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Gutes Bier my fellow brewsters. I was perusing a web site earlier this week and saw a self help article which included a means to prevent a boil over while cooking. It stated that simply placing a wooden spoon across your pot while boiling would prevent the wortastrophe. I was skeptical at...

my Barleywine went from 1.094 to 1.016 in 3 weeks but the recipe says to leave it in the secondary fermenter for 2 months longer. Why would I leave it there so long if it's almost done?

BLUF: Can the sugar gained from steeping German Munich Malt make a good yeast starter? I brewed a barley wine yesterday (1.095 OG) and needed a big yeast starter. I didn't have much DME (only about a cup and a half) so I added about 1/2 cup of corn sugar. Still thinking I needed more sugar for...

BLUF - Using Knox Gelatin, I want to clear the 5 gals of beer in a corny keg I'm currently force carbonating. I also want to clear 5 gals of beer I racked into the secondary fermenter 2 days ago. When and how should I proceed with both? I was browsing the store and spotted some Knox gelatin...

BLUF - The top 25% of the beer in my secondary fermenter is much clearer than the bottom 75% which appears to be pretty cloudy. I just racked from my 6.5 gallon primary to my 5 gallon secondary about 14 hours ago. I have good sanitation practices so I'm doubtful that I contaminated anything...

Ok say I mix up a gallon of sanitizer using star san. How long will it last in that gallon? Say I put it in a cleaned out milk jug or something.

How do I find the nearest homebrew store to me? I live in Clovis, NM and can't seem to find a nearby store. Any help would be hot.

Ok so I started my second batch today. Everything went to hell in a hand basket. The biggest problem I found was when I went to pitch the yeast. I used a Wyeast smack pack. I smacked it about 7 hours before I pitched but apparently one of the pouches within the pack was not "smacked" enough...

I brewed my first batch 3 days ago. I brewed an American Wheat using a Wyeast activator. It's in the fermenter and for the first day seemed to be going well. There is a Kreusen on top and all that. But it just seems to be going kinda slow. I get a bubble through my airlock about every 15 - 20...

I'm thinking about buying an aeration system. I was wondering: What's better for the yeast? Using pure oxygen from a canister like the ones bought at a local home improvement store or a system that filters ambient air?

Just wanted to say hey to everybody. I'm originally from backwoods Alabama but God and Uncle Sam decided a few years ago to move me around a little. I'm currently living in New Mexico. Just got a brew kit from Norther Brewer. I researched brewing for a few weeks before trying my luck. So...