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Looking into upgradeing brew pot. Right now i have a job lot ss 22qt brew pot. Looking for something bigger. We are doing partial extract and grain right now and will be moving to all grain in the future mostlikely. How many gallon pot should i be looking for and what features? Also how...

So a freind and i brewed a choc. coffee stout yesterday and our gravity was 1.092. Which was high so we added a half gallon of water to it. We didn't take a gravity after doing so. It was put into a 6.5 carboy and yeast was already in and figured reading wouldn't be complety acurate. And...

Hello, just about to start a Chocolate Coffee Stout but didnt see Irish moss in the kit we had put together. Beforehand Irish moss has been a part of all the recipes i've brewed. Is it critical to include or should i just ommit it for this boil seeing it is a stout, Any pros or cons...

I am doing a partial grain DME Chocolate Stout. The recipe has me putting grain in muslin bag and putting in 2 gallons of water in my brew pot, then once the temp gets close to 170 but not above to take out the grains. Now the past few recipes I have done I have steeped the grain in 160...

We brew two batches of beer last night a nut brown and a oatmeal stout. We cleaned and sitized everything we needed and also had a bucket with sanitizer to use during the brewing. 8 oz crystal 8 oz caramalt 4 oz chocolate malt 3 lbs muntons amber dme 3.3 lbs amber lme 1oz kent...

Have a few Questions. I have an extra fridge and would like to make it so I can put my primarys into to fermenting have a consistant temperature . I was looking at fermenting jackets but a freind reminded me about my extra fridge. How would igo aboutdoing this fridge. I don't believe you can...

Hello everyone third batch of beer and first time in two years. Going to brew an Oatmeal Stout with a brewing friend. Bought a kit from the lbs. Would just like to run it by you guys to get some tips. In muslin bag .5 lbs flaked oats .5 crystal .5 chocolate .25lb roasted barley Boil...

All of the local places around me do not have a Pumkin ale kit, but they do have Octoberfest kits. Any way of making this into a pumpkin ale by adding pumpkin to it or other things. I wanted to do this tomorrow because i won't be able to for atleast three weeks if i don't. Thanks guys

Well i brewed a batch of a marzen and left it aside and put itoff theforgot about it and now it's been about 8 months. Should i just dump it?

Hell I can't get my wort right now to go below 75 degree to add my yeast. It's too hot over here and i have it in my bath tub right now and it's at 78 degrees. Will this effect it if i throw the yeast in. I'm doing an American Wheat.

OK so we tried proofing out yeast for 20 minutes by putting it in a sanitizes glass covered with tinfoil. Just checked on it and it does'nt smell like a doughy smell like the instructions say. What do i do are we screwed? was the water not warm enough when we put it in>|? we are cooling the...