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I made a "get rid of some old ingredients" brew that I configured into Jamil's Amber Ale two months ago. I noticed some unpleasantries with this batch: 1. Serious chill haze. 2. Harsh, tannic, almost metallic aftertaste. (The beer tasted like black tea at bottling, which had me kind...

Hi folks, I bought the pre-wired Ranco Temp controller (Yeah, I'm that kind of guy), and am not sure how to plug it in. My plan is to control a fermwrap style heater with it. Essentially the Ranco I got has two male AC plugs. Obviously one goes into the wall outlet. My question is on...

1) Can anyone explain (in noobish terms) what the difference is between a one stage and a two stage temp controller? 2) My basic plan is to hook a heating pad type thing to my carboy and have it shut off when it reaches a certain set temp. Which one would be better for me? I searched on...

Hi y'all, I'm sorry to post this kind of total noob thing, BUT... I think I may have the dreaded stuck fermentation... I'm making a beer/cider hybrid (graff), the basic recipe is: 4 gallons cider, 1 gallon water with 2 lbs DME boiled into it. I made a 1L starter of WLP300 liquid yeast. I...

My future father in law has been intrigued by my beer brewing, and he was interested in picking up the hobby. He's more of a wine guy, and wanted to borrow my stir plate to make a starter. I haven't seen any wine recipes yet that use starters, but I want to make sure I steer him in the...

Hi there, I'm planning on making a pumpkin beer this fall, realizing adding real pumpkin just makes a mess, I was thinking of trying these candy oils after hearing about it somewhere. https://www.lorannoils.com/p-8555-pumpkin-flavor.aspx 1) Has anyone used these oils before? 2) How...