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This coming saturday I am going to have some friends over and we are going to be brewing 2 batches. We are doing a nut brown ale and a basic hefe. I do all of my fermentation in the basement in my "beer area." The basement is basically just 1 huge open space so I just use the area that has the...

I was bottling tonight and I broke a racking cane. I seem to have a very difficult time getting along with racking canes. In fact, this is the 3rd one I have broken. They always get stuck in the tubing and I can't get them out for the life of me. I pull, I twist, but they don't budge. Then I...

A few months ago I did a batch of chocolate espresso stout. This is the first beer that I've made that I've allowed to sit in secondary for any real length of time. It's been maybe 4-5 months. At first I checked on it diligently, but after awhile the temptation to drink it was killing me and I...

I am going to be brewing an espresso stout on sunday. The recipe I am using calls for 6 lbs light syrup and 3 lbs dark DME. I was looking around in my supplies in the basement and I realized that I already have on hand 6 lbs amber syrup and 3 lbs light DME. I was wondering if this would be...

I am looking for a few pointers from anyone that has experience brewing with cold brewed coffee. My next batch is going to be an espresso stout and I'm almost ready to brew. But I have a few questions. Ive decided to use cold brewed coffee because I am bottling. I wanna cut down the oils to...

I am wondering what people are using to sanitize their bottles. From what I have been reading, Starsan seems to be a popular product. Is this good for bottles and what is a good procedure? The reason I am asking is that I am about to start my 3rd batch and am unsure of the results I got on my...

My girl and I just moved into a new apartment. At the old place we had a spare bedroom that had basically become my computer/ xbox / brewery room. It was great because I had tons of room for my brewing and I could easily regulate the temperature in the room. Now we have moved to a much nicer...

I am currently drinking my first batch of beer. Its a hefeweizen. I didn't use quite enough malt so it turned out a little too light for my taste but other than that it is quite good. I bottled it maybe 3 weeks ago and the level of carbonation is very good right now. However I am having varying...

I am a barista and a coffee lover. So is swmbo as well as many of my friends. I really love a good stout and there is a brewery here in Milwaukee that makes a pretty good coffee stout that has inspired me. I would like to try making an espresso stout. I am wondering if anyone has any recipies...

Tonight I took a sample of my first batch for a gravity reading. It is a hefeweizen. I brewed it up 9 days ago. In the last few days airlock activity has slowed to a crawl so I decided it might not be a bad idea to take periodic readings to see if its winding down. I took off the stopper and...

The book that I am reading says that to prime for bottling you should boil 16 oz of water and add 3/4 cup corn sugar OR 1 1/4 cup dried malt extract. I have corn sugar and DME both on hand so I could use either. I'm just wondering what is the prefered method if there is one. Any advice?

my very first batch has been in the primary for about a week now and so far all seems well. It got a slow start, about 32 hours to start fermentation (shoulda used a starter) but everything is looking good now. It is a wheat beer and I used White Labs hefe yeast. I have read the threads and...

hi everyone, first post here. I made my first batch of beer last night and I think I am having some trouble. It has been about 24 hours and I see no signs of fermentation. No foam at all in the blow off hose, and I put on the fermentation lock, its not bubbling at all. It looks like nothing is...