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Hi all, I'm seeking some advice from those who have gone a few steps ahead of me in brewing. I've put about 60 batches behind me, mostly on a very basic system of an 8 gallon kettle, immersion chiller, converted cooler MT and a big aluminum pot for the HLT. Heat source is a 2-burner toastmaster...

A couple weeks ago I brewed a big ~9 gallon batch of Gavin's Glorious Pilsner for a party coming up in June. Everything went way too well. Hit my numbers all the way through, fermented at 53F in the freezer plugged into Inkbird control, packaged into two 5 gallon cornys and dropped it to 33F at...

SWMBO here met my renewed interest in brewing with the mother of all eye rolls. But today I scored a minor point with her. She enjoys seltzer water as her n/a drink of choice, so since my keg of ESB kicked the other day, I filled it with water and put it on 25psi of CO2. Now she has some...

I recently restarted brewing after many years away, catalyzed by finding a good deal on some AG equipment at a yard sale. First batch was a simple pale ale that came out quite good current batch is in primary now but not so sure of it being a success. As brew night grew late and I weary and...

Greetings from Central Maine! After a long hiatus from homebrewing (17 years since my last all grain batch, some sporadic brews until 2006, 11 years of none at all) I found a deal at a yard sale on some equipment and now have an all grain pale ale fermenting away. The bug has re-bitten me...