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I'm planning on brewing a Maibock this Friday using the following recipe: 11 lbs Pilsner 1.5 lbs Vienna 1.25 oz Hallertau @ 60 .75 oz Hallertau @ 30 .75 Hallertau @ 15 WLP920 Old Bavarian Lager Yeast w/starter Recently, it has been super hot outside (upper 60's low 70's) and my...

There is a NEW Homebrew shop opening up in Plainfield,IL called Chicago Brew Werks this Wednesday 1/4 @ 3 pm. It's located right behind Limestone Brewery and Binny's in Plainfield right off Rt.59. Chicago Brew Werks, Inc :mug:

I recently moved into a house (from a apartment) and I am wondering if the Hops I have in a planter need to go in the ground before the winter? Can I just put some mulch in the planter over the winter until I can put the in the ground next spring? Any help in appreciated. Thanks!

Has anyone had experience with the Dudadiesel 20 plate chiller? I tried a search and all that came up was people with the 30 plate chiller. Are the differences between the 20 and 30 that noticeable? Right now I'm only doing 5 gal batches, but plan on doing 10 in the future. Thanks.

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Hi! Does anyone know where I could find Plastic Hop Cones? I remember seeing them every so often at beer fests and last christmas a local beer store had a sam adams wreath made of fake plastic hop cones. I'm wanting to use them for my wedding as boutonniere's. I wanted to use real hop cones...

One of my perlick faucets has started to have a slow drip out of it. If I put a cup under it in the morning the cup is half full. Has anyone had this problem or is my faucet just bad? Thanks:tank:

At a local brewpub they have just brewed Pizza Beer. I believe they add garlic, oregano, and some others. I think this would be easy to do as long as you didnt over kill the ingredients. Check the link: http://www.walterpaytonsroundhouse.com/content/75.html

in the new zymurgy there is a bunch of how to articles and one of them was for a homebrewed botttle filler. You just take 3/8 nylon tube and stick it in a cobra tab and set your keg pressure to 3-4psi then fill the bottle and cap and you have kegged homebrew in a bottle. the article says that...

After about a week in the secondary my brew started getting these little jelly looking bubbles around the hop bag. Then one morning I woke up and all of this was inside my carboy! Is it just resins from the leaf hops or is it infected? Its a AG ipa with 1oz of leaf hops in a bag. And my...

Two Cornies and a 5lb Co2!!!:ban: Now just waitin for some carbonation!:mug:

This is my first AG recipe. Let me know what you think. thanks Styles Raw Brewery House Ale Selected Style and BJCP Guidelines American Ale-American Pale Ale Min SG: 1.045 SG Max SG: 1.060 SG Min IBU: 30 IBU Max IBU: 45 IBU Min Color: 5.0 SRM Max Color: 14.0 SRM...

How do you flip the bottom tray? I tried pulling it out but only the top plugs come out and the bottom ones don't want to come out. I guess I am being overly cautious cause I don't want to crack it. But do I need to just apply a little more force? Thanks :mug:

Im going to do my first partial mash and its also going to my first time kegging. Does this recipe need anything differnt? Its a APA from BYO that I changed a little bit. American Pale Ale 5 Gallons, Partial Mash Ingredients: 3lbs Light DME 3lb. two-row pale malt 1 lb. crystal...

I bought the wrong kit for my 5gal rubbermaid cooler. I ordered the weld-be-gone kit instead of getting the Kewler kitz one. What is the main differnce? I know the bulkhead fitting dosent come out far enough to attach the ball valve but is that all? thanks

Ingredients 2 lb. Muntons Light dried malt extract ( 60min boil) 3.3 lbs. Muntons Light liquid malt extract (last 15 min of boil) 8.0 oz. carapils 6.0 oz.crystal malt (40 °L) 4.0 oz. amber malt 4.0 oz. Munich malt 8.0 oz. chocolate malt 2.0 oz. belgian biscuit malt 1...

I added 1lb of raspberrys to my secondary and after one day they turned white. Is this normal?

And must I say delicious :ban: For only being in the bottle for 1 week. Figure I am going to taste one every week till the 3 week or so mark then start sessioning. Its a IPA. 6lbs of Light LME 1lb of Crystal 60L 1/2lb victory malt 2oz Northern brewer 1oz Cascade Wyeast American Pale...

Grain: .5 lb. American crystal 60L .5 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 1.0 lb. Flaked wheat Boil: 3 lb. Light dry malt extract 3.5 lb. Wheat extract 1 teaspoon Irish Moss Hops: 1.5 oz. Hallertauer or Saaz (4.25% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 15 min.) Yeast: Wyeast American...

Im thinking about dry hopping my holiday ale. Personally Im a hop head, but im thinkin that the hop aroma will overpower the cinammon, clove, and ginger. What do you all think? I have some hallertaur hops that i was thinkin about adding. thanks.