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I got a 1x4 and cut it the length I needed and sawed it into an "oar" shape, sanded her smooth and it works great, also good for swatting pesky wasps that seem to enjoy my sweet sweet wert!!

Hey all! I picked up a couple sweet 14 gallon "barrels" at a yard sale recently which I want to use as fermenters, problem is, they came from the local coke plant and have a strong dr pepper smell, they had the syrup in them. I tried soaking them with bleach water, rinsing them with hot...

All-Grain - Honey Lager -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: wyeast am lager Batch Size (Gallons): 10 Original Gravity: 1052 Final Gravity: 1015 IBU: 34.1 Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Primary Fermentation (# of...

hey thanks guys. On your advice, I drank a few last night with no ill affects! It seems if the beer is colder, the taste is much less noticable........I cooked up another batch today with fresh yeast, everything is right with the world!!......

Hey all! I've been brewing for 10 or so years on and off and had only one problem with contaminated beer......well up until this last batch. Its a pale ale, and I used sierra nevada yeast, (I do propogate my yeast and have been for quite some time) ........anyway, I noticed a slightly off smell...

vacuum sealer and freeze works great, a ziplock would work for shorter periods too.

HOT HOT water does the trick, use plenty !!

Og was about 1072, fg is at 1

I came across some free honey and decided to make a small (2.5) gallon batch of mead....It's only been in the primary for 3 weeks and according to my hydrometer, it's already finished, reading right around 1. Is this possible? I am trying to decide if it would be best to bottle it already...