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I was going to brew a batch two weeks ago but basically wasn't able to get to it. I was using wyeast and had smacked the pack. It puffed up in about three hours and I have never opened it. It has been puffed up for two weeks now. If I brew this weekend would the yeast still be okay? I don't...

I use a cfc and I don't have a spigot in my brewpot so I have to use a siphon to get from the pot to the carboy. I have a wort wizard setup right now that works great, but I want to start using better bottles, and they can't hold up to the pressure. One of my carboy appears to have a small...

I posted this as a reply on the Richard's pumpkin ale thread, but I didn't get any replies. So I'm bumping it by putting it here. I'm going to be brewing Richards pupmkin ale this weekend. I ordered the Safale us-56 yeast like the recipe says. I have an ordinary bitter that I will be...

Well, last night, I think I may have really screwed up. I was drinking with a friend and had a keg of pale ale that I had been chilling in order to force carb so we could tap into it later. After shaking and all that, I put it into the fridge and was going to attach the gas connector to the...

Has anyone ever tried AHS's pumpkin ale? How did it turn out?

I've never been one to care about how clear my beer is. None of the other people that drink the beer I brew seem to care either. But, for some reason now, a clearer beer is appealing to me. Do any of the methods used to clear beer affect the taste at all? I would try some of the methods...

Well, I now know that I should not have stored my counterflow chiller that I just made with a oxiclean solution. I am going to drain it as soon as I get home from work tonight, but it has been sitting for a little over two weeks with probably a stronger than normal concentration. What damage...

The dip tube in my corny keg was a bit too long and I had to cut a little off the end. I used a hack saw and it didn't turn out all too even. Now I'm worried about the metal rusting. I don't know what the deal is with that stuff, but I remember reading that there are certain things you can do...

I was reading through some recipes in the Joy of homebrewing book and came across a few that he says will be good in two weeks after brewing. Being that I have just come through a short drought of brewing and now have 3 batches sitting in carboys, with the earliest plan to drink them still four...

I clicked on one of the four pictures that run across the top of someones crushed grain. I noticed that his grains were way more crushed than what I get from the online sites. I was wondering if some of you could post any pictures you might have of what you think a good crush looks like...

I can't seem to grasp how the Wort Wizard aerates. I built my own this last week and it works great, but I read a little about it and there are holes drilled into the plastic tube that dispenses the wort into the carboy, which aerate the wort. That's the part I don't understand. Being...

What do you use to cap the ends with? I don't have the little caps that came on the copper spool anymore. I've been using tubing folded in half and taped up. What do you use?

I just finished making a counterflow chiller and was wondering what I need to do before I use it for brewing. Should I just boil up a pot of diluted vinegar and let that flow through or do I need to do something more? I have some beer line cleaner. As far as tubing goes, does anyone know...

I know this topic has been debated to death, but I wanted to know from people who have used both a cfc and the Shirron plate chiller what they think. I hear people talking about being worried with the sanitation of the Shirron, but has anyone that actually owns one really had a problem with it...

Does anyone have any techniques to straighten bent copper tubing. I know I can't get it completely straightened out, but by messing with it I can get it mostly straight. Are there any methods that might work better than me trying to do it by hand? I figure I'm going to leave it out in the 95...

I've been thinking about getting a keggle. I remember the seeing a link to the sabco site with either pre cut , drilled kegs for $100. Now I can only find them for $214 or something like that. I couldn't tell if that was a new keg, or a used one. Am I blind, or is it just not a very good...

I need to buy a new laptop for photoshop and video editing type stuff for school. Anyone hav eany pointers on what to look for, or good deals at any of the chain stores that would carry what you might suggest? I'm looking to get away with as cheap as I can, but not have the rendering and all...

Has anyone tried the AHS Pumpkin kit, extract or ag? I want to brew a pumpkin beer, and kind of have it be as painless as possible. Some of the posts here seems like they can be a hassle. I've generally liked the AHS kits I've gotten so far. If you have tried it, what did you think? Thanks.

Since my Co2 tank is nearly empty, I decided to prime my keg of vanilla bourbon porter with a 5oz. packet of priming sugar from a pevious kit that I never used. Then I realized that you were supposed to use less sugar when priming a keg. Will this make my beer excessively foamy, or will it...

I'm about ready to put the Austin Homebrew Supply vanilla porter into a keg. The recipes calls for adding the extract at the time of kegging or bottling. After reading the reviews on their site, a few people said that the vanilla extract that came with the kit made it taste "chemically." I...