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So I brewed a batch of pale ale last night and I used a bucket with a spigot on it for the fermenter (yeah I know). Pitched the dry yeast as I normally do. This morning I woke up to the spigot leaking, so I gave it a turn and it started leaking even more. I quickly sanitized another bucket...

I have a blonde ale extract recipe that calls for 1 lb carapils for steeping grains and I happen to have 1 lb of carahell on hand. Will substituting make a big difference in the beer?

What are the brown threads on my hop cones? Should they be pulled off when I harvest?

I've brewed 7 or 8 IPAs in my short brewing career. My base recipe uses 8 lbs extra light DME and 1 lb crystal 40L for steeping. I started out with all amarillo as the hops and have tried to change just one ingredient with each brew, introducing Simcoe and Centennial into the mix in different...

I left some hops out on the counter in my 70-75 degree basement for about a week. They were in the foil package they came in which was folded over tightly at the opening but not completely air-tight. Are they still good?

I recently bought a plastic bucket from a major online supplier to use as a primary fermenter. On brew day I put a gallon of Starsan in, capped it, and gave it a shake. I got drenched. Tried a different lid, same thing. Luckily I had a different bucket to use because I was already mid-boil...

For an extract brew, does anyone think there would be a problem steeping the grains the day before doing the boil and storing the result overnight in the refrigerator?

I've been loving the Simcoe-Amarillo combination in my IPAs and just purchased some Centennial to experiment with. Here's the extract recipe I'm considering. Comments appreciated. Full boil. 8 lbs. DME 1 lb. Crystal 40 1.25 Warrior (17.5%) @ 60 .16 Simcoe @ 20 .16 Amarillo @ 20 .16...

I just got a rhizome in the mail and it has 3-4 shoots on it that are about 4" long. Should I plant it with the tops of the shoots just below the surface of the soil or with them sticking out?

So I forgot to purge my keg after filling it yesterday and I also shook the hell out of it after it cooled down most of the way with 25 PSI on it. I did get pretty close to filling it full so there wasn't that much headspace in it from the beginning. I just went ahead and purged it but I'm...

Does anyone know if I can get Crystal 40L from North Country Malt Supply? I don't see anything by that exact name on their website. They do have Thomas Fawcett and Sons Pale Crystal Malt, Crystal Malt, and Crystal Malt II. I'm wondering if one of those is the same thing.

New brewer here. I've done two IPAs with different hops for the flavor and aroma adds and the taste was almost exactly the same: not great. I think my problem is banana esters. I say "think" because I'm not sure exactly what I'm tasting and smelling but there is definitely a strong flavor...

I've got an IPA that spent two weeks in the primary before I dry-hopped it with an ounce of hops a couple days ago. After dry-hopping I did a lot of reading that made me wish I left it in the primary for another week before I dry-hopped, but what's done is done. My plan all along had been to...

I'm in the market for a brew kettle. Bu I've got an aluminum kettle that I've fried turkeys in that I'd like to use if possible. I don't care if I ever fry a turkey again and if I can save myself some money I'd just assume do it. Is there any hope for cleaning it?

First time grower here. I've got a 20' long wall that is 8' high. My idea is to put a half oak barrel at each end of the wall and run twine from each barrel to the top of the center of the wall. This will give me about 13' of twine for each vine to grow on. Will the vines follow the twine...

I lost my grain steeping back and I won't be able to pick up a new one before brew day. Are there any easily available replacements that I can use instead?

I'm doing my second ever batch, it's an extract IPA. The OG calculates to be 1.067. I will be using US-05 dry yeast. I'd like to pitch the yeast by sprinkling into the fermenter on top of the aerated wort. The Mr. Malty calculator suggest pitching 1.2 11.5g packs. Should I try to pitch...