A couple of the handles on my brew bag started to fray. Pretty sure it will not make it through another brew. Thinking of upgrading to a stainless steel mesh basket. Seems Morebeer & NB have just hop baskets. I swear I saw mash baskets 3 or 4 years ago. Anybody have links to baskets they use or...

My OG came out at 1.070. Expected was 1.055. FG 1.010. Almost 8% ABV. I plan to bottle this batch, so I have 2 ideas. 1) let it ride at the higher ABV. 2) dilute with gallon of water which should get me to about 6% or so if my math is correct. Any thoughts on the choices?

I would like to get some thoughts on tweaks you would role with. Being a MN kid I want to do something obnoxious. I am shooting for an American amber but with a red/maroon hue to it and a goldish/cream colored head. I have not brewed with Red X before, so I am guessing at the amount needed to...

This struck me as odd and it is the first time I have encountered this. Here is my process and the observation. While heating the strike water I occasionally stir the water to get the super hot stuff mixed throughout to achieve a more uniform temp. At 144 F I stirred the water. When the temp...

Any suggestions on altering ratios or probably be alright? 46% Vienna 41% Light Munich 8.5% Dark Munich 4.5% Carmel 60 1 oz Northern Brewer @ 60 minutes 1 oz Saaz @ 20 minutes 2 packs 34/70 5 gal batch. Predictions are coming in at: 1.056 SG, 1.010 FG, & IBU 31.7

Any thoughts on the coconut addition. 8 lb 2 row 1 lb dark Munich 5 oz chocolate malt 2 oz UK roasted barley 7 oz unsweetened toasted coconut flakes primary 7 oz unsweetened toasted coconut flakes secondary for 5 days Quarantine brew, I'm going for a basic American Brown & want the coconut...

I know it has timers and a stopwatch timer. But the timers will pause when the monitor goes to sleep. Can we get them to continue counting even if the monitor is sleeping? Or maybe there is a way the app can keep the monitor from going into sleep mode. Another feature that would be nice, is to...

If something could go wrong it seemed like it did. Tuesday I was brewing a Kolsch using BIAB method. 1st time trying a step mash. Step 1 & 2 went off with out a hitch. Step 3 I attempted to get to 159F. With adding boiling water I achieved 151F. Pulled bag & added flame. 9lbs grain & the water...

I just received my Flex leg system from Midwest. I'm thinking of cold crashing overnight in the fermenter to aid clearing up the beer some more before kegging. Is this step needed? I read the force carbing chart, is there another way to carb it up in a shorter period of time? Any links to...

I've been extract brewing for about a year and half and recently switched to BIAB. Two batches in so far.