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Racking the Pumpkin Ale. Pumpkin Ale is a tough because, in addition to all the normal goop at the bottom from spent yeast, coagulated proteins and hops I have 3 pounds of pumpkin paste to clog the valve and tube. Every time I brew this, I say, "Never again." but my fans insist. Anyone...

I'm using a turkey fryer to cook the wort. Works great and keeps the Mrs. happy because I brew outside. Problem is, the pot gets a lot of black soot on the bottom and it is a mess to clean up. I have tried adjusting the burner but it doesn't make much of a difference. I still have a lot of...

I started brewing over ten years ago and gave up - because the results were at best - dubious. I got back into home brewing two years ago (total batches now 60 = 300 gallons) and the results are finally - impressive. I only do extract ales. I look back at my recipes and they are basically the...

Having an issue here. AHS gives you a 4.5 oz bag of bottling sugar. NB is 5 oz. The "standard" Briess bag is 5 oz. The temp in my house is fairly constant but sometimes the 5 oz is flat. Sometimes the 5 oz is a bomb. I have seen the charts using the maximum temp of the uncarbed beer...

I've seen recipes posted on here. I wonder how Starr will do with it. http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/01/28/thomas-jeffersons-beer-returns/

Gotta give a shout out to this great product. I started using StarSan in a spray bottle a few batches ago. A little bit lasts a long time. A teaspoon of Star San in a quart spray bottle of distilled water has held me through 4 batches and I spray everything. A small bottle of StarSan might...

I am frustrated with the difficulty of shipping live yeast. Even the stuff at my LHBS is dead half the time and at $7 a vial, I'm wasting money and time gambling if the little buggers are dead or alive. Using starters helps but if the answer is "no," you're back to square one - get more yeast...

Am using a stir plate for the first time and notice that after 24 hours there is no activity - no kreusan, no bubbling. I did starters before in a container and about this time, I would always have some evidence of activity. If I shook the container, there would be outgassing. Is no...

I would like to put a small hole in my chest freezer (soon to be kegerator) to run the wire for the thermostat. Then I would fill it with silicone caulk. I sure don't want to hit the cooling coils when I do it. Just my luck. So the question is - where are the freezing coils usually...

The stuff is acid. Do I have to worry about my stainless steel sink? How hard is it on hands? I hate to wear rubber gloves just to clean out a few pieces of equipment.

Our local big-box store (BJs) has a monster 150 quart cooler for sale at $69. If I stand it on its end, it is about chest high and the "top" would now be a "side" and open like a refrigerator. A 5 gallon bucket could fit inside. Opening the water dump valve would provide an outlet for...