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I bought a hop rhizome in the spring and planted it in a pot. It did not take long to start growing and I transplanted it into the ground.....it started to grow but now it is gone. Any ideas what could have happened? Thanks, Eric

Good morning everyone. I have a Little Giant 3-md-mt-hc pump that is giving me some problems. I can get the pump primed relatively easy but after I establish a flow it sometimes looses its prime. I have a hard time slowing the flow down when i am sparging.....it seems i have to have the flow...

Hi everyone......I brewed today with WLP800 yeast but i am going on holidays at the end of the week and wont be around to do a diacetyl rest. I keep reading that some people do a rest and others dont. The beer is fermenting at 51 degrees and i plan to leave it there for three weeks at that...

Good day everyone. Last week I made a 2.5 liter starter with WLP810 (California Lager). There really was minimal evidence of fermentation and no krausen on the starter at all. It was on a stir plate for 4 days. I later found that the yeast was only 38% viable. Was my starter too big for a vial...

Hi everyone..... I am trying to take my brewing to the next level with my new brew rig by paying closer attention to temperature (during both wort production and fermentation). The resulting beer tastes good but I cannot seem to get good head retention and lacing in the glass even though...

Hi all, I just finished my stir plate and have a 3 litre starter on it right now.....I want to brew tomorrow. My only problem is how do you remove the stir bar from the starter????? :o:o:o Eric

Yesterday I brewed my first Bohemian Pilsener. Grain bill: 6 lbs Canadian 2 row 2.5 lbs Munich Malt 1 lb Carafoam I used White Labs WLP800 with no starter, chilled the wort to 65F and placed in fermentation chamber (wine fridge). This mornig the temperature...

Hi all, Just brewed the first batch with my new brew rig (RIM system) but my BG-14 was a real pain to control. The flame was going around the side of the kettle and almost melted my sightglass and there seemed to be nothing I could do about it.....very hard to control under the BK too. I use...

Hello everyone, I have been brewing for about 1 1/2 years now and decided to up the ante and build a RIMS system. I started about a month ago and welded together the frame (which looks like a Brewmagic). I bought my kettles from Sabco and have been collecting the rest of the components...

I am in the process of building the control panel of my rims brewery. The system consists of a PID controller, one 1/25 hp magnetic drive pump, and a rims tube with a 120 V 1500 watt heater. I have Telemecanique switches with ZBE 101 contacts (0-600 V, 10 Amp rating). Can I use these as...

Hello all. I have just started my RIMS brewery build and have the frame almost complete. I just ordered my PID controller, RTD, SSR, burners, regulators etc. I have also bought a 1500 watt, 120 volt heating element for my rims tube but now am having second thoughts about the current draw of...

I plan on making a Oatmeal Stout tomorrow and the only oats I have available are steel cut oats. Can I cook/cereal mash today and then use them in my main mash on brew day (tomorrow). Thanks

Last Sunday I made my first cider but after a week there have been no visible signs of fermentation. When I make beer I can usually see the yeast flying around the fermenter but wuth the cider there is nothing. Is this normal with ciders or should I repitch. The yeast I used was Lavlin EC-1118...

Hi all. I have been brewing for about a year now and I am just about to dump my second batch in a row. After the first batch I bought a new fermenter because the one I was using had scratches, but I cannot understand why this one wopuld be bad. It tastes sour!!!! I just went to rack it into...

Hi all It has been a year since I started brewing....and have 28 batches under my belt:rockin: Well lets make that 27 since I had to dump a batch that I was about to keg today. I went to get my hydrometer reading and when I opened the lid the beer smelled sour. Final gravity was 1.01 so I...

I just bought a 1 kg bag of irish moss tablets and I have a couple of questions. How do you store them and where? How many tablets do you use per 5 gallon batch? Thanks Eric

Hello I have my hydrometer sitting in a test cylinder at 68 F and my gravity reading is 1.004. Does this mean that my hydrometer is out by 0.004 and if so do I just subract all of my gravity reading by that correction? Thanks Eric

So yesterday we had friends over for dinner and when I went to hook up a new keg...IT WAS FLAT!!! I have had this keg on gas for at least 2 weeks and not one CO2 bubble to be found.:( When I filled this keg it was full to just below the "gas in" tube. I did not shake the crap out of the keg...

Hi all. I am about to buy some bulk hops (supplier only sells 5 lb. packages). The hops will be in pellet form. I want to buy two varieties and would like suggestions on what you would stock. Thanks

I just bought Beersmith and have been playing around trying to develop a recipe for a good session beer. Even though my friends have liked the beers I have brewed so far, they still say they could only drink a couple of them before switching to something else. So here is the recipe. 7 lbs...