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I'm only on my 3rd brew so sorry for all the quesions. It's been a week and a day since i pitched brewed and pitched my yeast (made a starter from a vial of liquid) into a smoked porter. White foamy krausen rose up and started to settle which was great but now there is a layer of wet, gooey...

Hi All, I just converted a 5 gallon igloo cooler to a mash tun. I plan on doing a partial mash Alakan Smoked porter clone. The kit i received has a total of 3.5 lbs of grain. I estimatedIi should be using about 5.25 quarts of water. was I did a few tests to see if it would hold temp and...

I just ordered a mini-mash kit from AHS that comes with 1.75 lbs base grains and 1.75 lbs of steeping grains. I plan on building a mash lauter tun from a round cooler and wasn't sure if a 5 gallon one would be too big for partial mash and if i was better off making one out of a 3 gallon cooler...

I've been thinking about doing a mini mash for my next brew. i don't have a ton of space or equipment and was wondering if putting the grain in a muslin/nylon bag holding at correct temp in kettle, then pull it out and ladle sparge water over bag into the kettle would work? Thoughts?

I made a cream ale yesterday using Norther Brewer's extract kit http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/recipe-kits/extract-kits/extract-ale-kits/cream-ale-extract-kit.html. Everything went great, it's in the carboy now and a healthy krausen already formed. The only issue is that it is a very...

I just starting homebrewing..with extract and steeping grains, got my extra pale ale sitting in the primary for about 2.5 weeks now and plan on bottling this weekend. I don't think i could have done it without the people of HomeBrewTalk. The wealth of information on here is great, it's amazing...