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Hey everyone, I just picked up a sanke keg from a guy of Craigslist and I hope to convert it to a keggle soon. I just had a question about the dangers of boiling with these. I have heard that you need to have holes in the skirt, but I'm not sure why. Are these the right holes? When...

Hey everyone, just had to vent my frusrtation. Woke up this morning, expecting my package of hops from HopsDirect to come today. In anticipation of that event, I figured I'd go ahead and make a starter today, run to the LHBS and pick up my grains, and either brew tomorrow or Sunday. I take...

My brother is a huge fan of this beer, and I enjoy it as well. He said if I brew a clone, and it tastes good, he will pay for the ingredients. I know AHS has a clone kit, but I'd really rather just go to my local HBS rather than make a trip to Austin or pay shipping. I don't mind shopping at...

Hey everyone. On Sunday, April 25, I brewed my first all grain beer! It is an AHS Red Hook ESB Clone. I used a cooler MLT that I converted myself with a stainless steel braid and brass ball valve. I was a little worried that I'd pitched the yeast when the wort was too warm, because there...

Nevermind, non-issue. Mods can delete! I'm just too cluttered.

Hey everyone, I just put some cream soda in a corny and starting it carbonating, and everything I have read said to make sure to relieve excess pressure while you are kegging by pulling the release valve. My question is, How much is excess? My thoughts are that as long as I have the keg hooked...

I learned you should bring gloves! That cylinder was so cold it almost hurt carrying it! I didn't even think of that before I grabbed it from the guy at the gas store. Next time I'm definitely bringing something to wrap it in at least!

This may be a dumb question, but I still have to mash my grains for 1 hour even if I am only using 1.75lbs right?? I figure that the grain still has to go through the same process, regardless of the amount but I want to make sure before I ruin something! Here's the simple recipe I'm doing just...

Hey everyone, got this tonight from a guy on the NW side of town. Its a Holiday seven (7) cubic foot chest freezer. I paid $50 so I don't think I did too bad. Right now I'm going to use it as a fermentation chamber, as I don't keg yet. As you can see, I can fit either two 5 gallon...

Hey everyone, I did a search and I couldn't find a post that addressed this. Would it work if you took your brew kettle full of wort and put it into a freezer or fridge as a way of cooling it to pitching temperature? I guess I should phrase that differently, because I know that yes, a freezer...

I recently bought TCJH by Papazian and am interested in the Palace Bitter recipe. I was just wondering, however, if using Briess DME rather than Munton's would affect the recipe by any noticeable amount. I have heard that when brewing a beer, you should try to use the ingredients that are made...

Does anyone know where I can get the cardboard boxes that you get when you order bottles of off websites such as AHS? I am talking about the ones that hold 24 bottles per box. One of mine broke due to my dumb handling, and I have acquired many more recycled bottles that I would like to store...

Hey guys, I was just wondering if you force carbonate your beer, do you still have sediment in the keg? I was also wondering if this sediment would travel into the glass from the keg line? Not much of a problem as I don't keg right now, and I don't mind a bit of sediment, I was just curious...

Hey everyone, I was getting on AHS to order some ingredients for my next batch, and I saw an option that sort of confused me. "Would you like your grains milled?" I am only buying Chocolate Malt and Carafa III, and I believe I read somewhere that the roasted malts do not need to be milled...

Man, thanks to this hobby, I am discovering things I never thought I would like. This New Belgium Sunshine Wheat is really growing on me. The first bottle was decent, but too....tangy for lack of a better word, for me. Now that I am on my fourth bottle (not in the same day!), I can't even...

Hey guys, As much as I love brewing beer, I don't think I like doing it alone all the time. Wouldn't it be nice to share tips and tricks with a fellow homebrewer while drinking a glass of each other's latest batch? My problem is, the closest HBS is probably two hours away (Houston), and the...

Hey everyone, Last Tuesday, I bottled 46 and a half bottles of my Mild Ale. I have been reading the forums and Charlie Papazian's Joy of Homebrewing book and it just makes me want to taste my batch, so here is my question: If I open that half bottle of beer and taste it tonight and...

Well, I have always been a little scared of hops. Hearing about "bittering hops" and IBUs made me scared to even go near a hop. I didn't want to see them, taste them, or smell them. I didn't even want to know they existed. However, when I brewed my most recent batch of beer the day after...

Hey everyone, this is my first time creating a recipe. I know its not going to be all that original, but I promise I didn't steal the recipe from any other source. If it closely resembles someone else's recipe, please let me know. Here it is: Style: Robust Porter 3.75lbs Coopers Dark Malt...

Hey everyone, I am putting together a Porter recipe on Beersmith, and I had a quick question. My LBHS (which is actually two hours away) lists their UK Chocolate Malt as being 350°L and I was just wondering what this meant. Sorry for the n00b question!