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I'm clearing out some of my old brew equipment and have some miscellaneous items for sale. (3) 5 gallon Glass Carboy ($25 each) (1) 3 gallon Glass Carboy ($20) 25' Copper Immersion Chiller ($50) 8 Gallon Heavy Duty Tri-Clad Brew Kettle w/ Welded Ball Valve & Port ($100) Camp Chef single propane...

3 vessel, 15 gallon brew tree for sale. Perfect for brewing 5 gallon or 10 gallon batches. It’s a bit rough around the edges (about 10 years old), but is in good working condition. This system has everything you need built right into the stand including a water filter with piping to HLT, propane...

Hey guys! So I'm trying out the sour kettle method for a berliner weisse. I mashed at 152, sparged, brought my mash up to a boil for 10 minutes, cooled to 110 degrees and then pitched a 60ml starter (24 hours, 1 vial) of WLP672 into 7 gallons of 1.030 wort. I have my kettle hooked up a my...

Hey guys, I'm just looking for some inspiration and suggestions for a sour mash beer that I've been working on. This was my first attempt and a sour mash, and quite honestly I threw the recipe together on a whim with grains I had laying around. I'd call it somewhere in the realm of an Sour...

Hey guys, I've got a couple old sanke kegs that I'm looking to turn into fermenters. I've been looking at sanke conversion kit on brewershardware.com, but am thinking of doing something slightly different and would like to get some thoughts/opinions. I'm thinking of getting a solid cap with...

Hey guys, long story short, I've got a new all grain setup that I've only used twice and I am still trying to get everything dialed in. On my second brew I was shooting for a mash temperature of 148 and only hit 143.5. Ouch. I went to the mash profile and adjusted the temperature for grain and...

Hey guys, I'm looking for a little help on which style to enter for an upcoming competition. I've got an American IPA (West Coast), but used a Belgian Yeast (WLP530). I was thinking it would be category 23, but then noticed 16E. Any ideas on which one this would fall into? 16E specifically...

Hey guys, I'm looking for some ideas/techniques for a wee heavy that I'm working on. I would like to caramelize the wort to get some of that traditional flavor in there. I currently use the BIAB method and batch sparge. Prior to my sparge I usually end up with 3 gallons or so of wort. I then...

Well, the title says it all. I am considering entering a Rye IIPA into a contest and I'm not sure what it would fall under. I've searched on the forums, but can't seem to find the answer. Would I need to enter this under section 23: specialty beer, assuming that with the rye I can't enter it...

Hey guys, I'm looking to branch out and open up to some new beer styles and I decided to give Saison a go. I just had a Ommegang Hennipen on tap the other night and really didn't care for it. To me it was over the top fruity/sweet. I couldn't get much past half way through it before switching...

Hey guys, I was just hoping I could get some tips on this. My brother in law is coming home from Afghanistan on leave sometime in July so I thought I would have a batch of beer ready for him when he gets home. He requested a Marzen. I have done one before with good results but I am looking to...

Just thought that I would share some good results with my new oxygenation system. I have so far just been using the shake method to aerate my wort, but just picked up an oxygen kit with some Christmas money. It usually takes at least 16-24 hours for my beers to really get going, but after...

Hey guys. I have the kettle in the link below and I am thinking of installing a sight gauge on it. The top port is currently plugged and I'm wondering if I can simply install the sight glass here? I didn't know if It matters how high or low on the kettle it is installed. Any thoughts or tips...

Hey guys, I'm relatively new to AG brewing...I've got 4 batches under my belt. I'm doing BIAB. I had a question regarding my most recent brew. I created the recipe myself and I am quite pleased with the results. This is the first beer that I have had problems with being cloudy and can't...

Well I finally got my first competition scorecards back after much anticipation. I knew this beer wouldn't take home a prize, but was just looking for some outside criticism. I entered it as an American IPA. I ended up getting a score of 34, 30, and 29. I wasn't too disappointed with those...

I'll be brewing a blonde ale tomorrow and thought I could get some critique and hop schedule suggestions. This one will be a bit different for a blonde ale using some hops with spicy notes and english ale yeast. I'm still tweaking the hop schedule so suggestions are welcome. I'm shooting for...

Well I dug around the forum but couldn't find the answer to the question I had regarding calculating efficiency when batch sparging with BIAB. First, here is a quick rundown of my process. I plan to ash in my 7.5 gallon kettle and then transfer the wort to a bucket. Heat my sparge water in...

So this is my first attempt at growing hops. I have 2 each of cascade, magnum, and chinook. It doesn't look like these first year plants will produce any hops this year which isn't too unexpected. The plants have been doing okay, but not great. My tallest one is about 10' tall (magnum), my...

I decided to make a half batch (2.5 gal) of a coffee chipotle stout, an inspiration from a local brew that I love. It started out great and after two weeks in primary it tasted really good. I was getting excited, especially since this was my first AG batch! Part of me was thinking, maybe I...

So I just completed my fist all grain BIAB. I did a 2.5 gallon test batch of a stout. It went pretty good, however I screwed up my volume calcs somewhere along the way. After sparging it appeared that I was below my target volume (3 gallons) so I topped it off with water to reach what I...