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Is the low alcohol in a session ale, mine is at 3%, something that could cause it to be difficult or carbonate. I have followed my regular carbonation schedule and it has produced a very flat beer. I normally leave my beers at 25-30psi for two days in my kegerater and then drop the pressure to...

Anyone ever brewed with sage? I w thinking of doing a winter ale with it but not sure how much to use and when to add it. I am probably going to add it to the secondary unless I hear otherwise.

So I made a small mistake in my mash had it was up at 160 degrees for the 1st 30 minutes of the mash. The beer turned out ok but it is very hard to carbonate. I followed my normal carbonation method but the beer was still not carbonated. Could this be because of the high mash temp?

Hello all, I have been brewing all grain for about 6 years now and I have brewed my last two batches and had horrible efficiency. The last two batches have had rice hulls and pumpkin in the mash. I have never used rice hulls before or Pumpkin in the mash. Do they have any kind of effect...

Hat are the pitfalls of too much yeast being pitched?

Does anyone use yeast nutrient in their starters or in the carbon for fermentation? I thought I had read that you should use it and it has been awhile since I made a starter. I can't remember when to add the nutrient. Is it even necessary? I am trying to grow enough yeast for a 32 gallon...

Just bought and used a keg to keg cartridge filter at is 3 micron filter. It is not a carbon filter. Can I just run water through it meg to keg to clear out left over beer from previous filtration? Any ideas or links would be great, thank you.

I have used a plate chiller for the last two batches that I brewed. I used to use an immersion copper chiller and I was used to seeing the cold break drop out of the wort before I transferred to the fermenters. Where does the cold break go when using a plate chiller? Does it go into the...

I want to make a brown ale with some type of flavoring such as Pumpkin Spice. Anyone have any ideas where to get Pumpkin Spice? How much to use? Anyone have a recipe I can tweak?

I have been interested in trying to make a beer with a bacon adjunct. I saw an article a few months ago in the home brew magazine. Anyone have a recipe they have tried or suggestions about when, how much, and what type of beer to make it with. I will share the recipe that I compile from...

I made my first mead last saturday. I mixed the ingredients and stirred the honey into the must. after a few hours some of the honey (about 1/2) settled on the bottom. Will the yeast still work its way through it?

Please help. I brewed a 1.080 batch of extract brew last night and I made a starter. The fermentation temp was supposed to be 68 and I have been there or at 70 for the last 24 hours. After about 12 hours the top popped on my plastic 6.5 gal carboy and the foam was coming out the sides...

Hello all, Thanks for all the help in the past. I recently attempted to convert a frig to a kegerator. I hit the copper pipe in the side of the frig and it let out all the gas. I have found out that I cannot repair it without spending a bit of money. Does anyone have suggestions on...

Hello all, I have brewed about 10 batches on my homemade brewing system. The first 7 batches were just fine. The last three were way off. I am having trouble with the efficiency. The last batch I brewed today should have yeilded 1.062 OG according to the setting in ProMash at 75%...

Hello all, I have brewed about 12 batches on my homemade home brew system. Everything I have read says that you should but the runnings off when you reach the pre-boil volume or when the OG of the runnings reaches about 1.020. How do you all measure this when the runnings are at 170ish...

The last 2 or three home brew batches that I have brewed are giving me headaches. Not from drinking too much. After one beer I get a slight headache. Is there anything that can happen in the brewing process that produces a chemical that could cause this? Or, pardon the pun, is it just in my...

I have only brewed a few 5 gal all grain batches but I want to convert a 5 gal recipe to 10 gallons. Do I just double everything, including hops and grain? Any help would be great.

I have three full sized kegs and I want to build a brewery with them. My friend and I need some help on how to do it. I have seen a few but I want to make sure I have a good plan before I get started. Can anyone help me out with direction, a place to look on the internet, or pics of...

:confused:I have been brewing with extract and steeping grain for about 3 years and I am having a problem. I am getting kits that have an estimated O.G. and when I am done with the boil and ready to pitch yeast I am no where near the O.G. I am way low. The last batch was a Brewer's Best...

I am going to be brewing a porter that I have done before a few times. I wanted to see how adding Honey to the mix would change the beer. I was going to add 1 or 2 lbs of honey to the 60 min boil at about 20 minutes. Anyone out there have any other suggestions about when to add the honey...