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I have a carb stone and want to put it in my keg attached to in co2 inlet via a hose run down to the bottom of the keg has anyone done this? It seems the hose for the hose barb on the stone would be way to small to attach to the tube on the inlet any ideas I want to make only 1 trip to depot...

I brewed a golden ale had some wheat malt in it it's been in my secondary for about 3 weeks now. There some stuff floating on the top looks like sedement just little particles of something not a foam or anything haven't noticed this in previous batches can it be infected? It kind of looks...

I brewed up a raspberry wheat that everyone loved here's the recipe Raspberry Wheat Ale Ingredients 11 lbs. American 2 Row Pale Malt .1 lb. Wheat Malt 1 oz. Hallertau 60 min. .5 oz. Spaltz for 10 min. 2 tsp. Irish moss 2 tsp. Fermex Yeast Nutrient White Labs California Ale V Yeast WLP051...

I brewed up a raspberry wheat and kegged it. This is the first time I've added anything during kegging. I added about 1/2 teaspoon raspberry extract when I kegged it I put this into 1/2 cup of vodka to stearalize it. The beer was on tap fo a party and was killed the next day so it was in the...

Can I use Iodophor to test for starch conversion. If so do I have to dilute it or can I just use it as is?

I brewed a Sam Adams Clone Sam Adams Clone(All Grain) Ingredients 10 lbs. American 2 Row Pale Malt 1 lb. Crystal 60L 1.5 oz. Spaalt 60 min. .5 oz. East Kent for 30 min. .5 oz. East Kent for 10 min. 1 oz. Fuggles at flameout 1.5 tsp. Irish moss White Labs East Coast Ale Yeast...

I posted here before about my golden ale. Here's the recipe. Belgian Golden Ale Ingredients 10 lbs. American 2 Row Pale Malt .75 lb. Wheat Malt 1 oz. Cluster 60 min. .5 oz. Tattenanger for 25 min. .5 oz. Hallertau at flameout 1.5 tsp. Irish moss White Labs Belgian Golden Ale Yeast WLP570...

Just got a new mash tun made from a 60 quart igloo cooler. It is square not round so I can do 5 gallon as well as big beers I originally bought it for. Did a Sam Adams Boston Ale clone today. I used a previous recipe I had where I knew the efficiency so I could compare my 5 gal setup to the...

I am going to pitch some champaing yeast into my secondary for an imperial stout I did the gravity came down from 1.083 to 1.025 I want it lower but my black malt profile is a bit high. I want to add some chocolate to mellow it out plus maybe some risidual sweetness my question is if I add...

It takes me forever to sparge sometimes close to 2 hours? I fly sparge and find that when I go this slow I get a really great efficiency but the time it takes up sucks I hear it can be done in an hour I tried to speed it up once but got very low gravity. Any suggestions.

My imperial stout have been in the primary and stuck at 1.030 down from 1.083. I want it at around 1.020 but I don't want to use beano. If I use a 1/2 gallon starter with champaign yeast and put it in the secondary will that lower me to what I'm looking for? I also have a golden ale that...

I got 2 carbonations stones for christmas how fast can I expect carbonation to be achieved. It usually took 5 days just sitting in the kegs at constant pressure with no shaking. Also are there any pressure adjustments I have to account for.

This weekend I did a beer and decided to stir the wort while it was cooling it took only 12 minutes to cool as opposed to 30 - 40 minutes if I just put the chiller in and let it sit. Will stirring the wort while it cools add off flavors or is it just extra aeration.

I've been doing all grain for a while now I just got an igloo ice cube 60 quart cooler to do some big beers. I'd rather have only one set up though and just get rid of my 5 gal cooler. Anyone have any experience with this one I chose it as it's square not rectagular so I may still get a good...

I just did a golden ale all grain 10 pounds of pale with .75 pounds of wheat I have never used wheat before and didn't know if I should have used rice hulls. I posted my recipe in the recipe forum asking but no one replied so I didn't also this was my first batch that I used my corona mill on...

Nobody critiqued my golden ale recipe so here is my final recipe. Belgian Style Golden Ale Ingredients 10 lbs. American 2 Row Pale Malt .75 lb. Wheat Malt 1 oz. Cluster 60 min. .5 oz. Tattenanger for 25 min. .5 oz. Hallertau at flameout 1.5 tsp. Irish moss White Labs Belgian Golden Ale...

I have been kegging a while but right now you have to open the door to access the picnick taps:( I recently got a tower and want to know does any one have any idea where the coolant lines are on the kenmore 4.9 ci model are?

Did an imperial stout with a gravity of 1.083 it's been vigorously fermenting for 4 days and today airlock activity is at about o bubble per minute or so the gravity is at 1.036. Gonna still be in the primary till sunday for a full week should I expect the gravity to fall much more it is this...

Trying to formulate a golden ale recipe here is what I have 10 pounds pale 2 row 1 pound wheat malt 1 ounce cluster hops for 60 minutes .5 ounce tettnanger for 30 minutes .5 ounce hallertau at flameout I will dry hop with .5 ounces of hallertau and .5 oz of tettnanger 4 days prior to...

I did an imperial stout yesterday pitched the yeast at about midnight it's now 4:30pm no airlock activity. The gravity was about 1.090 I used what labs british ale yeast but did not use a starter. I usually do a starter but this batch was done on a whim and I did not want to put off this batch...