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I have a friend in the Jewelry repair business. As you may know they use these steam cleaners for rings, watches, and such. He commented that I should use one of those while brewing to sanitize things such as hydrometer, mixing spoon, thief and even the bottles. Even mentioned that he had...

Last week I brewed a Genesee Cream Ale clone from extract. Some of you might remember I was concerned because my hops came out of the bag. Ingredients: 4 lbs Muntons Light LME 2 lbs 6-Row American Pale Malt 2 lbs Flaked Maize 0.5 oz. Cluster hops (Bittering) 1 oz. Cluster hops...

I just ran across a local store with a good pick 6 selection and picked up a few things: Left Hand BlackJack Porter Big Sky Trout Slayer Ale Pyramid IPA Flying Dog In Heat Wheat Pranqster Golden Ale and a Guinness for a buddy at work. I have had the Pyramid (and I think the Flying Dog...

OK, so several of you read about and commented on my first screw-up of leaving the primary on the clothes dryer and my wife starting a load of laundry. Seems that was not a MAJOR mistake. How about this one... Second batch tonight. A Cream Ale. Everything seemed to be cooking right...

OK, noob here. First batch brewed this past Saturday. Brewers Best English Brown. Everything went great and I had bubbles in the air lock by late Sunday. Fermentation was going along great Monday and Tuesday. Then the screwup. We had a really nice weekend so I had left the Primary in...

Noob questions here... So I planned on brewing last night and when ahead and activated my smack pack. Life happened and I was not able to brew. How long after activating a smack pack do you have to use it? BTW...I have kept it refrigerated.

Ok guys, need some brainstorming help here. In my garage, I have a small enclosed workshop that has a central air vent. One wall has two cubby hole areas on either side of a fireplace (never used) in the office on the other side of the wall. See pic: I know, the shop is a bit messy...

New to HB, doing my first brew TODAY! Last week I made an IC out of 20' of copper. Yesterday I bought a 36 qt stainless pot instead of using the 30 qt alum that I had. Guess what the IC is too small. Any problems with coupling another 10-20 foot to the IC even with the joints being in...

Obviously, our local Tulsa brew store, High Gravity, did a good job advertising for the Holidays...couple newbies from Tulsa. Wife got me a starter set and Brewers Best English Ale extract kit. I am looking forward to getting on the first batch this weekend. Spent 1/2 the day today reading...