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Hey folks. I'm messing around with beersmith and my goal started out as making something along the lines of a maibock, but as an ale. I've looked at a few recipes and i'm pulling from a few different ones, and throwing in a little here and there to achieve the color i'm looking for based mostly...

Ok, the desire to carbonate fruit juices and teas came to mind first, which is what led me to a website that had purchasable instructions for a cheaply made carbonation system that uses baking soda and vinegar to produce the co2. But what the hay, why not single beers? Say the LHBS is down to...

I recently purchased some hops rhizomes and i am starting them off in pots. We have a raised bed that we use for vegetables in our back yard and the area gets good light. I'm about to put a fence around it with a perimeter close to 100 feet, 23 by 25. That will leave about 5 feet from the...

Ok, i'm not a paying member yet, but i have a link to photobucket. let me know if it doesnt work. http://s891.photobucket.com/albums/ac113/shlegminitism/?action=view&current=beer.jpg This is only my second batch, but i sanitized everything and tried to not breathe when working with it...

I've had an ale fermenting since the ninth of this month. To date, that would be 16 days. In two to three days, i will have the opportunity to either transfer it to a secondary or go ahead and bottle it, though i would prefer to have it in the primary for at least 3 to 4 weeks. Unfortunately...

Just curious since i popped a grain of carapils in my mouth to check for freshness when i realized the vacuum sealed back must have had a whole in it. Man thats some yummy grains. It seems like if ground up, it could be used to add wonderful flavor to bread. Any attempts to make anything...

I am about to start brewing an oktoberfest (or something similar) from lme and adding grains to it, though due to my not being able to lager it, i am using a wlp001 california ale yeast and will be fermenting toward the low end of its recommended temperature. I was going to go with the wlp029...

Firstly, i am an extremely new brewer, fresh off the press, wet behind the ears, and anxious to learn the tricks of the trade, and to learn what i can about good brew in order to edify my soul and make the world a better place one beer at a time. I have my first beer bottled, a dark ale, and...

As a college student, and a broke one at that, i am looking into cheaper ways to obtain bottles than buying them from the local homebrew shop. It makes since to look around some of the local bars and buddy up with a bartender and see if they will set some aside for you. I tried this last...

I'm about to start bottling, so i'm rinsing out the ones i've been saving and sticking them in the dishwasher. I noticed that 2 of the bottoms from a 6er of samuel adams that i bought have a more pronounced inward dip (can't think of any other way to describe it) along the vertical line where i...

I was wondering if it was in any way problematic to save an Iodaphor/water solution for a week or two in a food grade fermentation bucket or glass carboy. I have a batch of brew that i am about to need to bottle, and i was thinking about getting another food grade bucket, in which case i would...

This is my first batch, an ale from extract, and i was originally planning on letting it ferment for 3 weeks and then bottling, but now i'm considering giving it another week just to make sure i don't raise my chances of having bottles explode by bottling before they are completely done...

I'm considering having a go at making either a marzen or a maibock for my next batch (from extract). Right now, with my lack of extra refrigerators, it would seem that bringing my apartment's temperature down to around 50 would be the best solution, and i'm trying to determine whether or not...

Hey guys, i was reading up on the benefits of determining water profile when brewing, and i was wondering if any of the atlanta area brewers here have found out the water profile of fulton county water. I couldn't find all of the info on their website. Aaaaaaand, Dancing Banana. :ban:

I have my first batch o' brew in the bucket since about 8pm last night, it is now about noon and i noticed my airlock is really low on liquid. I am worried because i put a rubbing alcohol in it, and now i'm worried that its leaked down into the beer somehow and is killing off the yeast. I'm...

I was curious as to what hops might successfully grow in Georgia, about an hour north of the Florida line. I have heard of some success in warmer climates with some more than others. Also, while were on the hopic (if i may), does anyone know anything about whether or not any special...