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I just brewed a clone of the Westvleteren 6 based on the recipe on Candi Syrup website and this (https://www.themadfermentationist.com/2016/04/westvleteren-belgian-blond-clone-recipe.html) I was about to bottle soon but looking at recipes online I had the idea of maybe dry-hopping half of the...

I have the following setup: 13gal kettle 2x 1800w elements controlled by a PID 1x pump connected at the bottom for recirc, which flows back on top via a hose that is clamped on the side of the kettle. 1x brew bag 1x false bottom I've done about 10-12 batches with this setup, and things...

Hey guys, I brewed a batch of raspberry beer, my second try at it, and I have huge gushers when I open the bottles after they've been 3 weeks in the bottle. I primed them to about 3.0 carb, and the final gravity was at about 1.02 (high I know...). I had left it in the primary for about...

Always wear glasses!! Ok, maybe not when opening a beer, but in my case i guess I should have. I had a very high OG beer that was well fermented and bottle conditioned for 2-3 months. I put one in the fridge for about 24-48h, and when I went to open it, since I didn't have a proper bottle...

Hey all, I've been using my ebiab system for about 6-7 brews now. It works pretty well but I've noticed some important inconsistencies concerning the temperature of the wort. I was doing a high gravity batch yesterday, with a thick wort, and basically I would get a difference in temperature...

I am in the middle of a brew with my setup (2x1500w elements with PID). Everything was going smooth until near the end of the mash. I have a pump recirculating the wort, and the flow was slowing down greatly, almost dripping. I tried to stir the wort a bit but it didn't seem to help much...

I washed the yeast (wlp3711)off my carboy yesterday, to hopefully reuse the yeast in a month or two. However I just can't seem to see anymore than one layer? I did filter my wort through a mesh cloth while initially putting it in the carboy for fermentation so I guess there is less of it, but...

I had a general question about achieving a target gravity for a batch. Let's say you hit an OG of 1.075 instead of 1.065. Could you, at bottling time, use a bit more water with your priming sugar to dilute the wort/beer and have an ABV closer to target? Would taste be somewhat impacted?

Hi, since I'm new to this I've asked many questions and created many threads lately, hopefully not too many! ;-) thanks everyone so far. I had one more question concerning my next batch. I plan on doing Revvy's Leffe blond clone, and was wondering if it would be possible to do a 5gal batch in...

I'll be doing my 2nd batch this weekend. The first one didn't go so well for two main reasons: - I stressed the yeast because the gravity of the wort for the yeast starter was way too high (used LME and didn't use the correct volume) - I put too much water (about 2 gals too much!), and since...

Hi, I've bought a very cheap 28W ($7usd) reptile heating mat online to wrap around my carboy and keep it at a target temperature with my pid. However I am not convinced the mat is really working. It seems vaguerly warm to the touch (at one spot on the mat), but it is very, very weak. I`m...

Hey all I recently built myself an electric biab (2x1500w elements controlled by a PID). I was considering a recipe which demands a step mash schedule. Would it be realistic to do it with my setup? Should I remove the bag in-between the steps until the water/wort hits the right temperature?

Hi, I recently built myself a nice ebiab system. Used it f for my last brew after running the PID (mypin td4) on autotune and everything went well. Now I was wondering if I could use that same pid to hook it up o a fermwrap and control the temperature easily? I'm worried that since the...

So, I just spent allll day brewing a Delirium Tremens Clone. I entered the recipe in Beersmith, things seem to be ok, I added the water specified (around 7 GAL). Did everything, up to the boil (still boiling at the moment). I measured the gravity and the volume of water just after adding...

Like the title says, I'm wondering if I cold crashed my yeast starter too quickly? Its been 48h so I figured it was enough, but even now in the fridge there seems to be CO2 building up inside the Erlenmeyer...

Hi, I've read a LOT on this forum for the last 2 months. I finally acquired and put together most of the parts and I'll be able to brew my first batch this coming weekend, a Delirium Tremens clone recipe from a thread on this forum. I actually just made a 1 L yeast starter yesterday and...