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I make my own syrups and add them to meads. If I add apple syrup to a mead, is it technically a cyser? Does cyser imply the blending of a cider and a mead, or just any apple flavored mead? Need to know where to enter it in BJCP. I'm leaning towards entering it as a cyser either way, as I think...

So I make a medal winning Mango Habanero Berliner Weiss, and people are always telling me to make the Habanero more prominent when I serve it at fests. I made a double batch that's already all fermented out with the mango and habanero tincture in there. I served 1/2 of the batch at a fest...

My current electric controller is a 120v Stilldragon kit built exactly as it comes, with just a solid state relay and a pentameter feeding a 2000 watt element in a 5 gallon pot for 3 gallon batches. Here's the wiring if you are unfamilar...

Anyone have any witty ideas for a homebrew club t-shirt? I'm not above repurposing someone else's idea :D I'm pretty good at running with an idea and filling in the graphics, etc., but looking for a good idea to run with. Who wants to play?? :mug:

I need a cube shaped ice bin that will fit 4 corny kegs snugly and hold ice for my brew club's serving events. Any suggestions?

I have been making some award-winning Berliners the last several months using the sour mash method with full BIAB volume. However, the one knock I continuously get on them is a slight parmesan cheese in the aroma, which I definitely detect as well. I've done some research, and learned that this...

Just to double check, I have a mango habanero Berliner Weiss...can't go in the BW category, due to the veggie and fruit, can't go in the fruit category because of the pronounced habanero, can't go in the veggie category because of the mango...so I'm left with category 23, correct??

I'm headed to Toronto for Xmas this year, and will be staying in the Financial District at the Sheraton City Centre. Any can't miss places I need to hit? Seems like there are several breweries within a couple miles of my hotel.

I've had my control panels (a 240V PID controlled box, and a 120V stilldragon kit) built for a while now, but have been wavering back and forth on which element I was going to put in my kettle. Basically had the option of either running a 50+ foot extension cord to my dryer outlet to run 240V...

I have a subpanel in my backyard for my pool pump that's fed from my main box by a 40a 240v breaker. The pool pump and an salt water clorination system runs off a single 20a 120v circuit at the subpanel. I want to add a 30a GFCI breaker to the subpanel for my eBIAB build. Will I be able to...

My homebrew club is throwing a Halloween party this year, and I'm looking for a witty brew-inspired name for the event. We're currently have the working title as The Monster Mash. Help me out with some great ideas! Thanks HBT! :mug:

I'm the lucky one! First BIAB Post. :ban::ban::ban::ban::ban: Kudos to the admins for the new BIAB Forum!

Anyone ever gone through a bad brewing streak? I made three batches in a row that were not good. To break out of my streak, I brewed a batch of my proven house brew recipe. When carbing, the seal on my beer out post was somehow broken and I leaked the whole 5 gallon batch onto the floor (fun...

Let me put my 11th grade Logic class to good use: 1) Recent study concludes that woman prefer heavy stubble facial hair and full beards to clean shaven/light stubble. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/29/beard-study-heavy-stubble-men-attractive-women_n_3180157.html 2) Most...

Want to buy Blichmann Beer Gun with the attachments kit. Looking to pay $75 + actual shipping costs. Must be 100% functional and good physical condition. Let's make a deal!

Our club uses one of our member's 8-tap jockey box at events, and that member is no longer willing to let us use it for free (I don't blame him!). Anyway, I think his asking price of $1100.00 for a used 8 tap jockey box is a little steep. It's made with a single SS cold plate, standard...

I saw this pump today on HomeBrewFinds: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007XZAJ3I/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B007XZAJ3I&linkCode=as2&tag=hombrefin-20 I like the idea of having a small pump I could power off a car battery on my portable rig for...

I made my first batch of Pinot Noir back in December with the plan of giving it as Christmas presents this December. I bottle April 15. Once bottled, should I store this wine at room temp or celler temps for aging? My beer fermentation chamber has room for the bottles, and generally stays at...

Eh....I envisioned about 1,000 of these, but looks like HBT limits it to 25. It was worth a shot! :ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban: :rockin: :ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban::ban:

I did my first sour mash on Saturday with 13oz of Aciduated malt in a Berlinner Weiss recipe. The fermentation is going REALLY slow. I assume this is due to the PH of the wort? My wort PH should be somewhere in the neighborhood of 4.5-4.7. Anyone have any experience with this issue?