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Hello, I am about to acquire two freshly poured 5 gallon bourbon barrels. I'm not 100% sure exactly what I am going to brew to put in them, but I am curious as to if there will still be enough active yeast in the beer after I age it 6 months to a year in the barrel to bottle condition with...

Hello, I have been transferring similar (or the same) style beers directly to the yeast cake of the previous beer(s) primary fermenter. I literally transfer the previous beer to a secondary while I am chilling the fresh batch. I have done this up to 4 times and never had any problems..... Has...

I have brewed close to 30 5 gallon mini-mash batches of beer so far. I have never had an issue until recently. Since September I have had four batches that did not carbonate. I don't get it... Two of them are beers I have made before, two are new recipes. For each batch I boiled 4.5 oz priming...

Well.... I am a little green to home brewing, but I love doing it and am learning as I go. I just noticed last night that I put water in the airlock and put the cap on it but didn't put the center cap in (the little thing that sits in the center in the water inside the airlock)..... It has been...

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