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I'm about to brew an american brown ale (Jannis Brown ale from Brewing Classic styles). I have done som reading on water adjustments and would be grateful if someone with more experience could take a look at my adjustments. Anything that looks crazy? Would you have done anything different...

I just started kegging, and I'm wondering if I should let my newly kegged beer get cold in the kegerator before hooking up the CO2? Pros? Cons? Doesnt matter? The plan is to hook it up on serving pressure and let it sit in the kegerator for a week or two.

I bought two used cornelius keg from homebrewstuff and on one of the kegs the dip tube (beer out) is really shiny. Almost look like chrome to me. Also, on some places where the dip tube have been chafed there are sharp mini "splinters". Is that normal?

About a year ago I brewed 5 gallons of lambic and it has been in the fermenter since then. The plan is to split the batch to get one part on fruit, one part on bottles and the third part in a 1 gallon glas bottle to be saved for a future geuze. The question is, should I put an air lock on...

All you people that prime your kegs with sugar, do you degas it before connecting it to your co2 lines?

I'm looking for a vegan alternative to be used as a fining agent. Most people use gelatin och isinglass, but is there any vegan alternative? I've read about agar agar but haven't found anyone that has been successful using that. I usually just use Irish moss in the boil, and my beers get...

I'm thinking about doing an experiment about glass care and head retention. I guess you have all heard about different things that you absolutely shouldn't do with your beer glasses, because it spoils the head retention of the beer that you later put in it. Here are some from the top of my...

I made a cider/apple wine 4 weeks ago with pasteurised apple juice, some apple juice extract and safale s-04. Starting gravity about 1.050 and gravity a week ago was 1.002. It smells OK. Almost like white wine with a touch of apple. And its really clear. But, there are still some bubbles on...

I have been using a bucket in bucket mash tun for a couple of years, and it works pretty good. The only thing I really dislike about it is the fact that there are always a couple of litres (halv a gallon or so) of water under the grain bed, thus not being a part of the actual mash. I would...

I just started looking into my water quality. The full chart of my water can be found here: http://www.vasyd.se/SiteCollectionDocuments/Vatten%20och%20avlopp/Dricksvatten/Malmö%20Juni%202012.pdf It's in swedish though, but here are the numbers that I have seen other people post: pH: 8.3...

I guess almost every brewer out there likes to listen to music while brewing, so I started a collaborative Spotify playlist. The idea is that all the brewers of Homebrewtalk can help make the perfect playlist for homebrewing. Just add your favorite brewing tracks! Link to playlist...