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I would like to brew next weekend but I'm going to be very busy. On Sunday I could start the mash around 12:30PM but I wouldn't be able to get back to it until around 4PM at which point I'll be free to mash out, sparge, and boil. Is there any problem with an extended mash? Will it start to sour...

So after reading the horror stories and knowing it would never happen to me, yesterday I managed to drop a carboy with about 4.5 gallons of what I think was really good wort. I got a late start and while I missed my target mash temp by two degrees (so the brown would have been a little drier, no...

I'm considering fermenting in corny kegs. I don't really mind not having a full five gallons on draft and I would rather brew more often. I've ordered two modified keg lids from Adventures in Homebrewing (they are set up to use an airlock). I plan on fermenting just enough to avoid blowoff...

Has anyone ever received one of these? I ordered one at 50% off in early November, paying $250. Now I realize a lot of people thought that even this was expensive but the geek in me was intrigued. I emailed the company a few times during November and both times received quick replies. Now in...

I just received my 60L Speidel Plastic Fermenter this past Saturday and put nine gallons of IPA in it the following evening. I think I'm going to love this fermenter for a lot of reasons but one thing I'm not wild about is not being able to see the action. I typically wait until I no longer see...

Is there any reason I couldn't use the second runnings from my next mash to propagate yeast in the future? I figure that if I sparge a little extra and collect the runoff that wort would be fine to save in a gallon jug. Sure, it might be weak but if I boil it when it's time to grow yeast cells I...

I've been brewing with a good friend who was staying with us for a while. Recently he moved out (thank god says my wife) but now sharing the beer is more difficult. He's been coming over and leaving with full growlers. I hate to admit this because homebrew should be shared but when he leaves...