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Not a newby but sometimes I still feel like I am. I BIAB and brew a large variety of styles. Over/under carbing remains an occasional issue. My question is more of curiosity. Sometimes the overcarbed ales foam out of the bottle when I open them, despite tasting just fine (what's left that is)...

I am looking for a book or other resource on yeast. The focus of my interest is in the qualities of various strains. Both flavor and fermentation characteristics. At this point I am not so interested in culturing, propagating, & storage. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I got rushed and forgot to measure my FG before adding priming sugar. 5 gallon batch, 5 oz priming sugar. How much do I subtract?

Yep, another infection thread. Sorry, but you how parental one can be over a 5 gallon living carboy of nature's goodness. Boiled 9/2. Cooled w/ wort chiller that was both sprayed with sanitizer and put in boil 10 min's before flame out. Was warm day and could only cool to 80 degrees so I...

PBW isn't' cheap but seams to be the choice of the masses from what I've read. In soaking a fermenter I am using so much solvent to fill the 6 gallon container. I was thinking I would maybe make a gallon then drop another fermenter on top filling it with water to get the solution to be in...

I have read the forums that say wine bottles are not capable of handling the pressure of fermentation. Only champagne bottles and Belgian Trippel bottles can handle it. For yuchs I have "bottled" two separate batches in the aluminum twist top cans of Miller Lite (not the entire 5 gallons, just...

Santa put a Polar Ware pot under the tree. It has a ball valve and an additional port above that. Neither from Polar Ware's website nor searching the forums could I find what other pieces parts I need. Would love to hear from some sage HB persons what they recommend I purchase. Thermometer? Hose...

Boil day 11.28; extract reciipe from BB for American Cream ale. OG 1.05. Late start to begin fermenting, day 3. But now day 14 and still bubbles, albeit slow. But fast enough to see visilbe rise in the airlock. Room temp 58-66 on spot checks. If its truly fermentation, that's great. I'm...

IDIOT here was enjoying a fall day; boiling BB Holiday Ale kit w/ a friend. Per customary etiquette home brew was consumed; maybe to excess. By the time the boil was done I measured my OG at 1.12!! Wow; only supposed to be 1.07. So proud of myself for magically getting more fermentables than...

Hoping for some quick feedback. I'm @ LHBS & they have WL on sale for 1/2 price but "best by" was Aug 31. Brewing BB Holiday Ale. Any appreciable risk saving a little coin. Hoping for an answer before I finish this tasty rye.

http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/1023%20Irish%20Stout.pdf Third batch of my 'career'. Irish Stout. Boil day 6/4/12 OG 1.046 SG 6/8 1.024 bubbles had stopped SG 6/17 1.022 still no visible bubbles Fermentation room temp 74 Bucket temp 73? So, am I stuck? Should I fix? If so; with...

Pros & Cons on stainless steel vs copper? Cleaning. Durability. Effectiveness. Bargain. Thanks for any insight.

Hello from Lexington, Kentucky. My trail name on the A.T. is Steam and seems like a fitting enough name for a brew forum as well. I have my first batch in bottles now and starting second batch TODAY. So far only kits, enjoying John Palmer's book. Want to progress to all grain but slowly...