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I kegged an imperial IPA a few days ago. I added a dry hop addition to the keg in a nylon bag as I usually do. I wanted to give the beer a few days at 60 degrees to speed up the dry hop process before chilling and carbing, so I put the keg back in my fermentation freezer and set the controller...

My brew stand has evolved quite a bit since I built it a few years ago. It started off as a simple 3-tier gravity setup. Then I decided I wanted to do bigger batches and switch to a direct fired RIMS keggle setup. Integrating a pump into my system has been the best investment I have made in...

First off, big thanks to Bobby both for the great keg polishing writeup here and for the awesome products from Brewhardware.com. My goal was to have a mash tun large enough to easily handle any 10 gallon batch. The plan is to direct fire and recirculate for now, but I will probably work on a...

So I picked up a cheap Frigidaire mini-fridge on craigslist yesterday to build a fermentation chamber. The seller said it worked fine. It looked like it was in good shape and not that old so I thought nothing of it and took it. I get it home and plug it in....nothing. No buzz, hum or...

Does anybody know a good place to buy used sanke kegs (like a scrapyard or something)? I need one more for my system and I haven't had much luck finding one. If anyone has one they want to sell let me know. I am located in Dover :mug:

Here's my situation. I plan on brewing a double IPA on Sunday (1.098 OG). I can't get to the LHBS until Saturday around 1pm, which means I can't make a starter until about 2-3pm. If I give it a good 24 hours (using a stir plate) will that be enough time? I understand it's going to take a very...

I'm going to be brewing a big IIPA soon (1.100 OG) and I was thinking about trying a partigyle. I have read up on it a little bit and I have seen a few different ways it can be done. My plan is to brew the first batch as normal, mash and drain first runnings, sparge to get my 7.25 gal pre boil...

I finally have some time to post some pictures of my recent projects. For me, these little projects are what I love about home brewing the most (ok, well that and good beer :ban:). I'll start with the mash paddle since I just finished it yesterday. I am a Design Engineer for a company that...

Brewed with my new keggle for the first time last night. Big thanks to Bobby @ Brewhardware. It's not the prettiest keggle but it works like a dream and makes the entire brewing process so much more enjoyable. For now, it's doing double duty as my HLT and BK but I plan on adding another one in...

Just wondering what I have here. Its only a milk jug about half full that i pour a small amount into from my taps (tower is not cooled so it pours a little foamy at first). Its been a busy week and I haven't been out to my garage bar until today. Its a mixture of an IIPA and pumpkin ale. Smells...

Long story short, SWMBO talked me into doing a wine kit for her. Picked up a Pomegranate Zinfendel at the brew shop. I noticed that the batch is 6 gallons, am I safe to ferment in one of my beer buckets, or my 6 gal better bottle? I'm not sure if wine forms krausen like beer does. I have done...

I brewed a version of Biermuncher's "Blue Balls" Blue moon clone last weekend. It was my first AG wheat beer. I used about 1/2lb of rice hulls which apparently wasn't enough. As soon as I started to drain my first runnings it slowed down to a trickle for a few minutes and then stopped after...

Just thought it is well overdue for me to thank all the good people here on HBT. I have only been brewing for about a year and a half and have moved up from extract to partial mash and now am currently brewing my 4th AG batch. And the best part is that it is my own recipe that I designed in...

Finaly decided to take a stab at my own recipe, I wanted to do an IPA that would showcase citra hops. I also wanted to add a decent malt backbone so I thought munich would work nicely. How does this look? House IPA Boil Size: 6.72 gal Post Boil Volume: 5.72 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50...

This is WLP007 washed from a IIPA. I used some whole hops in this recipe but I can't tell if that's what I'm looking at. These jars have been in the fridge for a month. Should I be worried? All 4 jars have the mysterious floaties and they were there from the beginning, so they didn't grow in there.

I am pretty pumped to have a yeast strain that was collected about 20 minutes from my house by DFH. But I'm not sure what to brew with it. Here is an article and video about the beer: http://blogs.delawareonline.com/pulpculture/2011/11/01/dogfishs-dna/ From DFH's website: Here is an...

I just did my 2nd all grain yesterday. Everything went very well, I hit 72% efficiency on both beers so my process seems to be consistant. While doughing in yesterday I realized that for both beers it takes about 10 minutes to stabilize at my desired mash temp. Is this an acceptable amount of...

My plan is to brew BM's Blonde ale this weekend. I just got my water analysis results from Wards Labs. I have only recently started reading about water chemistry so I have no idea what I'm looking at here. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance! pH 5.6 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est...

For my first all grain I did the DFH 90 minute IPA in the recipe section. Everything went very well on brew day. Fermentation was strong and very active. I used WLP007 which is known for being an excellent flocculater. It did just that after about 10 days in the primary. It dropped out like...

I have formulated a DFH 90 minute clone into Brewtarget and seem to be pretty close with all my numbers. This is my first all grain so I am double and triple checking everything. The biggest discrepancy I am seeing is strike water temperature. Brewtarget is saying 162*, the Green Bay Rackers...