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Ok, my brewing buddy and I have made 9 batches now. These batches were a combination of pre-packaged kits and individual ingredients (All extract w/specialty grains). The batches thus far: Listerman's Kits: ESB, Gomez American Lager, Winter Warmer, & Altbier Brewer's Best Kits: Irish...

I need to make a yeast starter from some WP011 that I saved and washed from a previous batch. I don't have an elrenmeyer flask or any other container with a stopper/airlock. The best I can do is a mason jar but I'm afraid if I seal it, I may get too much pressure inside and I don't want the...

Brewing a Maibock tonight with my brewing partner and the grainbag broke during the steep. I know we do not want to boil the grains and we still have about 20 minutes left in the steep to figure out what to do. My initial thought: Pour the wort through a large strainer into another...

Getting ready to make a an Orange Cranberry Ale for Thanksgiving/Xmas time and I'm confused as to how to utilize the fruit. I am using a recipe I found in The Brewmaster's Bible (Thanksgiving Cranberry Ale, p.349) as the basis for my beer and making some changes (Sweet Orange peel, 1lb of...

So, I kegged my first batch last month...went straight from primary to keg, putting the hose all the way to the bottom of the corny and filling it up. It worked great and the beer tasted great on tap, but there was a ton of sediment in the keg that lasted until almost the last beer poured...

Ok, first, thanks for the help from everyone as I have been lurking here for a while. Now, onto my questions....so after brewing a few pre-assembled kits, I decided to buy some ingredients and experiment a little bit. I wanted to brew some beers that would be done rather quickly and that I...