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I don't understand all the "no starter" stuff for dry yeast. I always use a starter and have always have success. One of the reasons I do it is to make sure the yeast is good. I've purchased bad yeast before and the only supply store is about 20 miles away. I use 4 oz of DME in 1L of water fro...

I will try to make this as short as possible. The problem started when I dropped my primary fermenter on 9 Oct. It had been in the primary for 8 days. I let it settle back down for another week, yeast was still active. I put it in the secondaries on 16 Oct and just read the Gravity today at...

I was going to buy a sight level gauge to measure my strike water from a keg. Too much money, me being cheap and all. I came up with this using a tee, elbow and vinyl tubing. It ended up being about $5. The tubing fit tight into the tee and elbow, but I used a bit of high temp silicone anyway...

I am wondering if this would work for hop additions in the kettle. I worry that the hops will expand and not allow the wort to go through it. Hop spiders are expensive, this is $18.

I don't have the room to spare to keep a permanent stand up, so I made one that I can take apart using a folding ladder. The mash tun shelf is just 2x4s and plywood that lock over the rungs. The liquor tank uses a 220V 2500W water heater element, with a foil wrapped hubcap to keep the heat in...

My brother-in-law makes 5 gallon batches of extract beer. His last 3 came out sour. He's a doctor so he knows cleanliness and sanitizes using Star-san. The one thing he doesn't do, that I always do, is leave a lid on the pan of bottling sugar after he boils it while it cools off. Anyone think...

I am selling a Warsteiner beer fountain on ebay. I probably should have asked in here first, but I am in the process of downsizing and the site slipped my mind. Ceramic/Porcelain Warsteiner Beer Fass (Tap Fountain) from Germany | eBay I also have a couple of large lights that I will be...