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My first batch after a long break.... Does Star San go bad? I am about to transfer to secondary and I found the top had a film on it. It might be yeast? The beer smells great. Thanks for the input guys!

Just came across this and thought I would share with you all. Sounds pretty cool. Wish I could be around to get a taste. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42901040/ns/business-consumer_news/ also.... boil for 3 hrs?!?! oh george.

Its been a while since ive been on here.... good to be back. SO, when I moved, I didnt take my all grain set up and have been satisfying my brewing needs with simple extract batches. For my next batch, i want to try and take a recipe ive made before with grain. Pretty simple porter, here...

... it looks like trouble. opened it up to add priming sugar and had a not so nice surprise. :mad: so is it infected? smells like it did before this 'layer' appeared. so i guess im going to bottle anyway. got everything set, need the vessel. any dangers to drinking it?

This past weekend, my friend and I, decided we should have a brew off. While discussing our attempted style of choice, a friend of ours requested we do a traditional english bitter. Originally our brew off was to be a same recipe, same equipment (more or less), see which beer is better in...

So everyone that tries my beers has the same general comment. "tastes great but its a little flat". i have been using The Beer Recipator - Carbonation i am about to bottle a porter today and wanted to double check the number i get from running that calc. It says to add 5oz of corn...

So i know the picture isnt great, but for future knowledge, do the whitish floating spots on the top that appeared to swirl together look like an infection? smells great, looks good (minus white spots), just looking for knowledgeable thoughts. Thanks!

....to fulfill a dream many of us have: Open up a small brewpub of your own. So i was thinking last night, that if things dont unfold as i plan, i might be interested in taking our some loans and going into business with a friend of mine that already owns a great burger/bar place. So how much...

so i went out and bought all the copper tubing and picked up a set of M/F 5/8'' garden hose barbs. Then when i get home i notice that the 3/4'' inner diameter of the hose barbs doesnt fit snugly around the 1/2'' OD copper tubing. So my question is: Where can i find a hose barb that will fit...

So I had a party and cooked up some crawfish in my brew pot. First time doing that and after i cleaned the pot it still smells like seafood. What should I do to more properly clean the pot?? Will I get off flavors in my beer if I cant get the smell out? Thanks!

So i dont have any fancy temp control equipment (but i think im going to convert an old fridge after reading so much about its importance) and i figured i could only do a lager in the winter. I made my best attempt at making a bohemian lager given my equipment: US Pilsen Malt 5.00 lb 62.5 %...

So ive only been brewing for two months and i want to get away from extracts. From what ive read i dont know if i am ready yet. i intended to brew a bohemian pilsner type beer today hopefully not having to use the back up DME i bought. (From the looks of it i will need to) So after my...

so i bought corn syrup instead of corn sugar. i hope this is not a big problem, but wanted to check to see what type of adjustments might be necessary. I plan on priming a 5gal batch today and want to check out what type of solution i should make with my corn syrup. (light corn syrup 30g total...

Brewing my second batch tomorrow and after doing some reading id like to see what more experienced brewers think of my plan so far. I plan on using: 6lbs of pilsen LME 3lbs Rahr 2-row pale grains 1oz fuggle 1oz Saaz 1oz Centennial Wyeast Whitbread Activator packet My...

Here is the concern i have with my first batch. I rehydrated my yeast in water that might have been too hot ~105-107 Alright here is the information about the batch: Danstar Nottingham Ale Yeast (re-hydrated) Golden light dry malt Extract 1lb Pilsen malt syrup (liquid) 6lb 1oz. kent...