Hi guys. I went to pour myself a beer just now, and discovered my kegs are frozen. I don’t think solid, because my water jug for the temperature probe wasn’t solid, but it was close. Has anyone ever had failure of their STC-1000? I have no idea why it didn’t kill the power to the freezer. It’s...

My son is now a US Marine. He graduated boot camp Aug 17. He’s still training. He will be the rest of the year. I had a job at a bar, and they had a very interesting door prop. They’re using a Cornelius keg that is still full of Pepsi! It’s a pin lock. I asked them if I could trade them a door...

My youngest graduated from high school Saturday. Yesterday, he left for Parris Island. He’s going Marine reserves, same 13 week boot camp as active. We got our scripted phone call at 3AM today that he’s there. No conversation allowed, more or less him just announcing he’s there. It’s going to...

After my boil, I let my chilled wort sit a few hours so the trub (sediment if you don’t like that term) settles. My question is, what is the sugar doing? Is it settling, too? Will I not get an accurate gravity reading if I gather the sample from the top, or from the bottom? I’m not going to stir...

There’s been some turnover at my LHBS. There was a new guy working there today. I told him my grain bill, and when I told him a half pound of Carapils, he told me that’s for extract brewers, that it doesn’t do anything in the mash. He told me I should use Carafoam instead. Now that’s my specific...

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Do you have one? I have a 6 pack of beer sitting on top of my kegs. My collar is about 7” tall. The kegs are cold, but the 6 packs are warm. I looked up a fan, and saw a question with an answer that made me think. The answer recommended not running any fan ever 24/7. Since I use a 2 stage...

You let him!! I bet I know what’s coming next.

When you talk about homebrewing with those who don’t homebrew, how do you do it? There may be times when you have a friend or a relative over, and share your beer with them. Obviously you’ll discuss the hobby with them. Or maybe you’re out and about, and the topic comes up for whatever reason...

A while back I bought a 5 cf chest freezer to use as a fermentation chamber. It didn’t take me long to realize that lagers take much longer to make than they take to drink. I told my wife that I could really use another 5 cf chest freezer so that I could have 2 lagers going at a time. Part of my...

A few days ago, we woke up to a cold house in whoville. My long time friend in the business came around today to fix it. He didn’t like the condition of the thin gauge wire connecting the thermostat to the air handler. The wires were loose on the thermostat as well. So he replaced the wire. (The...

For the first time ever, we gave away homebrew with our annual Christmas cookies. My “other” parents took some down to Georgia (some 500 miles away) with them to share with their kids for me. Too cool! I didn’t ask them if I could post this, so their privacy is duly protected.

You know you’re a homebrewer when you see a license plate that reads “FWH 1770” and the letters of the plate make you think about homebrew!

I recently brewed a peanut butter brown. It’s in secondary, with the flavoring to be added at packaging. I poured myself my amber ale tonight. It didn’t come out as I like it. I’ve changed that recipe a million times, and I know what I have in the keg is not the recipe I have in the app. It...

Are the differences between these different mash methods explained anywhere in website? I tried the Search Site function, but it gave results outside of this website, tens of thousands of hits. I’d like to know what all of those methods mean. At a minimum, I’d like to know what I should select...

I filled my 20 lb CO2 tank today. Like I said in another thread, the company that fills my tanks charges the same price for a 20 lb tank as a 5 lb tank. This begs the question - should I invest in a filling system so I can fill the 5 lb tanks myself? I have two 5 lb tanks. Would it be more...

Who knew I could do a 3 vessel brew? Gotta love risk of having 170° water hanging from a hook in a plastic bucket. When the transfer is done, I’ll put the wort back into the electric kettle and brew on!

Ok guys, here’s a question. Since I now have a pump, I’ve decided to give my homemade counterflow chiller a second try. I’ve never been happy with the way I cleaned it. My biggest hang up is knowing that the inside of it is wet after you rinse it out, and no way to dry it. So I feel like mold or...

I’m at my neighbor’s house for trick or treat. We have a party every year while the kids go begging. I brought a keg of Oktoberfest to share, along with disposable plastic cups. Unlike at home, the beer is not losing its head! Now before you all give me tips, I know I do everything wrong with my...

This year, I plan to brew my Holiday Cheer twice. Once for me, kegged. Once for friends, bottled, to accompany the cookie platters my wife makes for friends and family. What is the best way to bottle from a keg? I’d like to do that, just for kicks. I know carbonation suffers that way. My options...