Brewing Master

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Ladies and Gentleman, I have an idea for making a rims similar to the SMART thing that B3 is doing. Please see if my reasoning and material seem OK. The thought is to recirculate the wort from the mashtun through copper coils that are submersed in a vessel of the appropriate [...]

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Randy, If you’re looking for inspiration, please take a look at my list of 60+ home breweries: http://www.barleys.nl/thuisbrouwerijen.htm Grtz, JW P.S. For all the others: if you’re missing a home brewery on my list, or you know a fix for one of the broken links, please let me know. [...]

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Does anyone know of a site with design ideas for a 3 level keg system? I’m just looking to see if I can save some trial and error and time in making my own from scratch. What I need are basic dimensions overall and the best ways [...]

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Although I don’t brew beer (yet), I do make braggot.   This time I tried Danstar’s Nottingham Ale yeast with a grain brew whose OG was 1.059.  After 2 weeks the braggot fermentation stopped at 1.010.   From experience I know the brew’s gravity will drop a little more in the next few months – [...]

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I wouldn’t bother with this stuff.  Who knows what is in it, or if all the yeast is guaranteed to be dead. I believe this is sold mostly as a dietary supplement.  Bakers don’t use it for anything (at least that is what SWMBO, the baker, tells me). Yeast nutrient is [...]

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Andrew, I’ve talked about this many times in this forum but since you asked, I’ll mention it again. The only good reason to build a RIMS or HERMS is the satisfaction of doing it. As an experienced RIMS and HERMS brewer, I could find no other REAL benefit over simple infusion [...]

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Ohhh… I am sure John meant to say that the previous tenants owned the kegs (legally) and chose to leave them behind because they didn’t have room in their U-Haul…. ek – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – first things first…. don’t tell everyone you have [...]

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brew at high temperature
Minor nit, Ferment at high temp… You really did have a few too many Hefe’s Cheers, Mike

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So, it seems that to brew a Fuller’s 1845, or a really bananny hefe you will want to: aerate moderately [...]

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Looks like major SPAM to me. Here these guys are in the heart of Silicon Valley(California) just trying to make more money. That’s what sucks about living here…all(mostly downtown San Jose bars) they are interested in is the money. They only carry around 5 California Micro-Brews(where’s  Golden Pacific, Stone Brewing, El [...]

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You work for Budweiser don’t you?
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Anyone ever use those grocery-store yeast packets for brewing a batch? I don’t plan on this, but it’s good info to know if I ever get in a jam (e.g. the wort’s on [...]