside of a freezer, unless this is really...

I just wanted to share this... I was researching my genealogy and came to my Great Great Grandfather who was a famous man so there is a good deal of history written about him. He studied brewing and distillation in England and set up one of the first breweries in Charlottestown, PEI...

I am going use some rice in my next brew, which will be 9 lbs of Rahr 2 row and 2 lbs of rice. I would like to boil the rice the night before since I am going to try to beat the heat by starting my brew day at 5 am. My question is, as I have never used an adjunct, can I boil the rice the...

I have a beer that has completed fermenting. I am beginning to experiment with building my own water and I incorrectly built my water for this brew resulting in a skewed water profile that left the beer very bitter. I guess it is from tannin extraction during the mash. The beer is lightly...

After making a very boring Kölsch with only RO water I decided to try my hand at building my own water. I used 7 gallons of RO water of unknown residual mineral content. 7 g Chalk 5 g Epsom Salt 1 g Salt 3 g Baking Soda This seemed like a lot but the calculators on the web all seem...