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The Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charlie Papazian, was the first and most entertaining and informative book wrt my embryonic home brewing endeavors. That was followed closely by How to Brew by John Palmer - look for the latest edition (4th, iirc) as the version I read was the on-line...

1318 over-build line restart, 2nd step... Ferment out and a hard crash, should be ready to brew something in a couple of days... Cheers!

Decided to re-start my 1318 over-build line today with a fresh pouch... Cheers!

fwiw, we've always had a 28000~29000 BTU through-wall unit in one of the larger 2nd story rooms in our house and definitely had to run the condensate drain line to keep it from splashing back on the siding downstairs. But the last time we replaced it, the new unit advised that there wasn't a...

I agree it's not necessary to vac-bag grain kits, and I would not recommend doling out hops in advance - keep those in the freezer sealed in their factory bags and measure out what's needed on brew day... Cheers!

I think a mill is right behind "temperature controlled fermentation" in the hierarchy of things to have :) Cheers!

Kegged ten gallons of my imperial chocolate stout. From an OG of 1.106 to an FG of 1.018, this batch came in at 11.55% ABV and is full of chocolatey goodness :rock: Cheers!

"Glad" might offer even larger reusable containers... fwiw, a quick test showed a pound and a quarter of malted barley occupies roughly a quart of volume. We have some 76 ounce containers that comfortably fit 3 pounds of malt - that would make for a pretty big one gallon beer :) Cheers!

Uncrushed grains, I hope. There are reusable Ziploc lidded plastic containers that can fit the 2~3 pounds of grains for a 1 gallon batch... Cheers!

Ugh. Speaking of "nuke it from orbit", this thread is pretty much there. I've heard about that maggot infested "cheese". So gross! I can't imagine the mental gymnastics that gets someone to indulge 😳

Treehouse just keeps sprawling... https://www.dailygazette.com/news/tree-house-brewing-saratoga/article_eb2135ca-f909-11ee-a290-bb8fc766c0a7.html

fwiw, I've been brewing hazies since 2016 (Heady Topper clone was my first) and started with dry hopping twice as much (two rounds) but found if I switched from using flaked to malted adjuncts (oats and wheat) the haze persistence and hop character intensity both matched up with commercial...

The conservative approach is assume the worst of those numbers could come through your feed line. Might consider getting an opinion on the best mitigation approach from HBT member Russ @Buckeye_Hydro as there are actually a few other methods of breaking down and/or removing PFAS molecules. For...

fwiw, in 2024 I consolidated my hazy IPA hop schedule to this: - I typically use Chinook or CTZ for a T60 bittering addition - 1 ounce of each character hop at T5 - 2 ounces of each character hop for a 20 minute 170°F post-boil whirlpool - post fermentation two day "soft crash" to 50°F - 2...

I've never used Nectaron but I use lots of Mosaic and Amarillo every year, and that combination looks favorable to me. One of these days I'm going to give Nectaron a try... https://beermaverick.com/hops/hop-comparison-tool/ Cheers!

First pour from my latest batch of Fantastic Haze... Cheers!

Can't generalize "zero DP/Lintner = steep" as there are grains with little to no diastatic power that can have their starches converted to fermentable sugars if other grains provide the saccharification enzymes. So you have to subset that generalization to find the grains that have no DP but...

To make a very long story shorter, I had major surgery on my right leg 5 weeks ago and this morning my surgical team finally said I can start "doing stuff" as long as it didn't stress my leg. I had planned on the surgery and recovery and had brewed six 10 gallon batches of beers to get me...

Yes, one or two Activated Carbon filters followed by a Reverse Osmosis membrane is probably one of the few effective methods. This page was inspired by PFAS water problems in Minnesota...