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A few months ago I was given a frozen SCOBY. We had one at the time, so just kept it frozen. Now, we are in need of a new scoby. Will making a tea adding some vinegar and dropping it in? Or do I need to go find a new scoby?

I assume that my oak cubes would harbor champagne yeast from the wine that they were in. Is this an issue? i know that wine yeasts tend to make toxins that affect sacchromyces. does it affect brettanomyces also? Does it matter? don't know that it makes a difference, but the cubes have been...

Ok, we have several customers who require kosher ingredients. Some are of course Jewish, some are vegan/vegetarian and others are simply allergic to shellfish and do not want to risk a reaction. Here is what I have come to understand so far: Isinglass is sturgeon swim bladder based...

Ok... This is a variation of the koumiss recipe https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f30/milk-mead-spin-koumiss-instruction-recipe-info-381045/ only this one is done using a combination of White Labs champagne yeast and milk Kefir grains. Kefir grains are a new toy we were recently introduced to...

I'm about to place the dreaded Wyeast order for my store, and would like input on what to keep in stock. I'm a White Labs girl myself, so I'm not sure what Wyeast would sell and what wouldn't. What are your top 20 Wyeast picks?

We let our pipeline run a bit dry while we focused on getting the brew shop up and running. Yesterday we brewed some welches wine and today it was "budget beer" We just used a few partial bags that we hadn't moved in a week, so that was our grain bill. Dark munich 5lb US 2 row...

We made a braggot, that was supposed to be for our wedding in august. however, i noticed today that it looks infected. It was perfectly healthly all through primary, we transferred on sunday to secondary and now it has a film on top of the beer. I have looked at photos online and here, and...

One of our customers purchased a munton's american light kit from us, and said he was going to put star anise in it. we advised him that star anise is VERY strong in flavor and he may want to use in moderation. He called in this morning and said that his beer did not carbonate after 3 weeks...

OK, It's nearly father's day, and to us, that seems like a great time to get that long wanted beer gear. What items would you request of your family, and (pretend for a moment) if you were a new brewer, or someone just thinking about starting, what items would you ask for? Kits? grains...