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Yes that was what I was planning but I read that Mackeson's adds sugar also because the lactose is not sweet enough. I havent brewed with lactose yet

will campden tablets do a good job of sterilizing beer after fermentation. I want to make a sweet stout by adding sugar after fermentation, like Mackeson's Stout and I force carbonate anyway so will the tablets work or should I devise a pasteurizing setup? Has anyone done this?

Will malted oats convert by themselves? I am trying to make a gluten free beer. I may be intolerant of gluten, just as I was starting to have fun brewing and moving to all grain. I can get Sorghum extract, but not the grains. Sorghum seems to make a thin beer so I wanted to add some body but...

I guess I could also partial filter and keep some of the break for the yeasts sake. I was also thinking about building a wort aerator/filter combo that could also be used as a pre bottling/kegging filter and carbonator.

I have rigged my HLT to also serve as a wort chiller using my march pump. While planning for future lager style beers it occurred to me that the HLT could be filled with ice water to get the temp down to fermentation temps. Why not over shoot and cold filter the wort? (my old copper tube wort...

Since I now have a pump, after chilling the wort I could transfer from the boil pot to the fermenter through a sterilized 20 micron filter ( home water filter).

Is there any reason to filter the cooled wort before pitching to remove any trub or break? Would this be a bad idea?

What are you guys using for hoses in RIMS. I need to use some flexible hoses with some QDs. HD has some reinforced vinyl but wont it melt at 200*F. I really dont want to hard pipe it, need to be able to take it down.

Has anyone used hop oil or the iso -apha acids instead or with hops?

Listermann's has the mini kegs band new for sale just bought 6, they said they had plenty http://www.listermann.com/Store/Details.asp?ID=641

I want orange/citrus. So I just went to the primary with another batch alittle different than the last. 4 gallon batch ( I was going to put it in 2 Mr Beer Fermentors) 2 cans (2.4 lbs) of Mr Beer Witty Monk ( hopped liquid malt extract I had on hand) 2.4 lbs of liquid wheat extract. .5...

I think they ran out of Cascades

Does the Hop flavor mellow with conditioning in a wheat beer? I made the AHS Belgian White Ale and it uses Amarillo hops. I bottled one week ago after a week in the primary and 2 weeks in the secondary. Carbonation is OK but has a strong grapefruit flavor. Will this lessen with time?

I just finished a Heiny mini keg and tried to see if it can be used for re kegging. After driving the center draft spout into the keg I then cut it open. I don't think they can be used. 1) the center draft spout is slightly larger inside than outside, this could be worked around since it...

So far I am doing LMEs and specialty grains. Dont hav e the set up for all grain....yet So what ar some other names for roasted malt? will crystal 120 work?