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I created a "beer expert" GPT for (fed it some info and gave basic instructions - nothing fancy). It can give advice on beer, beer history, home brewing, etc. You need ChatGPT Plus to access it, unfortunately, but here's a example of a conversation: Canadian Beer History Full tool : ChatGPT...

Hey, I got a used mini-fridge for free that I wanted to convert to a kegerator. A GE model with the freezer at the top. Following a few threads I found online, I tried bending the freezer part (that had the cooling lines in it). I was doing slowly, but at some point, it happened: it started...

Hi everyone! If you have a device with Google Assistant (a Google Home or an Android phone), you can now talk to the Homebrew Helper voice assistant! You can invoke the assistant by saying: "Ok Google, talk to Homebrew Helper" Because it deals to with alcohol, Google requires that the first...

Hi everyone, I started playing around building voice assistants (that can be invoked through Google Home or Alexa, for example). Just for fun, I may try to build an assistant you can summon with your voice (while brewing, or bottling, for example), to get some answer "hands-free". The first...

Hey! I've been writing a homebrew blog in French for some time. I'm trying something new today: I translated my latest post in English: https://desgrainsauverre.com/2018/12/13/how-to-design-a-homebrew-recipe/ Let me know what you think! If there is some interest for the English post, I may go...

Hi everyone, I know that the vast majority of you don't speak French, but I just started a homebrewing blog in French (my mother tongue, obviously): https://desgrainsauverre.com/2017/09/16/creer-de-la-biere-les-grandes-etapes/ Most of you won't learn much from that first post, but I...

I'm putting this in "mead", even though it's not technically mead, as I believe it is likely a similar process. My parents have a small home sugar shack (about 100 maple trees tapped). A few weeks ago, at the end of this season, there was some leftover maple sap, and with my BIL, we decided...

I wanted to brew something similar to a Molson Export, mainly to know if I could brew a simple, clean blonde ale. It turned out probably more similar to Labatt 50, and I actually enjoy it quite a lot! After some research, I decided to take Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde as a base, and I...

I was wondering if someone tried brewing a High gravity beer (say, north of 1.080) with Clarity ferm for gluten reduction purposes? I've had great success with Clarity ferm with all the beers I tried (all below 1.065): my celiac girlfriend and her celiac mother were both able to drink 1-2 of...

Hi, I tried do "brew" my hard cider last week. After some research, I ended up doing a 3 gallon batch on August 2, with this recipe : -12 L of Rougemont apple juice (from Costco) - 1/2 of Candi syrup (http://www.beergrains.com/belgian-candi-syrup-amber-1lb/) - 1 packet of S-04 OG ...

The title says it all: I made my first major brewing mistake this PM. I forgot to dump the Starsan in my fermentor (about 1/2 to 3/4 gallon, I guess) before pouring my wort. Since I do Maxi-BIAB, I was about to add water anyway, so I just added less than I was supposed to. I will go ahead...

I have a question for you all! I'm setting up a fermentation chamber. I bought a used mini-fridge, and I will be receiving shortly an Inkbird ITC-308 and a seedling heating mat (https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0001WV010/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20). I ferment in a 6 gallon plastic carboy. My...

Hi, I'd like to get your input on a few things. I did my first brew day on December 9. I bottled it last Tuesday (13 days in primary). I did a small batch (2 gallon) BIAB. It was a fairly simple American Pale Ale (95% 2-row, 5% Crystal 40). Cascade addition at 60, 15 and 0 (total around 1...