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Brewed a Mexican amber lager for my first attempt at Biab and it went pretty well. My crankenstien mill was set so a credit card didn't quite fit through so I left it like that and didn't do a double crush. Started with about 7.5 gallons for a full batch with 12 lbs of grain. After draining...

Friday I am going to brew a lager with Omega’s Mexican lager yeast. I will do a starter but have a couple questions. If I make the starter on Wednesday evening and cold crash it Thursday night is that enough time? On brew date do I keep it cold or take it out and let it get to room temp before...

I had a keg of beer that was over carbed when my regulator failed and it was carbed up to 50psi. I kept bleeding off the gas from the keg for about a week and replaced my regulator ( cheap chinese junk). When there wasn't any gas let off when I pulled the blow off I reconnnected it to gas and it...

I am in the process of brewing a Modelo Negra clone which is m first lager brew. I have it in the primary right now and plan on ding a diacetyl rest at the end of primary fermentation. My question is do I let it warm up in the primary and then transfer when I am going to go to the lagering...

Does anyone know if there is a adapter to got from a schrader tire valve to 1/4 mfl? I want to use a co2 tire inflator to dispense from a keg and I already own the inflator from my bike riding days. I haven't been able to find the adapter to make it work and figure someone out there came up...

I recently switched to a half barrel for a boil kettle and have been struggling to hit my post volume target. If I collect 6 1/2 galons pre I am boiling off more than I use to. I get I need to collect more pre boil so do I just sparge with more water? What other adjustments should I make. Also...

I was given 75 ft of 3/16 tubing to use for my keezer. It is the kind used for soda pop and is stamped bev flex 172 hose. Wondering if I shoud use it just for gas or use it for the liquid lines also. It is the reinforced type of hose. Thanks Chris

I have two future daughter inlaws that enjoy Woodchuck's cider so I was asked to try make some. I used this recipe https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/newells-groundhog-cider-woodchuck-amber-clone-85887/ and am getting close to bottling time. It fermented for 3 weeks and finished at 1.000. I...

I started a batch of Austin Homebrew's Belgian Witbier yesterday. I used Wyeast's 3944 yeast since the home brew shop I visited didn't have whitelabs like the recipe calls for. Anyway I pitched the yeast at 6pm last night and this morning I still didn't have any activity. I shook the primary...

I brewed my first all grain batch of BierMuncher's Cream of Three Crops (Cream ale). All went well except my SG was 1.052 and his recipe has 1.040. My FG was 1.018 and his is 1.004. I had it in a primary for 2 weeks and then transfered it to a secondary with gelatin to help clear it. I left it...

My wife has me making wine to give away as gifts for Christmas and I am thinking about doing a Peach Chardonnay for next year. Since I have never done a blended wine before I have a few questions. 1. Should I start the peach wine now and let it age for, say 6 months before blending? 2. I was...

Here is a copy of the label from my first all grain attempt. It has been a learning experience to come up with this simple design. I used PSP X2 since I am into photography and use the program for photos. Let me know what you think. It isn't real sharp on this upload but, it looks good on...

I am brewing my second batch of beer, a Dunkleweizen. It has been in the primary for 11 days and has a SG reading of 1.016. This is what the recipe said it should be when it finishes. The recipe said to bottle it after about 10 days. when I took the sample there was lots of debris in it so I...

As a rookie brewer I am interested in trying the following recipe but have a question on the addition of the hops. It states to add hops a second time at 0 minutes. My question is do you leave them in until the wort is cooled or through the ferentation process? Blond Ale Homebrew Recipe...

I want to make a Blue moon clone and found this recipe. The only problem is finding the Northwestern Weizen LME where I live. Is there another LME that someone could recommend to use instead? Thanks for the help. Recipe Type: Extract Yeast: WLP550 Yeast Starter: n/a Additional...

My better half wants me to make a wine to give at Christmas next year so I have been thinking cranberry. Here is what I have come up with to try in a one gallon batch. I am looking for any help with the recipe. 2 cans Old Orchard frozen concentrate 1 lb fresh cranberries frozen and thawed...

I made a batch of cider using this recipe. Started on Oct ober 25th Raspberry Apple Cider -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recipe Type: Extract Yeast: Red Star Champagne yeast Yeast Starter: Nope Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter...

Mixed up a 3 gallon batch yesterday and today I realized I put too much sugar in it. I put 1# 14 oz. and should have put in 19oz. Question is what to do with this batch. One though is put in a primary with 2 more gallons of juice and then transfer back to 3 gallon carboy along with 2 one gallon...

I would like to try a Welches concentrate wine flavored with blackberries. What I am thinking is a 6 gallon batch using 12-15 cans welches and 6 cans of Oregon fruit that is available at Walmart. They are 14 oz cans. I want to oak it in a carboy also. I need some advice as to if this is enough...

I want to make a gallon batch of Hard cranberry hard lemonade but don't know what yeast to use. My local LBSH has these choices Montrachet, Premiier Curvee or Lavin 1118. I am going to use 1 can on cranberyy concentrate and 2 cans of lemonade along with sugar with this batch. The next batch I...