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I recently had a batch that was overflowing my 3 piece airlock. I caught it in time and threw a blowoff tube right onto the inner part of the 3 piece. Today I bottled (barleywine gonna age for 12 months) but I can't for the life of me get this blowoff tube off of the 3 piece. Anyone ever have...

Clearly i am cursed. My chinook was growing like a steriod rage filled hop monster until a storm broke my line. That was about 6 weeks ago. At least i still have my underperforming Perle. Until now that is. Yesterday i noticed the line was snapped and the whole thing was laying in a heap on the...

Help me out Friends. Every two years I go fishing in northern Ontario. Yesterday I was discussing our upcoming trip with one of my fishing buddies. He suggested that we should bre a beer while we are in Canada. He has brewed with me a couple of times so he kinda knows what's involved. It...

Help me with some troubleshooting. Any ideas are appreciated. I will make it known when we have a winner. I am trying to get my new e-keggles working. They are leak tested, and good to go on that front. I have 2 2000w elements wired (12/3) to two separate 20A GFCI outlets. Each outlet has...

I returned home from vacation to find my hops had grown about 4 feet while I was gone. Unfortunately I later discovered that a strong wind storm while I was gone broke my twine allowing the vines to swing and crack them right at the base. 2 out of the 3 on that twine are now dead and withering...

Or so I've read. Since I'm building my electric brewery at some point I'm wondering, Can I paint the keggles? I don't care about shiny bling. I haven't seen anyone do this. Anyone out there got any thoughts on this?

My awesome wife asked me to get her some paper towels this morning. No problem, she was making me a nice hot breakfast. So I went down to the basement where they are kept. As soon as I hit the bottom of the stairs I smelled this wonderful beer aroma. The kind of smell I get in my basement when I...

Alright, shame on me for not taking pics during the build. I was inspired by many of the awesome builds out here on HBT. Here is my 1941 Philco Radio that used to belong to my Great-Grandfather. Mom says he used to sit around this old thing for hours. I think I will be keeping up that tradition...

The last week of June I planted a couple of crowns from great lakes hops (beautiful crowns from these guys). I know it was very late, but there were reasons. They both are growing, but at VERY different rates. The chinook is about 12 ft tall and has hops starting to take form. The Perle is about...

I am in the pre-pre planning stages of my electric brewery build. I only brew 5 gallon batches, and have no plans to ever go up from there. That being said I plan on sticking with 120v service that I have readily available (multiple 20a circuits available). I understand that should be able to...

I am new to using a hydrometer (never bothered with MB kits). And I have to say that I really suck at it. Can anyone provide any tips to a noob. It seems like every time I look at the damn thing it reads something different, or there are bubbles in the way, or something else is keeping me...

Gave up beer for lent. I am not a happy dude. Gonna brew an Irish red on St paddy's day just to stay close to the sickness. But without a beer to drink while brewing I will surely feel the whole process is off.

Not a big stretch. I'm contemplating building an electric BK. I think I could figure it out, but would rather learn from the experience of those who have already done this. I'm limited to 120. I'm looking for... A parts list A set of step by step directions for dummies A picture tutorial...

I just transferred my red lager to secondary and put it away for lagering. It smelled so good. I plan on bottling 9 weeks from now. The waiting is gonna kill me. I may have to stick with ales just to reduce the waiting game.

Okay, I have a pasta roller collecting dust and I am about to convert it into a grain mill. I have read a lot of stories about individuals saying they dont last real long, or that they don't give a great crush. Here is my thought. I will continue to order my grains pre-crushed. And when I am...

I know there are a bunch of threads here about pasta rollers turned grain mills. One question I haven't seen answered on any of the is...if you tried this pasta roller grain mill project are you still happy with the results now looking back? Basically, if you did this project can you give...

I just finished my second AG batch brew day this past weekend. I am concerned I may be doing my runoff when sparging too fast. The first batch turned out tasting like watered down beer. The latest batch only got an OG of 1.032. I don't know what it was supposed to be (Midwest supplies red lager)...

I'm a newbie to AG. Joining the ranks straight from Mr Beer. Just bottled my first 5g batch (Liberty Cream Ale from Midwest Supplies). My question is this...my OG reading was 1.040. After 13 days in primary my gravity had stopped at what I was reading as 1.000. Is that even possible? I cold...

Just finished up wiring my eBay digital temperature controller. Lagering chamber is getting a test run tonight. Thanks to everyone on this forum for all the advise and tutorials. For anyone thinking about doing this don't wait. If you are scared to try it out, don't be. I am not a techie by...