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I figured, "why the hell not, right?" Making a dunkel tomorrow and since I have about a half of a bag of light DME and a quarter bag of a dark DME(not really enough to make an effective starter out of either) I thought about what else I could use. Had two full bottles of syrup so thought that...

Has anyone done this instead of using water? I have an idea but I need to use something from two different batches. I want to use the yeast cake from an American Ale and the 2nd runnings from a Dunkel to make a high gravity Marzen. Curious about how much wort I would need to do this...

Ugh, I made a stupid mistake. I bought all my ingredients and accidentally left the bag with my yeast and hops on the counter overnight. I know the hops are fine, but I'm brewing a bock at around 55 degrees and I'm worried the yeasties are going to be overly active now. Think I can still use...

Ugh, I did something stupid. Bought all my ingredients and accidentally left the bag that had my hops and yeast on the counter overnight. I know the hops will be fine, but I'm worried about the yeast. I know they won't be DEAD but if I try to use them in a bock which I'm going to ferment at...

I am concerned about a metallic flavor from the copper tubing. Can anyone help set me at ease before I use it? I made my coils by hand yesterday and my hands smelled like copper which caused me to worry about what it will do to the beer. Is there any technique I need to do to prevent my final...

So im sitting here watching "How Beer Saved the World" on Discovery(and if you havent seen this yet, DO IT) and it got me curious. Beer has been brewed everywhere inthe world, done so much for humanity, but I wonder , has NASA ever tried to brew beer in SPACE? What kind of challenges do you...

I cant imagine my great luck. My wife's uncle and my father in law both used to brew back "in the day(1970s)." When my wife's family moved to Saudi Arabia, apparently, they sold their brew out of their cars and considering it was illegal were kind of living on the edge. Anyway, they...

Hi everyone. I'm looking for some assistance from some more seasoned brewers than I. Im trying to find a home brew version of George Washington's Porter recipe. The only thing I can find on Google is the actual transcript of the recipe, but it appears to be a HUGE batch size(30 gal) and im only...

Ive made two batches of beer and wanted to try mead since it looka considerably simpler and interesting to try. I have a gew questions regarding mead in general, and how it should be fermented. First, Ive seen separate posts on this forum where one states they added whirfloc tablets to kill the...

I am planning to brew a belgian ale tomorrow and the recipe i got failed to provide mash temps or fermenting procedures. Is there any rules of thumb on these for this style someone could provide? This is my second ever batch so im still a bit pf a noob

I need to find someone willing to design me a label for my home brew. Any takers?

Hey, has anyone here ever brewed lambic ale? I really love the stuf and woul like to evebtually get to breweing some, bu im a bit unclear as to how to brew it. Am i correct in my research that the deal with lambic is that the fermenter is not contained and that every batch is made with the...

Hey guys, glad to be here and excited to learn all about home brewing. I haven't gotten started yet, but i should be getting to my first batch here shortly. I just have to gather all my supplies and im ready to go. I was referred here by a guY i met through craiglist who responded to my ad...