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A guy told me this and I got sort of confused. We were talking about sanitizing and he brought up sainitizing with bleach. I said i sanitized with star san and then he said star san was a type of bleach. Is this true?

SO I am about to get the mead kit from AHB and there is an opton for double pitching yeast. I am going with the dry champagne yeast. I know when making beer I don't need to double pitch dry yeast but sometimes need to double pitch liquid yeast if i don't make a starter. SHould I double pitch dry...

Go to HGTV: him and his wife were drinking his pilsner and he has a couple kegs and carboys shoved everywhere. And his SWMBO wants him to have his own brew room in their new house

Since I have started brewing I have seen the talk about conical fermenters and how great they seem to be. But...what is so specail about them and what are the advantages?

So I am siting at home brainstorming and I was thinking: I know that certain organisms adapt themselves to the environment they are in over a period of time. So then I thought: Does yeast adapt to the same brew if it is used again and again with the same recipe? If i brewed a porter 5 times in a...

Liquid yeast is waaayyyy to expensive for me ($7:(). I was going to be using some white labs english or london ale yeast for my english ales and have been looking into the english dry yeast. The two big ones I know of are Notty and S-04. Do these strains produce similar characteristics for an...

New iPhone app that is loaded with the BJCP style guidlines http://www.bjcp.org/index.phphttp://www.bjcp.org/index.php

So I noticed that I can calculate my effeciency by clicking on the brewhouse efficiency button in Beersmith:ban:. However, I noticed that there are three ways it tells me my effecency: 1) Based on OG 2) Based on volume and OG going into the boiler 3) Based on batch voulme going into the...

you think it was due to: 1) A month in the primary :cross: 2) Exposed to a good amount of sun 3) Temp was loosly controlled I am about to just toss this...it tasted like somebody is trying to assasinate me. It looks soooo good but tastes soooooo bad

I have heard that alumminum is not a good idea to boil in because it puts aluminum into your beer...but is it ok to use as a HLT? I am making my brew system and don't want to buy a brand new pot if i don't have to :mug:

I will send you 4 bottles of a beer with lime....an English Pale Ale...or what is left of a "Amber Ale". Its pretty decent beer from my first couple batches...defiantly not bad but not my best work. Let me know if you are interested...i have never done this before. Does each person just pay for...

Hooch Pale Ale: The name comes from me living by the Chattahoochie River...not high alcoholic drinks. Anyway, what do you guys think..what should I change? I would like the hop aroma to be very present but not mask the malt. I went with Pearle as the bittering because thats what Sierra Nevada...

Do a lot of people use a decoction mash with their prters to produce the mellanoiden characters? I thought it would fit well if a dark roasty style. What do you guys think? Should I just do a normal batch sparge or singal decoction? BeerSmith Recipe Printout - BeerSmith Brewing Software...

Ok so I want to buy a tiny chest freezer I saw today at Lowes and this: Question: Do I just plug the outlet of the freezer into the controller and then the controller into the wall? Is it really that easy?

I am doign an AG right now and i have thee theremometers on hand (1 digital and 2 not). The digital is telling me its 175, the dial one is telling me 160, and the other one is telling me 150. The 150 thermometer is the bayou classic one that came with the burner and the digital is a farberware...

My new favorite beer...Newcastle. There is just something I love about this beer. I know it doesn't have good head but i don't care. It tastes so good i can't get enough. I have already picked a clone that I am going to brew so i can have 5 gallons!! What do you guys think about it?

Ok it comes down to the BoilerMaker or the Regular Commercial kit. 15 Gallon All Grain Commercial Quality Kettle Kit :: Midwest Supplies Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies or 15 Gallon BoilerMaker All Grain Equipment Kit :: Midwest Supplies Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies...

I occasionaly get the, "Hey cn you brew me a american lager?" I always respond, "yes" in a calm voice and i do not mind doing it. But it annoys me when the same person says over and over..."Hey can you brew me a nice rice beer I have been wanting you to brew?" Ok as my beer information is...

Ok so i know there are a couple diferent names for some malts but just tell me if these malts are the same but just called different names by different people. British Pale Malt is the same as Marris Otter? American 2-row is the same as Pale 2-row? Thanks for the help

I have been really interested for the last coupke weeks in hop growing. I have ordered a book but until it comes i will ask my questions here. I keep seeing people refer to..."Its the first year" or "It the second year." My first thought was the second year they have used that plant or the first...