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I left mine near a small open window facing an alley in an otherwise dark room in order to keep it cool, but now I'm a bit concerned that it could skunk. It's been fairly sunny here and it would have had about a day's worth of partial sunlight shining directly on it... Any thoughts?

Anyone ever tried this? Experience? Advice?

So I just tasted both of my beers and took their gravities after exactly seven days of fermentation. To my dismay, both have a bit of a chemical-y, solvent-y character. Both are obviously extremely young. (1) Abbey Single - I used Wyeast 1214 and underpitched (one smackpack that didn't...

Hello, I'm making a foreign export strength stout with tons of body. I'd like to augment this backbone with some vanilla-y, creamy, oaky flavors. Thus, I was looking for suggestions on the best method of oak aging my beer (with two vanilla beans) without soaking them in bourbon or vodka. I...

Will leaving really old, very bad tasting homebrew (no infection issues, just fermented WAY too hot) ruin the cornie keg itself at all or is it something that a good cleaning and a couple of gasket replacements could easily fix? Thanks!

Last night, I took a friend's advice the brew kettle covered in the ice bath during the cooling stage, meaning that it probably took 28 minutes or so to get cool (which is a good bit longer than normal). I did this because he was concerned about sanitation and bugs in teh ambient air. In...

What hop do people feel most often imparts a "cat pee" flavor/aroma to a beer?

If the area where I’m fermenting my beer isn’t super clean, do you think that will increase my chances of getting an infected batch? Here’s why I ask—I started a dubbel in a cleaner area and then moved it to a warmer (and more dirty area) to warm it up. It’s still bubbling every five seconds...

I have a quick question about substituting for Munich extract.: I am a regular listener to the Jamil Show, and he frequently mentions the use of munich extract in his stuff. Usually, it’s something on the order of a pound or less of Munich extract in a 5 gallon batch. I can’t acquire it...

I think attached my gas connector (gray thing) to the wrong post. I connected it to on to the “in” post, but I think that I may have screwed the wrong metal, hexagonal tower (the thing the gray, gas connector attaches to) onto the “in” post. Now, I can’t get my gas connector to come off...

Does anyone have a recipe for Oskar Blues' Ten Fidy? If not, if any experienced members have had it, would anyone care to venture their best guess? I love that beer.

I am making an IPA with 7.5 lbs of DME, some crystal 40, carapils, a little bit of flaked wheat and WLP001 (California Ale). I went to add my first dry hopping on day 8 in the primary. There was still a thick layer of krausen. Is this a problem? I've never had this happen before, and...

Hello, My IPA is in the keg and carbing up as we speak. It's got a very nice, very assertive bitterness. There is also some hop flavor and aroma in there as well. The aroma is dissipating, but I'm thinking of dry-hopping it for the third time (this time in the keg). My only concern is in...

I know that how long a given hop lasts depends on its stability and how it is stored. For example, I've read that centennials have poor stability, meaning that , they will not last as long as other types. I also know that if I expose them to light, air, warmer temps they will go bad faster...

Here’s a classic is this infected question: I strained my wort through mesh bag with elastic band that fits around my brew bucket. Because I used an obscene amount of hops (7 ounces), they absorbed a lot of the wort. Thus, in order to get the liquid out of the mesh bag, I squeezed it...

Let’s say you’re making a somewhat big beer (OG above 1.070), and you want to make a starter. You make a two liter starter the day before and pitch the entire thing into your wort. Wouldn’t this mean that whatever gravity that you took just prior to pitching would be slightly high? In...

I have a used kegging system that I am using for the first time. I'm virtually 100% certain that the C02 tank is empty. Thus, I have kegged my beer, but I could not flood it with C02 afterwards. Will this be a problem? Is flooding it with CO2 after kegging necessary? I am planning...

Does EdWort's Apelwein Need to be Kept Away From Light?

Would two cornelius kegs fit inside a kegerator with the following dimensions: 32"H X 20.5"W X 20.5"D? Would this be too tight of a fit? I'm looking to take a commercial kegerator and convert it.

I have a very simple and straight-forward question: how easy is it to take a commercial kegerator on craigslist and convert it to a homebrew kegerator? I’m thinking of getting one of the kegerators listed on craigslist here: http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=kegerator and...