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I'm setting up my keezer right now and I am installing my faucets on the collar of my freezer. The shanks came with the black plastic collars that are supposed to go up against the wood. I think it looks better without them. Is there any reason why I should use the black pastic collars on...

I got some inpiration from some other recipes and came up with this. Anything you guys would change? It will be pitched onto a yeast cake from a mild I need to bottle. I will also be dry hopping, and I was thinking a mix of cascade and williamette for that. Recipe Specifications...

I have a coleman extreme 52 qt cooler with stainless steel braid as a MLT and for the most part it works great. However, the other day I brewed a mild with only 7 pounds of grain so there was obviously a lot of air space. I don't normally have a problem, but this time I lost a couple degrees...

I have finally decided on a brewery name and I have decided to make labels for beers that will be given as gifts. I am an inkscape virgin, but I came up with this: What do you guys think? Is the background too busy? Should it be a solid colour instead? I like the idea of using a picture...

So winter is here and I figure I should brew up a nice stout. I was thinking something along the lines of this: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/o-flannagain-standard-41072/ I have plenty of grain on hand, but no roasted barley. There is no local place to buy it, and shipping would be killer...

This might seem early, but I want to make sure I have time to perfect any recipe. I am getting married next summer, a smallish wedding (less than 40 people) that will basically be a BBQ. My job is the beer. I would like to have 2 or 3 beers on tap. I want crowd pleasing beers. Not everyone is...

Obviously, I won't know for sure, but I hope somebody can help me out. First of all, the nearest LHBS to me is 1000 miles away, so going out and buying more yeast is out of the question. I normally get my supplies when I fly to Vancouver to visit. The last time I went, I bought supplies for...

I'm brewing a dunkelweizen right now (mashing right now). I've never even tried this style, so I'm not sure exactly what to expect, but i'm excited anyways. The original recipe called for 1 oz of saaz, but since the saaz i got is 6.7% I am only going to use .7 oz for bittering (that gets me...

I've never even tried a Rye beer (and there is no where to buy it up here), but they sure sound interesting. I couldn't find a PM version of a RyePA but I took a look at other recipes and came up with this one (5.5 Gallon batch). I'll be using Deathbrewer's stovetop partial mash method. What do...

I'm wanting to try Deathbrewer's partial mash method and i think it's the season for a good oatmeal stout. I looked at a few recipes and put this together. What do you guys (and gals) think? Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU 4.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 40.0 %...

I figured that since we love to make things ourselves isntead of buying something here, there might be some yogurt makers here. I make it now and then, and it's great. Super easy. Basically I take some milk (I usually have 1% or 2% at home) and heat it until it's close, but not boiling. I...

So i decided to try Deathbrewer's partial mash method. I am also finding it hard to find PM recipes so I decided to modify a recipe for a pale ale that I found. Let me know what you think. Type: Partial Mash Date: 2008-10-08 Batch Size: 19.00 L Brewer: Eric Boil Size: 11.00 L Asst...

I brewed a batch of stout yesterday. 5 gallons in a 6 gallon carboy. This morning, it was fermenting nicely. Krausen about an inch or two from the top. I came back from work and it was going a little crazier. Now the krausen has reached the top and coming out of the blowoff tube. No problem, i...

I have searched for this and can't find an answer. I recently got an auto siphon (well, it's actually called easy siphon Easy-Siphon 3/8" (5/16") - The Vintage Shop.ca ) and when I tried racking with it, I got a lot of air getting sucked. I have found many posts about air coming in from where...

I currently have a cream ale sitting on a nottingham yeast cake. I will be transferring this over to a secondary and will be brewing an IPA the same day. I would like to use this yeast cake, but I was wondering if it would be a problem since I didn't strain the wort and there are hop bits...

I just got a new bung and airlock for my carboy and just as I'm about to pitch the yeast, i noticed that it won't stay on the carboy. It's the right size, same as my other ones. I push it down and it pops out, like it's too slippery. I'm guessing its because it's brand new as opposed to the used...

OK, I don't want to start another "is my beer ruined post", I just have a question. I brewed an english bitter on tuesday, and then the next day, the weather gets super hot (I'm in yellowknife, you wouldn't think it would be one of the hottest places in Canada at the moment). I'm still new...

I am going to brew a kit i bought and I had a question about the boiling time. The instructions that came with it say to do only a 30 min boil, but from what I have read, a 60 min boil is most common. What are the pros and cons of either? The recipe is called kings royal red bitter and it...

Just a quick question, I understand that a standard batch is 5 gallons, but I'm not sure if that is US or UK gallons. That is, roughly 19 liters or 23 liters?

I am about to brew my second batch of beer, and I am already in the mood to experiment. The problem is that locally I can only get Coopers beer kits (Hopped LME). I am still trying to find a store in Canada that will ship DME, hops and yeast so that I can be more creative. Anyways, the...