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I made a porte Saturday evening and I want to add some vanilla bean. I also want to add some brown sugar. My question is should I hold off on the van bean for two weeks taste it and if it needs add more spices pumpkin and the van bean then? I'm going to wait till it slows a little to add 1lb of...

I want to make a pumpkin porter tomorrow, will be going to get ingredients in a couple hours. Anyone have a great recipe for an imperial porter that will get me around the 10%abv range? and suggesting on spicing the pumpkin would be helpful as well. thanks

I have an idea I wanted to run past you guys and see what you think. I want to take copper tubbing (20' of 5/8) put it into a cool and drill one hole in high in the side for hot in and one low for cool out. Put high temp silicone tube in and out and put sanitary fittings on the ends. Connect the...

So I was using a digital therm and it was saying I was at 160. I was ok with that but it didn't change at all. I put in an analog therm and it said 175, I quickly grabbed my other digital therm and confirmed the 175. This was at the end of the steep, my og came out to 1068 but should have been...

Ok I have a question for you guys. I am fermenting a 8% stout and I'm putting toasted oak chips in a Masson jar with bourbon for two weeks. Can or should I add the cherries in the jar or fermenter? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Dennis

Keg Fermentor Conversion? Hey all, I have 6 kegs I use for fermenting and its a pain to clean them out. So I was thinking of cutting an 8" circle out of the top and using 1/4" Plexiglas with a rubber gasket to seal with. I looked up converting a keg to fermentor and saw a few examples of my...

So I had an old computer with a fan in it, an old wooden cigar box I bought years ago for $1.00. Any cigar shop has the wooden boxs for a buck or two. Then I dug thru a box of cords and found an old cordless phone charger. Bought the stir bar for $7.00, $4.00 for a potentiometer from radio...

My girl wanted to make mead so I went out and got her everything for her project. Today she started her two gallon batch, but the little book says to leave the must in the pot for 24hrs then pitch yeast? This just doesn't seem right to me, shouldn't it be in the carboy with an airlock on it? Im...

I have never made a mead before so I figured I would give it a shot. I was brewing some beer the other day and had a starter going with San Diego Super Yeast. I pitched the yeast and after 6 hours no fermentation yet, so I started another starter the same way San S/Y and about a cup of light...

Hello all my name is Dennis AKA glass. I have been brewing beer, wine and brandy for about ten years off and on, and now a friend and my self are starting to take brewing more serious. We are making 12 gallon batches of all grain brews using kegs as fermentor and kettles. Here is our Facebook...