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Hey all, I've finally gotten around to building a collar for my new freezer - problem is it's a little crooked (see picture). It's about 3/4" away from the top of the freezer on the front left side. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? Should I just scrap it and start over...

Hi all, I just finished kegging a bock and during some tasting it seemed too sweet. OG was 1.072, FG was measured at 1.018 - right on the estimated value. Are bocks supposed to be so sweet? Is there something with the fermentation that could have gone wrong? I made a huge starter and...

Hey all, I have a copper immersion chiller and fittings that connect to a standard kitchen faucet, but the placed I just moved to does not have a standard faucet. Does anyone know how I can connect to this, if at all? Pics below. Thanks!

After over half a year of not being able to brew (apartment 80°F+), I'm finally getting a freezer and will be able to brew again! I've found a bunch of recipes for a mango habanero APA, but wanted to try this with an ESB. My thought is that the fruitiness of an English yeast will complement...

Is this grey goo the hot break? It's like a cake on top of the boil. I've done a few batches and haven't seen anything look quite so gross before.....

I recently discovered black garlic and found this thread from a couple of years ago: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/black-garlic-beer-221886/ Wondering if anyone else has had experience brewing with black garlic. It sounds like it would be an interesting ingredient...

Wondering what you guys think of this brew. It's a winter warmer - from everyone's experience do you think this could be ready to drink by Dec 13th if I brew on Saturday (Nov. 9th)? Thanks for the help, here it is! Not sure if it'll be too hoppy - 46 IBU with an OG of 1.068 3 lbs Pale...

So I’ve decided to start naturally carbing my kegs, because it seems like I use a ton of gas when force carbing, and it’s quite a trek to get my tank refilled. Question about natural carbing – after I add the priming sugar and beer, I close up the keg and hit it with some CO2 to seal it. I...

Hey, I'm brewing a Gose and am going to pitch my lacto starter into the wort when it gets down to about 100F. Planning to let the lacto ferment for a couple of days, then pitch a hefewiezen starter. I have a couple of questions about this: 1. Do I aerate the wort for the lacto? 2. If I...

Hey everybody, I did a partial mash version of this recipe and fermentation is pretty slow. I used: 3.75 lb Wheat Malt 1.50 lb Pilsner Malt 1.00 lb Vienna Malt 2.75 lb Wheat DME WLP380 - Hefeweizen IV I was aiming for an OG of 1.052 - I hit 1.050 Here's a picture of the...

Hi! So I have a decision to make about a Belgian IPA I want to brew. I need to decide between a Dubbel IPA or a Tripel IPA. I think I'd rather go with the Tripel, but it needs to be done by the first week in July, and I won't be able to brew until next weekend (May 12th ish). Can a tripel...

So I've made made a recipe for an Oktoberfest and would like someone to tell me what you think if you would be so kind... 5 gallon batch OG: 1.058 BG: 1.046 - 3.25 gallon boil (with 4 lb of extract during boil) 4 lb Pale LME - 60 min 3.75 lb Amber LME - 15 min (EDIT: Substituted 3.75 lb Amber...

So here I am waiting for my water to boil, and I thought I'd share my wort chiller, which is a category just under disaster. I first spent half an hour trying to coil it around a coffee can, which didn't work because the only thing that was bending was the can. So I tried a bucket. No dice. I...

Ok, I bought a package of Wyeast 1010 American Wheat yeast and made a starter 2 days ago. Turns out the yeast was 6 months old when I bought it. Here's what my starter looks like now: Is this just the yeast doing it's thing? And if it is, would it be safe to pitch now, or should I wait...

So I've made made a recipe for an American Wheat and I have some questions... 5 gallon batch OG: 1.050 BG: 1.084 - 3 gallon boil 3.5 lb Wheat LME - 60 min 3.5 lb Wheat LME - Knockout 0.75 oz Cascade @ 5.5% for 45 min 0.50 oz Liberty @ 4.3% for 20 min Wyeast 1010 Bottle with 2.6 volumes of...

I made this starter about 22 hours ago and am wondering if it is ready to go into a beer. Also, am I supposed to toss the whole thing into the beer or just the bottom layer? I'm using Wyeast 1272. Thanks!

So, I'm finally starting to make my second beer and decided to make my own recipe. If it's not too much trouble, can someone please take a look at this and let me know if you think it'll turn out OK? Thanks a lot! Winter Break Porter 5 gallon batch Boil Volume - 3 gal Boil Time - 60...

I brewed my first beer, an amber ale, 10 days ago, and went to check on the fermentation today. The recipe calls for 10 day s of fermentation. I open my bucket up, and I see what is in the picture. I thought that the kraeusen was supposed to fall back into the beer eventually. Should I wait...

Hello, So I am a new homebrewer and am ready to brew my first batch, so I decided to test out my equipment and make sure I knew how to use everything before I start. When I was testing out the auto-siphon, bubbles started forming a few minutes after siphoning started. I'm just siphoning...