I keg as well and for the most part that serves me well, nothing like walking up to the fridge and pouring a nice cold pint. I do have some glass growlers that also serve the purpose but I find them a bit cumbersome and I'm always afraid of them breaking when I take them to gatherings etc. I...

I just bought a cannular pro system and a filling station, just wondering what the options are for buying cans. BSG, Vessel etc? Anyone interested in a group buy, splitting a skid possibly?

we are on a very large limestone shelf here so the natural water is fairly hard, I am on city water so chlorine is a consideration and I don't have campden tabs because I use RO normally. The hard water makes great corn liquor though!

I'll be using RO water so water will need to be adjusted, I typically brew IPA styles and have a pretty good feel for the adjustments for that style but I'm trying to use the advanced water chemistry and I'm not certain which profile to choose. Any suggestions for a stout 10 lb 2 row 1 lb pale...

seems to be a little low, I don't mill my own grain yet so I'm wondering if the kits I buy could stand another trip through a mill to bump up my efficiency.

Thanks for the response, temperature is very easy to control and holds temp automatically within a degree or two, I haven't seen huge temp swings during a brew session, I am recirculating, recipe amounts are the same as before water volume is very similar as well. I'm going to run a recipe that...

So I decided to switch from a fairly primitive propane system to electric to make brewing in the winter months a little more appealing, I bought a 20 gallon brew in a basket system from clawhammer supply. This system works very nice however I feel like I may have made too big of a jump, I was...

The Plaato sensor is an airlock style design whereas the tilt unit goes directly into your fermentation vessel. Plaato also offers a keg sensor that helps keep track of volume of beer left in the keg, temperature, optional co2 monitoring etc, the airlock unit is a completely seperate device. it...

do you have a link to the "beer machine"?

curious how many here are using one and what their opinion is about it. https://plaato.io/

So I inherited a fridge from a neighbor which will allow me to move my keg setup to the garage rather than the basement, the plan is to run taps in the door but I am wondering what to do about bugs, etc crawling around and potentially into the taps. is this an issue at all? I assume flies, bees...

This may have been brought up before and I apologize if I overlooked it but does brewers friend have or maybe should have a classifieds section for equipment? I believe that there is always a need (yeah right) to upgrade your brewhouse, I've had pretty good feedback on the beer I have made so...

Update, after a few days of inactivity in the airlock I decided to do a FG check to see where I was at. The recipe suggested 1.009 to 1.011, I would say I'm pretty much spot on so I'm going to cold crash today.

Thanks for the responses, I think I'll wait until the weekend at least, maybe even next week before I do anything. Interesting to see some of the different methods used.

As the intro suggests I'm looking for input regarding when you consider fermentation to be complete. For example, I just brewed a blonde ale on Saturday, pitched the yeast (dry) Saturday afternoon and by midnight it was starting to bubble in the airlock. Sunday and Monday had pretty vigorous...

Thank you, everyone, for the responses! Such a great resource here. After reading the responses and looking around at various recipes I am going to go with Easy Kent Goldings since they are readily available from my kit supplier. definitely looking forward to my next brew! Thank you again...

I am considering brewing the same blonde again to help refine my process a little and would be a good time to experiment with the hops. The recipe used Yakima Chief cascade 6.7% AA. if you have any suggestions of a milder hop I would definitely appreciate it.

I have just completed my first brew that was a blonde ale, it was tasty but a tiny bit too much towards the citrus side of the scale for me. I'm leaning towards a cream ale for the next one but I get the impression there are some tricky steps to get it right. Any suggestions or experiences with...

It's not bad really, a blonde ale all grain kit from shortfinger. I definitely learned a few things along the way, the number 1 item is patience. I'm sure I could have waited another day or so before cold crashing and also could have let it crash another day at least. But, I have something that...

update! she's carbonating!!!!!