Search results

Hi All, I've been using a 5-gallon Better Bottle for primary fermentation for about 10 batches now or so. Last night, when I poured the wort in and was about to pitch, I noticed precious brown fluid pooling underneath the bottle. Sure enough, the Better Bottle was leaking, as I later...

Hi Everybody, As I write this I'm sitting at Portland airport on a long (unintended) layover. But the silver lining is, I've used this time to discover Hooligan Brown Ale, by Portland's Laurelwood Brewing Co. Which is delicious! Does anybody happen to have a recipe for this (preferably...

H All, I've had an American pale ale in secondary for just about two weeks, so it's time to bottle. When I went to check on it this morning I found - horrors! that the plug had come out of the carboy. This couldn't have happened more than a day or two ago, yet already there are little...

Hi All, I recently brewed an extract clone of Dogfishhead's Raison D'etre for some friends who say it's their favorite kind of beer. They told me that the flavor was exactly right, but that it lacked the "body" of the original. So, question: is this likely an extract thing? Will I...

Hi All, I brewed up a clone of the DogfishHead Raison D'Etre, from the recipe in Radical Brewing. However, my LHBS did not have the Wyeast strain 3522 that was called for. Oh, well, what the heck, how about another Belgian strain? So I picked up Wyeast's 1214 instead. Question: What can...

Hi All, I'm about to join the wonderful world of kegging, which I've heard so much about. My used corny arrived just yesterday, and the company thoughtfully included new gaskets. When I went to install them, however, I found to my surprise that there were no poppet valves in the fixtures...

Hi, I've seen lots of discussion here about how long star san will keep, and I myself can use the same five-gallon batch for months without seeing the pH rise above 2. However, when I mixed up a fresh batch tonight, the pH was up around 7-8. Has anybody else seen this? Is there something...

Hi Group, After brewing six (okay, five and a half) terrific ales, I'm mentally prepared to try a lager. I'm hoping you all can clarify some issues for me. First, as much as I'm grateful for advice here about not needing to rack to secondary for ales, it's a different case for lagers...

Hi Everybody, I just wanted to beam with pride that I brewed my fifth batch (an ESB from extract) tonight. The first step? Open a bottle of batch number 4. This brew night went much more smoothly than the previous four, and I owe a lot of this to you all at the forum. Thanks for helping...

Hi Folks, I had an idea to run by the local experts here. I have a brown ale conditioning in my primary. Quite apart from the issue of whether I should have racked it, the question is how long should I leave it in there. I hear people say things like "leave it in there for 1-3 weeks."...

Hi All, I have read elsewhere on these forums that a brown ale (which I'm brewing now) is a pretty forgiving style, i.e., you can scew up pretty badly and still make a drinkable beer. Lucky for me! What are some others that are forgiving in this sense? Also, which are the ones that...

Hi everybody, A quick question about my partial boil. I boil and cool 3 gallons of water in my brewpot, then transfer it to the fermentor. Then I can use the same pot for boiling. Question: Could I do the first step one day, then begin the fun parts the next day? In other words, can I...

Hi everybody, I'm a simple newbie extract brewer, planning my third batch. I wonder if anybody knows a good extract recipe out there that can mimic the famous Czech Pilsner Urquell. Or is it something that can only really be achieved by carefully selecting your own grains and hops...