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Hi all, I am wrapping up my gas fired HERMS build and I am at the last obstacle before firing this bad boy up! I need some help though... Last night when I went to light the pilot on my Honeywell VR8200 A2132, I got nothing. I have changed out the spring to the red one and followed the mnfg...

I just finished building my brew stand and I am currently thinking through the control panel. I am essentially trying to accomplish full automation like the one Kal has (as well as many others) except using propane instead. My kettles are built for the most part but it's the automation I am...

Source Water: Calcium (ppm) 100 Magnesium (ppm) 6 Alkalinity as CaCO3 105 Sodium (ppm) 23 Chloride (ppm) 95 Sulfate (ppm) 31 Water pH 8.2 I am asking for some advice on how I can better improve my water for brewing IPA's and pale ales. I have been decidedly un impressed with the same beers I...

12 days ago I brewed a simple American Red Ale. I did 11 gallons so I could do a little experiment. I had some 3 month old WL 060 that I washed and stored and I had a 2 week old wyeast 1056 smack, today at kegging I took gravity readings and the beers were identical at 1.016 FG. I had an OG of...

Ok so I wanna enter my IIPA in the San Diego home brew comp but I bottled them in 22 oz and the requirement is two 12 oz bottles cam i pour some that is currently conditioning into 12 oz bottles or is this a bad idea it does kinda seem like i couldnt or shouldnt do this.

So today I set out to brew my first all grain batch and had everything planned out since thursday. Yeast starter was going great equipment was set up perfect(or so I thought) and all I needed was the grain and aqua and I was set. So everything is going perfect, Im hitting my temps and and then...

So after my last brew day and my not so smooth move of under-pitching like a mo fo (1.094og with 1 vial) I have since vowed to prep a starter from now on. My question is... What is considered intermittent shaking? Mrmalty has that option and so I picked it. I plan on shaking this thing every...

Remember first I am new to AG, so if my recipe looks to be all jacked up please remember that. I have a pale ale: 9lbs 12oz Pale Malt(2row) 2lbs 8oz Caramel/Crystal Malt-40 .75 oz warrior 60 min .50 oz Amarillo 10 min .50 oz Amarillo 5 min Whirlfloc tab 15 min WL001 Est OG...

In beersmith it says I need 13 pkgs of yeast to ferment my beer! That's impossible. I designed a regular pale ale with an og of 1.056. I'm under the impression for a 5.5 gal batch the tube alone is enough but I guess my question is I'd like to do a starter to ensure healthy yeast how big a...

A there a formula to take the temp of your swamp cooler and figure out the temp in the fermenter

I have put together an all grain system to do 10 gal batches and this forum along with the interweb have really helped me along the way. I am so excited to test the new works and as soon as my citra comes in I'm gonna give a go on 10 gal of a zombie dust clone from this forum with some tweaks of...

My first two... An IPA and an ESB

Is 3/4 cup corn sugar way to much for 4 gallons of beer to carb in the bottle? I know it's more than prescribed but I just wanna know if I should expect bottle bombs or not

Just got some fresh hops today and I am taking sugestions on a nice ipa/iipa. Please help. Was thinking hopslam or something in that direction any ideas appreciated

I just finished up my Homebrew Thursday with my rendition of nb's Deadringer IPA. I steeped the grains for 30 instead of 20 and I pitched San Diego super yeast vs the wyeast recommended by nb. I hope it turns out well. Just one question. Will the yeast make a huge difference? My og was dead on...

I am open to ideas for my number 3 brew. I am exclusively wanting an extract brew due to my equipment. I want an IPA or a stout. And outside of that I'm open for whatever. Please help with a solid recipe

First I thought it was not gonna go... Now it's getting crazy and with that the temp has risen from 69 on the temp strip to 76-77. I saw this and quickly got a cold wet shirt wrap and fan blowing on the carboy... Am I ok? This is a Brit pale ale. Yeast said 68-74 is optimal. It might of read in...

Soo I brewed my first homebrew last night.. Chilled wort to aprox 74f added to my primary then pitched my yeast... A wyeast smack pack. It set out for over 4 hrs and looked to be ready to pitch so I did. It's been 18 hrs or so and very few bubbles have emmited. I swished the fermenter around and...