Tag Archives: grain

Kael’s Orange Hef

This was a commemorative brew to celebrate the addition of a new member to the BrewChatter family!  An all grain take on Sam Calagione’s Blood Orange Hefeweizen from Extreme Brewing by Sam Calagione. For 5 us Gallons in the keg … Continue reading

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Product Review: 5 Star 5.2 Stabilizer

Afternoon Friends! This weeks product review is 5 Star’s 5.2 Stabilizer.  We recently used this stuff in our mash for the first time after reading reviews, forums and watching our good friends use it.  After that, and after seeing their … Continue reading

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Cut Open Kegs

Hi All! Today I wanted to wax eloquent on using “modified” kegs for brewing. This is a very common practice, and can be a very inexpensive way to gather a solid system able to brew ten gallons of just about … Continue reading

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Igloo Cooler Mash Tun

Hi Everybody! This weeks Product Review is going to be the Igloo ten gallon beverage cooler used as a mash tun.  As I’m sure you’ve seen from the pictures, that’s what we use here at BrewChatter.  We just happened to … Continue reading

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Brew Day: The Black Virgin

Goodmorning All! Well friends, on a whim, we buckled down Thanksgiving weekend and filled a fermenter that has too long been empty.  This brew day has been a long time in coming!  It was originally planned for sometime in the … Continue reading

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My Slow Decline into a BeerGeek and Hophead Part 2

Hey Friends! When we left off, we were just cleaning all the wort off of our hands and carboy, and sitting down for a nice, uncontrolled fermentation.  This beer fermented for five days, blew up all over my closet, and … Continue reading

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