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I help at my local Micro, and we were bottling today. We have an overflow bucket that fills up about twice (5 gallons) during the bottling run. Normally we throw it in a 1/6th bbl and take it to party or home or whatever. We ran out of clean kegs today, so the point of this story is I took home...

I'm brewing a Oberon/sam summer clone today. Really its Oberon with the zest of 1 lemon added for a light citrus flavor. I added the zest at flameout. I've been straining my beers recently, but am wondering if I will lose the lemon flavor if I strain this. I only have 1 oz hops in so straining...

looking for 16g threaded co2 cartridges. I cant seem to find these anywhere, and dont really want to pay shipping for such a small item. Where do you normally find these? I'm trying to get some to re-use these miller lite home drafts, but dont want to waste my time drinking all the miller if i...

Ive seen a few topics on this, but would like to hear some more opinions. I soaked some bottles in an off brand oxyclean to get the labels off. I left them in a couple of hours but may have used too much oxyclean. I also think I have fairly hard water. All the bottles came out covered in...

Ive seen a few topics on this, but would like to hear some more opinions. I soaked some bottles in an off brand oxyclean to get the labels off. I left them in a couple of hours but may have used too much oxyclean. I also think I have fairly hard water. All the bottles came out covered in...

I'm looking for some help formulating a hop schedule for an IPA I'm brewing. IPA's are my favorite style but this will be my first attempt at brewing mostly because I didn't want to spend $15 bucks on hops alone. Anyway I picked up a lb each of Chinook, Cascade, and Willamette and would like to...

what is safe to mark volume lines with? Will a sharpie come off in the boiling wort? tape?

I finally have gotten my hands on some Malta. Malta India, slightly different version of malta goya. Does anyone know an approximate OG for this stuff, so I can water it down to 1.040? Thanks.

Colorado ski trip, found a bottle in Dillon, CO. Didn't see it on the shelf, asked the guy. He goes to the back, finds 1 bottle. Last one evidently. Wow. Thats all I can say. Also had a hop rod rye and several New Belgiums. Loved the hop rod rye. Thought the 1554 was ok but overrated from...

I harvested yeast from 2 bottles of 2 hearted. I ended up with about 1/4" of yeast in a quart mason jar. The beer it made smelled a little off, not too bad, but not great either. The yeast itself is tan but with some black colors. Kind of like sand on a beach with some black rocks. Not a smooth...

Sorry if this is a dumb question. Is it cool to fill your growler and drink it there at the bar. I never thought to get a growler because I figured a 6 pack is about the same price in a more convenient size. But my local Micro sells pints for $3.50 and growler fills for $7. If i can drink it...

I'm looking to start harvesting a few yeast strains I want for my upcoming brews. I just finished a Brown ale, and collected some second runnings. I boiled this down to about 1.070 (by accident), so I added some tap water to bring it down to 1.040. I poured into a gallon water jug (plastic milk...

I don't have a LHBS near me and dont want to place an order online just for DME. So, can I bottle harvest Bell's yeast using sugar water? Has anyone successfully done this?

I found several other threads on this topic but was hoping for a more specific answer to my problem. I brewed 2 AG batches several weeks ago, on the same day. 1 Haus PA, 1 Irish Red. 3 weeks primary, 1 week in bottles so far. I hit my OG of 1.052 and FG was 1.010 in each case. Notty yeast. Both...

Does anybody know if USPS shipping turns out to be cheaper than the standard UPS when ordering from hopsdierect. thanks

Wow I am excited seeing the prices on Hopsdirect. $6.75 for willamette and cluster. $8.75 cascade. Many are under $10. Since this is gonna be my first bulk buy can I get some recommendations on what to buy. 3-4 lbs sounds about right. I want a lb each of cascade and willamette. But am having...

I tried to put a picture in here, but not really sure how to. Anyway I brewed my Irish Red 1.5 weeks ago. Now I see weird floaties in my beer. There's 3 of them, and they are about the size of a quarter, kinda spherical. They look like doughballs or dumplings. I really have no idea what this...

Friday I made 2 different 3 gallon batches. One, and Irish red, is bubbling away. The other, Haus Pale ale, has no activity going on. I used 2 packets of notty, which have been sitting around for maybe 4-6 months. They weren't in the fridge either, just a cool dry spot. Is normal procedure to...

Anyone made a Jim Schwartzbier yet? I just made one and want to know if it's the original. And with the National Championship tonight, any Texas fans made a Mack Brown Ale?

I am a poor college kid. Because of this I usually buy beer on a budget. I am still new to Homebrewing (1.5 years) and have had some good beer, but there is still a ton of beer and many styles I have not tried. With that said I just got christmas money and have about $30-$40 to spend and need...