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  1. Dornbox

    How many taps do you need?

    I just upgraded from a 3 tap tower to a 4 tap tower and I’m absolutely giddy! Lol. I started with 3 beers on tap which was perfect but then carbonated water permanently claimed one of my taps. I just couldn’t recover from the loss of a tap but now I’m whole again. Having seltzer water on tap is...
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    English IPA Stuck @ 1.018-19... Good or Amylase

    So I have an English IPA that's parked around 1.018 and I was shooting for 1.015-16. The yeast is done and I do not think that it's stuck. During the boil my controller crapped out and I had a super aggressive boil combined with a mash temp around 154 deg. I'm guessing the temp and boil just...
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    Experiences with High Iron's Effect on Beer Clarity, Yeast, Flavor?

    So I'm in a new house with awesome ridiculously soft, makes Pilsen water look hard, well water... minus the fact that the iron level is around 0.15ppm which I've always know was over the recommended max 0.1ppm for brewing. It's generally not enough to taste in my beers (usually) so I ignored it...
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    Experiences with Verdant IPA Yeast : Lalbrew

    Any of you peeps use Verdant IPA yeast before? Experiences if so. I just did my first batch with it and I'm at 90.88% Attenuation (actual Hydrometer) with a 151F Mash temp. That just sounds insane to me. I like the yeast and will definitely use it again but I'm going to have to re think my...
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    Canning / Bottling NEIPA style beers.

    Has anyone here successfully canned or bottle a cloudy puffy NEIPA style beer? I recently brewed a Focal Banger inspired Pale Ale by The Alchemist. For the uninitiated it's basically like Heady Topper's little sibling which is a highly sought after NEIPA in the US. Anyway, the beer is awesome...
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    Rothaus Tannenzäpfle, No Bittering Hops Pilz

    So some of you may know this beer but for those that dont: Tannenzäpfle Pils – Tannenzäpfle is made from the finest, all-natural ingredients Germany has to offer: Water sourced from 7 natural springs in the heart of the Black Forest. Malted barley from the Highlands and Valleys of the Black...
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    Tapcooler Nanno Canner Experience

    So I was in need of some sort of DIY solution for using my beergun while canning that was a little more hands free and less prone to accidents. While searching the webs for solutions, I came across the Nanno Canner Kit. The reviews pretty much sucked and the price is on the steep side... but it...
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    Settled Yeast Slurry Vs Cloudy Mixed Yeast Slurry

    Approximately 5 weeks ago, for the first time ever, I pulled a couple pint sized mason jars of slurry off my uni tank. Now I have these beautiful Jars with solid 1" thick yeast cakes in the bottom that I'm trying to figure out some sort of pitching rate with. When people talk about pitching...
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    Blending Overly Malty O-Fest?

    After 2 months in the cellar, I tasted my Oktoberfest (12.5 gallons / 2.5 Corney Kegs) this weekend and I used a bit too much specialty grains in my recipe... I think. I was shooting for more of a Dunkle style but still wanted a crispier drinker. Anyway, I've never lagered such a beast for 6-7...
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    Lagering Before Complete Fermentation

    So I have an Oktoberfest that the OG has been fairly stable for a few days but I have still have a stream of bubbles rolling through my spunding valve bath. I started a rapid D rest about 5 days ago by raising the tank temp abv 65°. I’m headed out of town tomorrow for 10 days. Should I let it...
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    Bubbly Hop Water / Tea brainstorm

    So last summer I had a few hop tea's from a company / brewer called Hoplark. There stuff is actually really good and while not advertised as such, I would say it's the best NA brew I've ever had. As a kegger, I've often thought how easy it would be for me to make something similar. Fast forward...
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    Non Bitter Porter or Stout Recipes?

    So I haven't brewed a porter or non imperial Russian stout in over 20 years. While I can enjoy the occasional pour of an good example, a couple times a year, I often get turned off by beers that have that roasty bitterness. Especially when I'm not expecting it. In fact I'll often dump the beer...
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    (2) batches, same yeast, both stuck at 1.018.

    Looking for some insight and or advice. So I’ve brewed 2 batches of beer recently, both the same recipe and yeast but with different hops. The two batches were brewed a few days apart with an OG around 1.059 but both have settled out at 1.018 (FG?) when the FG should be closer to 1.012. I’ve...
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    Length of Brew Day vs Complexity of Brew House

    I swear when I use to brew on a simple Sabco Burner and Keggle with an orange cooler mash tun I could knock out a batch in 5-6 hours (memory is foggy as that was a while ago and my brew house notes never mentioned much by way of time of day other than the start time). Years later I'm back at it...
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    Using Multiple Tilt Hyd

    Is there a trick to get your additional Tilt's reporting to your brew sessions? I had 1, worked and still works great. Purchased another one, it works great except for the life of me I can not get the data to show up in the beer session fermentation chart. Up to now I just opened my phone app...
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    No Flavor Saison Questions

    Introduction and Question / Advice: Hello all. I've been brewing off and on for a little over 25 years with periods of high activity (weekly / bi weekly brew sessions for a year or two) followed by children 10 years ago. So now I'm back and for my first attempts I dusted off an old favorite...

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