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I'm not really the kind of guy that likes to buy stuff I know I can make myself. So what I'd like to know is has anyone here built thier own sparge setup, how does it work , and what they would change about it? Currently I use a plastic bucket with a bunch of hole drilled in it suspended an...

Tomorrow is FBF.:ban: For those who missed it FBF is the third friday in a month that has five. So... whats on the menu for tomorrow? I think I'll go with Chimay I haven't had one in almost a year.

And again couldn't find it. Anybody remember that pic of the wort that had nasty looking white threads on it? Well stupid/ lazy me didn't clean out the MLT after satudays brew, the residual wort and grains seperated and I left it for a day because I was busy. This morning I went to the garage to...

I would like to do some small beers or what other brewers call session beers and wanted to know if I should use rice hulls and how much if so? My concern is my MLT is a converted keg and I don't know if I would have an adequate filter bed with out the hulls. Oh and recipes for session beers...

:cross: J/K here is the recipe to ASSHAT coffee chocolate stout 11 lbs A. two row 1 lbs 120L crystal malt .5 lbs chocolate malt .5 lbs rolled oats .25 black patent .19 roasted barley Mash on tthe high end around 158F for 90 min. collect 7.5 gallons boil down to 5 gallons. 13.1% AA galena...

Found this recipe and requested it so it got done a week ago. Feel free to laugh and point. NOTE: she found it on the web and it had minimal info. 12lbs six row pale 2 lbs carapils 2 lbs crystal 2 oz Hallertau (60 and 15) 3 tbls garam masala and then the guy at the LHBS said this...

Can I take the post for my conies apart to clean them or should I just force H2O through them?

Sorry about the spelling. So on my last batch I forgot to get irishmoss and I was wondering if I could use isinglass to clear my beer and how to do so. BTY it's only been in primary for 4 days.

Any one have a recipe for pomegranate wine? I'm considering pomegranates for a first wine attempt.

I'm brewing todday but I have to make a run to the LHBS, I don't know what I want to do today so please submit yer favorite AG recipe here and I'll let you know how it comes out.:ban:

SWMBO just got back from the store and brought home a 4 pack of guiness and what do I see on the side "SERVE EXTRA COLD" yes it was in all caps. wtf? I remeber it used to say serve at 45F-50F. Did I miss something? That ain't America that ain't even Mexico! Did we lose a war or something while I...

Or are you just happy to see me? Seriously. I put my carboy in the fridge saturday at 2:00pm or so 2 hours later I had amother of a krausen then I forgot about having cranked up the cold to get it down to 67F it fell to50F so this morning I went look at it the krausen was thin like a 1/4 of an...

I make bad jokes and some people don't like it. Thats fine. I would like to extend the olive branch here and appologize to every one that visits this forum. I'm not here to start fights, derail threads, or critisize people for their Ideas Ilike to have fun and brewing is alot of fun for me and...

Normally I would have nothing to do with going in to a Sprawl Mart but I got drug in and I saw a mini chest style freezer 5 cubic feet in side for $154.00 seems like a deal to me. Sprawl Mart is pretty much the same anywhere so if you need it...

I have some serious stands of gooey nastiness swirilling in my wort right now. If it is protien I'm going to have the mother of all cold breaks:drunk:

I'm just now getting my wort to boil (stout) should I scoop off the scum that gathers on top?

Brewing in the morning! nothing fancy 9lbs 2row 1 lbs roasted barley 1 lbs flaked barley 1 oz galen @ 60 triple decoction whitelabs irish ale yeast starter going:rockin: :rockin: :rockin: It doesn't take much to make me happy.

I'm looking for some one to help with decoction brewing I've done alot of reading and all I would just like to have some one on hand that could help with problems I might encounter. Beer provided if intrested please send resume to this thread:mug:

I have never personaly had a yeast blow out like some of the pic I've seen on here, not even a small blow out. I use yeast starters santatize basically everything the same as everyone here. SO what makes that happen? did I miss something?