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Prior to adding the yeast I tasted the wort from when I tested the OG. It was sweet, but who knows it may be drinkable. I would assume that it got some benefits from the hops prior to them swelling up?.?. Doesn't hop oil only add aroma, not bitterness?

I tried to use tea ball infusers for my hops trying to clean the brew pot up a bit. I used 3 small infusers for 1 oz. of pellet hops (each infuser was 1/2 full to start) and to my surprise, they swelled up some much I don't think I got any benefit from the bittering hops at all. I'm really...

And just plain old inflation.

Cost has gone up since 2011? :) 4464K214 Stainless full coupling, 1/2" pipe size, $3.42 (2015: $7.79) 4830K171 Stainless Steel 1/2" Close Nipple, Fully Threaded, $1.69 (2015: $2.18) 98126A797 Stainless Steel Shim(sold only as a pack of 10 @ $10.38) $1.04 (2015: $10.23 (pack of 5))...

Thanks, real nice article. I now don't feel the need to worry about the trub. pshankstar- Nice, that's a good idea. Is your OG ok since you used more water in you boil? Also, could you lower the end of the pickup tube to get more wort out? Thanks

Sorry, when I said bottom, I meant the lower part of the side of the keg. I just saw something called a bazooka (drain screen). That might be what I need.

I have an old 1/2 barrel keg that I would like to convert to a boil keg with a drain valve on the bottom. Is it worth the effort, time and cost to get a false bottom if all I do are extract kits? I know all the slug is on the bottom on my current 3-1/2 gallon pot, so is the bottom drain even a...

It smells very floral.

I currently us PBW for cleaning and Star San for sanitizing. I assumed that would take care of everything.

So cleaning and sanitizing won't take care of my plastic pail fermentor?

Thanks. I know people drink infected beer, but it kind of freaks me out to think if tasting it.

Does this look like an infection? It's a coffee porter in the secondary fermenter for 3 days. I know it's a bad picture, but can anyone tell?

Yes, through e-mail only. I may try to see him in person and ask for it. I'm doughtful though, but its worth a try.

I found an ale from a local brewery that I absolutely love. How do I go about creating this myself? It's a Brown Ale made by Pearl Street Brewing in Lacrosse Wi. Described as: An all-malt American Brown Ale with just enough hop presence to keep it from being too sweet. The aroma comes...

Can you say that on this forum?????