As you may have noticed, we have more and more users on the site and lots of questions get lumped into "General" as they don't fit anywhere else. This new section is for all equipment questions and advice. Fermenters, boil kettles, mash tuns, even faucet wrenches- ask and ask right here.

I am finally putting together a floating diptube for fermenting in a keg. I wish I had a 10 gallon keg so I could start with 5.5 gallons and then use the floating diptube to transfer. I have this one: Do you use one? Does it clog as easily as I expect? Any tips, tricks, words of advice?

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https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1568770/furiously-hoppy-ipa This was a request from Bob- a strong malt backbone, copper colored, with a boatload of hops and firm bitterness and old school hops. The man knows what he likes, and we love having two IPAs on tap. Right now we...

I’ve been fortunately since I stopped working full time at the age of 46 to still find work. I worked at the same hospital as a ‘fill in’ for years, until about 2018 or so. I’ve helped out with some article writing, some help desk stuff here and for another company, and that’s been great, I...

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We’ve been working hard on polishing up the brand new Brewer’s Friend apps, and I wanted you all to be the very first to know. The app is ready, and you can get it TODAY! Available on the App Store and Google Play, you’ll find that the app syncs with the site perfectly. With an...

Use cleaned malt pipe for superhopped wort..... ? I had a heck of a time with only 6 ounces of hops in the boil even though all but 1.5 ounces were bagged when it came time to transfer to fermenter I had sooooo much sludge. I used a hops spider, a couple of bags, and then the whirlpool hops...

Well, I learned some things today! I made a German pilsner with a step mash on a Brewzilla 35L. Some things were super easy and intuitive. Some things were not. Overall, it was a good experience for my aging body. Sparging has me shaking my head though- you can't fly (continuous sparge)...

I'm going to brew in the next week or so, but have a dilemma. We have two IPA lovers in the house. One loves a very firm malt backbone with some crystal malt and a firm bitterness (think Surly Furious, Sierra Nevada's Celebration, or even Bell's Two Hearted). The other likes crisp, dry...

I always have a keg of sparkling water on tap, and I'm loving the Topo Chico clone. I have never done a hop water seltzer before, and am thinking about that instead. Just this once.....maybe. :) What works for you? What doesn't? I have a ton of hops and varieties in the freezer and aside...

The time has come. I'm about ready to go small, and so 5ish gallon batches from now on. My big system is just too big, too much, too heavy, and I'm ready to downsize. I rarely do larger batches these days and I love the idea of an all-in-one. I saw a Grainfather in action a few years ago...

Hi all. I wanted to let you know that we are doing a software update tomorrow evening (at least, US Eastern time evening!) and so if you notice a brief outage of the forum, or a little hiccup, that is why. This is FORUM only, and will not affect your recipes or the software. Hopefully you...

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But it makes great beer! I could have put at least a couple more pounds of grain in the MLT! It’s an homage to the older iterations of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale. Bittered with chinook, heavily hopped with centennial, it will be dryhopped with plenty of cascade and some centennial hops...

Hi all. Brewer's Friend forum is growing and I know you've notice a little more spam as a result (thanks for quickly reporting it!). As a result, the management team has decided to add an additional moderator to help keep the forum running smoothly. @Donoroto has graciously accepted our...

I’m going to be gone for a good bit, first in Maui, then in Honolulu and then to an undisclosed location for about 5 days. Or so. I will spend about 5 days in Maui, and would love to find great beer while there. As long as my friend can get a glass of wine, that is. Any ideas, especially...

I have older (original 2000 era I think!) Perlicks, and one had a little leak near the collar. I googled it, and the first post that came up was from Homebrewtalk.com fro 2011. Sure enough, even though the link to the parts list was long outdated, one of the posters had a photo of the parts...

I was gone to Florida for a bit (it was 96F most days!) and worked on my house, went out scalloping, off swimming in the springs, went to Disney World……and got Covid. I’m perfectly fine now, but between the trip and being incredibly busy with my house, and then getting sick I was pretty...

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